More United: Paddy Ashdown’s new political movement launched today
Find out about Paddy Ashdown’s new cross-party political movement, More United, what causes it will promote and how it plans to change British politics. … Read the full post »
Austin Rathe
Read about Liberal Democrat activist and staffer Austin Rathe, who was the party’s Head of Members, Supporters and Digital 2012-2015.
‘Low intensity blandness’ – the Lib Dem by-election problem: Liberal Democrat Newswire #82
Almost completely lost in all the other political news was the Liberal Democrat result in the Tooting Parliamentary by-election held on 16 June. Perhaps thankfully so given that even though the party lost its deposit in May 2015, in the by-election the Lib Dem vote share fell yet further: down 1.4% to 2.6%. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #76: a new strategy for the Lib Dems
Liberal Democrat Newswire #76 came out last week, including the latest evidence on what really works in political campaigning. … Read the full post »
Lib Dem Director of Elections Hilary Stephenson stepping down
Hilary Stephenson is to step down from her role as Director of Elections at Lib Dem HQ shortly after the party’s spring conference in York. … Read the full post »
Laura Davies is the new Lib Dem Director of People
Congratulations to long-standing Liberal Democrat member Laura Davies who starts in the new year in the new role as Director of People. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #74 is out: new Kennedy biography
Liberal Democrat Newswire 74 came out last week, featuring the newly updated biography of Charles Kennedy, Christmas book suggestions, the role of social events in political organising, a prize draw and more. … Read the full post »
Austin Rathe is leaving Lib Dem HQ
Austin Rathe, the Lib Dem Head of Members and Supporters, is off to pastures new in the near future. … 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 »
10 things the Lib Dems got right in the general election
(Pause for joke about how short this post will be.) … Read the full post »
Six ways to treat your campaign helpers well – and an excellent campaign video from Stephen Lloyd
Perhaps the most regrettable thing I’ve done in a Liberal Democrat training session was to get up in front of a room full of Lib Dem activists and go through my experiences of how I’d been treated when turning up to help. … Read the full post »