Ruth Dombey stepping down as Sutton leader
After twelve years as leader of Sutton Council, Ruth Dombey is stepping down from the role but continuing as a councillor. … Read the full post »
Keith House
Read my posts featuring Liberal Democrat Eastleigh councillor and long time council leader, Keith House. He is not the 1870s Chicago mansion often used as a wedding venue.
How to meet the big challenges of our time: LDN #147
There is striking lesson from the efforts of different countries to tackle coronavirus, efforts that have varied remarkably and tragically in their effectiveness. … Read the full post »
Lib Dems win in Eastleigh seat with 12% swing from Conservatives
Another week of council by-elections, another week when they weren’t all on the Thursday. This time the aberrant timing was on a Wednesday, with a safe Conservative hold in Waverley. … Read the full post »
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There are already plenty of individual good news stories for the Lib Dems from the election results, including… … Read the full post »
50 most influential Lib Dems, 2015 version (according to Iain Dale)
Iain Dale has published his latest annual list of the 50 most influential Liberal Democrats. Read on to see who makes it to the top ten… … Read the full post »
Keith House: New Housing Finance Institute can help councils build homes
Britain needs to build more than 200,000 new homes each year. We’ve all said it so many times before. Yet we are falling short of this target. … Read the full post »
Party President candidates cook up a dull set of opening paragraphs
You need to give people a reason to click through. The latest email from the candidates doesn’t rise to the challenge. … Read the full post »
What next for the Liberal Democrats? Part 1 – Policy
One thing the Liberal Democrats weren’t short of during the European election campaign was media coverage of the party’s European policies. But one thing the party ended up short of was votes. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #32 is out: who were the Lib Dem winners from Eastleigh?
Liberal Democrat Newswire #32 looks at who the winners in the Liberal Democrats are from Mike Thornton’s Eastleigh by-election success. … Read the full post »
How Lib Dems keep on winning in Portsmouth and Eastleigh
The Guardian’s Michael White has hit the south coast to see how in some parts of the country the Liberal Democrats keep on winning. … Read the full post »