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Government scraps plan to fund primaries for Westminster candidate selections
Michael Crick has the scoop about the scrapping of plans to fund open primaries for the selection of Westminster Parliament candidates.
Lib Dem ministers follow advice for councillors and give 10% to the party
Over the last few years there has been an increasingly common pattern in the party of asking or expecting councillors to contribute sums to their local party or council group to help pay for the campaigning that got them elected and for other support. The standard request is for the equivalent of 10% of what [...]
So, how did Michael Crick do?
Exhibit A: “I hear from a well-placed source that the list of peers, with about 55 names from across the party spectrum, will be published on Wednesday 1 December.” The list was published on Friday 19 November with 54 names from across the party spectrum, so not bad at all. Exhibit B: “A normally astute [...]
If a party’s leader visits a constituency it doesn’t hold three times…
… in the space of a few months, it’s a pretty big clue that the party believes it has a strong chance of winning – and almost certainly has polling or canvass data analysis to back it up.
I’m thinking of Nick Clegg and Luton South.
And why am I thinking of Luton South? Because of today’s [...]
A Delicate Balance: the history of Liberals and hung Parliaments
The Liberal Democrat History Group meeting at Bournemouth Conference, supported by The Guardian, looked at hung Parliaments. In his introduction, the meeting chair Duncan Brack explained that one reason for picking the topic is that work such as that by John Curtice has shown that the odds of the next general election producing a hung [...]
I'm rooting for Michael Crick and news about Sark
Go, Michael, go. Don’t let Mr Paxman’s dismay put you off. Carry on reporting about Sark! Don’t let him shut you up next time!
