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Congratulations to award winners at London Lib Dem conference
All much deserved winners of the awards at today London Liberal Democrats regional conference: Best Focus leaflet prize goes to Lewisham’s Vijay Naidu — London Lib Dems (@LondonLibDems) October 20, 2012 Congrats to Merton for winning award for most canvassing in a ward — London Lib Dems (@LondonLibDems) October 20, 2012 Best Member and Supporter [...]
“After the riots, the Liberal Democrats stood by me” – Pauline Pearce
Writing for The Guardian, Pauline Pearce says: I announced earlier this month that I am planning to stand for election as a Liberal Democrat councillor in Hackney, yet I’m still posed a common question by journalists and friends alike: why the Lib Dems? Following the riots, all the major political parties courted me. But when the bad [...]
“I’ve been in jail, I’ve been involved in gangs, I used to deal drugs”: an unusual candidate’s pitch
“I’ve been in jail, I’ve been involved in gangs, I used to deal drugs” – that’s not your ordinary pitch from a candidate, but then Pauline Pearce is no ordinary candidate. She shot to national attention after her impromptu speech attacking rioters was filmed and put on YouTube last summer, but already had an impressive [...]
What very fine raffles Hackney Liberal Democrats run
As you may know, I have a thing or two about Liberal Democrat raffles. But what a very fine raffle they run in Hackney Liberal Democrats, as I discovered on Friday night in the brilliant The Real Greek, Hoxton. Sensibly pricing, persistent ticket selling, not too many prizes (in fact, just the one). Very fine raffle organisation [...]
Pauline the Hackney Heroine to stand for Lib Dems in by-election
Pauline Pearce shot to YouTube fame last summer when she verbally confronted rioters near her home in Hackney. She is now standing for the Liberal Democrats in the Hackney Central by-election. A press release from Hackney Liberal Democrats says, Pauline Pearce is 46 years old. She is a mother and grandmother who has lived in [...]
Join me in Hackney tomorrow afternoon
I’m off to Hackney on Sunday afternoon to talk about the state of our media after the original speaker for the Hackney Liberal Democrats event has had to pull out. It turns out to be rather timely as I’ve just been reading Nick Davies’s seminal work on the state of our press, Flat Earth News. [...]
Hackney Lib Dems debate health policy
My weekend visit to the Hackney Liberal Democrats Garden Party, lovingly hosted by Victoria Lubbock and featuring a fun stand-off between a dog and a cat, was cut short by a TV interview – so I missed the debate between Paul Burstow and Prateek Buch on the NHS. However, you can read Prateek’s take on [...]
Double chance to hear me speak next week…
I’m doing two local party events next week. In Camden on Wednesday evening it’s “The Fairer Votes referendum: why the party wants it and how to win it”. Details on Facebook and Flock Together. Canvassing is also taking place for Nick Russell’s Kentish Town by-election bid earlier in the evening. Please ring Elizabeth Stanton Jones [...]
Past hope, present disappointment and future hope: canvassing on a Hackney estate
On Sunday I was canvassing the Woodberry Down estate with Ben Mathis, the Liberal Democrat candidate for the New River ward council by-election due on September 16th. Going round with Ben and the team, I was really struck by the mix of past, present and future. When originally built, the estate’s curving Art Deco style [...]
