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 »
Charles Kennedy
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.
Ian Blackford standing down as SNP MP
Ian Blackford, the SNP’s former Westminster leader, is to stand down as an MP at the next general election. … Read the full post »
Learning the lessons of success: the 2023 local elections (LDN #172)
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 »
Some highlights from the local election results so far
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 »
8 lessons from Chesham and Amersham: LDN #150
Liberal Democrat Newswire #150 looks at the lessons for the Liberal Democrats from Sarah Green’s brilliant by-election victory. … Read the full post »
How to meet the big challenges of our time: LDN #147
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 »
How does the electorate really think?
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 »
The Cook-Maclennan talks: lessons in cross-party cooperation
There were initial contacts between Labour leader Tony Blair and the Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown as early as 1993. … Read the full post »
The local government record of Liberal Democrat leaders
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 »
Wow, what a set of the Liberal Democrat local election results
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 »