Archive for lembit opik
Which of the five Lib Dem reshuffle options will Nick Clegg pick?
Five scenarios for your delectation: The Lib Dem night of the long beards The drastic, dramatic and painful option. Clegg says the Liberal Democrats need David Laws’s expertise and media savvy at the heart of economic decision making, restoring him to Chief Secretary to the Treasury and expressing tearful regret that Danny Alexander is off [...]
Can you guess what this is?
“It’s holistic, empathic and potentially step-changing.” Can you guess what it is yet…? OK, here’s another quote about it: “Its foundation is as old as human nature. It works in harmony with it, releasing enormous energy for transformations.” Any guesses? What if I tell you they are quotes from Lembit Opik? Here’s one more then: [...]
The message that won the Mayor selection for Brian Paddick
Neil Stockley, one of the best Liberal Deomcrat commentators when it comes to messaging and presenting a coherent narrative, has taken a look at the message which propelled Brian Paddick to victory in the London Mayor selection contest: Liberal Democrat selection campaigns for London mayor are strange beasts, as the party seeks out a mega-campaigner [...]
Lembit Opik on the London Mayor selection result
Lembit Opik had a piece in today’s Evening Standard ahead of the results declaration in the London Mayor selection. In it he said he expected to lose and went on to say: Ever since I was first enticed into entering the fray as a potential candidate, I’ve experienced a remarkable degree of antagonism and aggression [...]
London Mayor selection: full results
Congratulations Brian: First round Brian Paddick 1,289 (42%) Mike Tuffrey 1,232 (40%) Brian Haley 316 (10%) Lembit Opik 252 (8%) Total valid votes: 3,089 Second round Brian Paddick 1,567 (51%) Mike Tuffrey 1,476 (49%) Majority: 91 (2%) Commenting, Brian Paddick said: “I want to thank my fellow candidates for engaging in a high standard of [...]
Survey shows Tuffrey beating Opik 5:1 for Lib Dem Mayor candidate selection
Over on Lib Dem Voice, my co-editor Stephen Tall has been writing up the results of the latest survey of Liberal Democrat members he has carried out. This one included a question about who members would choose as the party’s candidate for Mayor of London: 10% – Lembit Opik 56% – Mike Tuffrey 18% – [...]
Opinion: Why Mike Tuffrey should be our candidate for Mayor of London
Over the weekend I started up a ‘draft Mike Tuffrey‘ page on Facebook to encourage Mike Tuffrey, one of our London Assembly members, to put his name forward as our candidate for the 2012 Mayor elections. Imagining your fantasy perfect candidate is always fun (a cross between Paddy Ashdown and Shirley Williams perhaps?) but as [...]
Lembit Opik: vote for my libertarian agenda
Yesterday’s BBC Politics Show included a feature on Lembit Opik’s hopes to be the Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London. It’s still available online to watch (see here; it starts at 47:42). Most notable was the news that no Liberal Democrat MP, GLA member or council leader in London is backing him, that he [...]
