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Monroe Palmer

Local liberal heroes: Monroe Palmer

Earlier in the year, I penned a series of posts profiling forgotten liberal heroes (to which a couple of other people also kindly contributed), looking at some of those who achieved great things for liberalism in their time but have been unjustly forgotten – such as Margaret Wintringham, the very first female Liberal MP. There is also [...]

Conservative politician accused of threatening charity

Adam Bienkov has the story which involves, surprise, Conservative London Assembly member Brian Coleman: Boris Johnson’s fire chief was questioned by police this week after a woman accused him of a threatening and “intimidating” phone call. Independent candidate Linda Edwards, who runs a charity linked to Barnet council claims Brian Coleman warned it would: “suffer after the election” because of her [...]

Daily View 2×2: 17 January 2010

It’s Sunday. It’s 7am. It’s time for a trip down political memory lane, but first the news. 2 Must-Read Blog Posts What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Here’s are two posts that have caught the eye from the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator: Is there anyone more vile than Rupert Murdoch? asks Nader Fekri. Go and read the [...]

Councillors in the news: Barnet and Stoke

Via Liberal England we have: Golders Green Tory Christopher Harris has been travelling Down Under since July on an “extended holiday” but has still managed to hang on to his job. Despite being 10,000 miles away in a country with a 10-hour time difference, Cllr Harris is still claiming more than £800 a month in a council [...]