Archive for john sharkey
Yes to Fairer Votes campaign unveils its first appointments
Yes to Fairer Votes, the group being created to campaign for a yes vote in the electoral reform referendum, has unveiled its steering committee: Pam Giddy, Chair John Sharkey, Vice Chair (and former chair of the Liberal Democrat general election campaign) Neal Lawson, Compass Peter Facey, Unlock Democracy Willie Sullivan, Electoral Reform Society Carina Trimingham, [...]
First election debate: winners and losers
Now the dust is starting to settle after the first debate, who are the winners and losers – aside from the party leaders?
Winner – liberalism
Loser – hostility to foreigners
Praising some aspects of immigration, talking about no like-for-like replacement of Trident, pledging to scrap tuition fees, promising to cut taxes for most by raising taxes [...]
Follow the yellow brick road? The Liberal Democrats' general election campaign
Here is my chapter from the Total Politics Guide to the 2010 General Election, looking at the prospects for the Liberal Democrats: The 1997 general election turned out to be a once in a generation opportunity for many local Liberal Democrat campaign teams to gain a Parliamentary seat from the Conservatives. At the tail end [...]
