Archive for lib dem bloggers
Meet the Lib Dem bloggers: Andrew Reeves
Welcome to the latest in our series giving the human face behind some of the blogs you can find on the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator. Today it is Andrew Reeves, who blogs at http://andrewrunning.blogspot.com. 1. What’s your formative political memory? In 1984 Ken Clarke gave me an award at a thank you party for delivering [...]
Meet the Lib Dem bloggers: Nick Thornsby
Welcome to the latest in our series giving the human face behind some of the blogs you can find on the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator. Today it is Nick Thornsby who blogs at http://nickthornsby.wordpress.com. 1. What’s your formative political memory? The 2005 election was the one I was probably first properly aware of as a [...]
Meet the Lib Dem bloggers: Jonathan Fryer
Welcome to the latest in our series giving the human face behind some of the blogs you can find on the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator. Today it is Jonathan Fryer, who blogs at www.jonathanfryer.wordpress.com. 1. What’s your formative political memory? Jo Grimond came to my school during the 1964 general election, kept 400 normally fidgety [...]
Meet the Lib Dem bloggers: Paul Tyler
Welcome to the latest in our series giving the human face behind some of the blogs you can find on the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator. Today it is Liberal Democrat peer (and former MP) Paul Tyler who blogs at www.lordsoftheblog.net. 1. What’s your formative political memory? Suez, October 29th 1956. Israel with British collusion bombed the [...]
Meet the Lib Dem bloggers: Daisy Benson
Welcome to the latest in our series giving the human face behind some of the blogs you can find on the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator. Today it is Daisy Benson who blogs at www.daisyscampaigndiary.blogspot.com. 1. What’s your formative political memory? The morning after the 1992 election – remembering my parents’ disappointment that Labour hadn’t won [...]
Meet the Lib Dem bloggers: Alex Folkes
Welcome to the latest in our series giving the human face behind some of the blogs you can find on the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator. Today it is Alex Folkes, who blogs at lansonboy.blogspot.com. 1. What’s your formative political memory? My first memory was a mock election at my primary school during the 1979 general [...]
Meet the Lib Dem bloggers: Jonathan Calder
Welcome to the latest in our series giving the human face behind some of the blogs you can find on the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator. Today it is Jonathan Calder, who blogs at Liberal England. 1. What’s your formative political memory? I can remember JFK being assassinated and being taught to say that Alec Douglas Home [...]
Meet the Lib Dem bloggers: Olly Grender
Welcome to the latest in our series giving the human face behind some of the blogs you can find on the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator. Today it is Olly Grender, who blogs at http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/olly-grender. 1. What’s your formative political memory? A toss up between my Mum voting in favour of joining Europe in the referendum [...]
Meet the Lib Dem bloggers: David Boyle
Welcome to the latest in our series giving the human face behind some of the blogs you can find on the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator. Today it is David Boyle, who blogs at The Real Blog. 1. What’s your formative political memory? I don’t know when I became a Liberal, but found myself cheering the [...]
