Willie Rennie calls for all-women shortlists
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie is to seek to change his party’s rules to allow women-only shortlists for parliamentary selections. … Read the full post »
Read more about the Liberal Democrat candidate selection rules and processes.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie is to seek to change his party’s rules to allow women-only shortlists for parliamentary selections. … Read the full post »
What’s that on the horizon? It’s a u-turn coming into view, I suspect… … Read the full post »
A new Lib Dem member in London? Yes, we’ll trust you. But a new Lib Dem member in Liverpool or Bristol? Sorry, you won’t be trusted. … Read the full post »
The alphabet soup of EC, ECE and ECC is complicated, little known by most members and devoid of direct accountability to party members. … Read the full post »
The sensible way to treat a new member of a political party is to welcome them warmly. Yet often the rules of the Liberal Democrats treat new members as second class citizens, … Read the full post »
“If we don’t make real progress in having more women elected as Liberal Democrat MPs at the next election we might have to think of a one-off way of really cracking this problem” – Nick Clegg … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrats are well used to arguing for changes in how our public elections are run, because we know the rules you use for a contest have a big impact on how desirable its outcomes are. … Read the full post »
You may have noticed I have a thing or two about the party’s internal election rules (not to mention those of other organisations). There’s a reason and it reflects my wider view of the world. … Read the full post »
Interesting news from Ireland on the long-running question of male dominance of elected Parliamentary posts. … Read the full post »
Diana Wallis’s sudden resignation as an MEP highlight flaws in the party’s rules for picking a successor. … Read the full post »