How elections were fought, 1990s style
This video shows how the Liberal Democrats won a council by-election to take control of the local council, the London Borough of Islington. … Read the full post »
Read about Charles Kennedy, the former Liberal Democrat MP and leader of the party 1999-2006. Greg Hurst has written an excellent biography of Charles Kennedy.
This video shows how the Liberal Democrats won a council by-election to take control of the local council, the London Borough of Islington. … Read the full post »
Ian Blackford, the SNP’s former Westminster leader, is to stand down as an MP at the next general election. … Read the full post »
A shorter gap than usual between editions as we’ve got a bumper set of election results to pour over and learn lessons from. With plenty of celebrations along the way. … Read the full post »
I’ll do a more considered analysis of the May election results in the next edition of Lib Dem Newswire, but ahead of that here are some initial highlights. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #150 looks at the lessons for the Liberal Democrats from Sarah Green’s brilliant by-election victory. … Read the full post »
There is striking lesson from the efforts of different countries to tackle coronavirus, efforts that have varied remarkably and tragically in their effectiveness. … Read the full post »
Knowing why people vote the way they do is tough. It’s not just because people may be reluctant to be honest to others about their motivations, but people are also often bad at understanding themselves. … Read the full post »
There were initial contacts between Labour leader Tony Blair and the Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown as early as 1993. … Read the full post »
Now the wonderful results are all in, and with Vince Cable expected to stand down as Liberal Democrat leader very shortly… … Read the full post »
After a stint of local election campaigning today, I’ll be covering the Liberal Democrat local election results in the next edition of Liberal Democrat Newswire. … Read the full post »