Four Lib Dem councillors quit in protest at party being too pro-European
Four Burnley Liberal Democrat councillors have quit the party and will stand as independents on Burnley Borough Council, citing Europe as a reason. … Read the full post »
Gordon Birtwistle, who worked his way up from being an engineering apprentice to company director, was the Liberal Democrat MP for Burnley 2010-2015.
He was also Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Danny Alexander for part of the Liberal Democrat/Conservative coalition (2010-12).
Four Burnley Liberal Democrat councillors have quit the party and will stand as independents on Burnley Borough Council, citing Europe as a reason. … Read the full post »
Very welcome news from Vince Cable: with a snap general election, he’s standing for Parliament again in his former Twickenham constituency. … Read the full post »
A batch of candidates have now been selected in seats formerly held by the party as part of the Liberal Democrat preparations for a possible 2016 general election. … Read the full post »
See the latest running tallies of which (ex) MPs are backing which candidate in the Liberal Democrat leadership race. … Read the full post »
Basically, if you’re in Glasgow and Norman Lamb isn’t in the room, the chances are you’ve got to the wrong venue by mistake. … Read the full post »
Hats off to The House Magazine for the best pun of the Liberal Democrat Deputy Leadership contest. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #43 looks at whether or not there will be a Lib Dem leadership election this year. … Read the full post »
Back for its fifth year is my Liberal Democrat conference fringe meeting league table, showing how many fringes each MP will be speaking at. … Read the full post »
Paul Burstow has been elected chair of the Parliamentary Party, succeeding Lorely Burt who in the reshuffle became PPS to Danny Alexander. … Read the full post »
Back for its fourth year is my Liberal Democrat conference fringe meeting league table, showing how many fringes each MP will be speaking at. … Read the full post »