Coming soon: the Liberal Democrat music collection
The creation of custom songs used to be a big part of political campaigns a century and more ago. … Read the full post »
April 1st
All of these posts of mine from April 1sts in years gone by are true. Honest. Really. Just ask Lirpa Loof if you doubt me.
Launching today: Wintringham 1, the new Lib Dem campaign idea
Little noticed in Vince Cable’s statement last autumn about when he would stand down as Liberal Democrat leader was the third element. … Read the full post »
Bizarre or brilliant? New Lib Dem candidate rules for target seats
I’m sorry. I did something stupid. I didn’t read the paperwork properly before a Liberal Democrat meeting. I assumed that at least someone else would have. So for what follows blame me as much as anyone else. … Read the full post »
Controversy ahead over new Lib Dem policy group’s work on the local environment
Chances are you missed it in the paperwork for the Liberal Democrat conference in York. I missed it too until a text message hit my inbox from someone working at Lib Dem HQ. … Read the full post »
Walking Stick PR firm launched – a firm for an ageing country
A new PR agency called Walking Stick is launched today. It’s gap in the the market? The clue is in the name. … Read the full post »
Exclusive: Lib Dems boost voter engagement with new tech from Canada and Japan
Step one of the technological import is a set of machine learning algorithms, built in conjunction with the academic team who recently built a system that it was claimed (not without controversy) to have passed the ‘Turing test’ . … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrats launch innovative – but controversial – online fundraising plan
News reaches me of a potentially very effective but highly controversial fundraising move planned by Liberal Democrat HQ for the general election. … Read the full post »
+++ EXCLUSIVE: Government to bring 2013 local elections forward to last Thursday in February
According to a series of leaked memos secured exclusively by Lib Dem Voice, the Government will bring the 2013 local elections forward from May to February. … Read the full post »
Exclusive: party research into effectiveness of bar charts leaked
Courtesy of the traditional route of documents left on Parliamentary photocopiers, I’ve seen the results of an in-depth piece of market research… … Read the full post »