UPDATED: Chris Rennard stands down from Federal Executive
“I do not believe it is in the interests of the party for Chris to take up his position on the Federal Executive” – Tim Farron. … Read the full post »
Read about the former Liberal Democrat Chief Executive and peer Lord Chris Rennard. To find out about his impact on the Liberal Democrats, and the party’s approach to campaigning in particular, see The Liberal Democrat approach to campaigning: the history and debunking some myths.
“I do not believe it is in the interests of the party for Chris to take up his position on the Federal Executive” – Tim Farron. … Read the full post »
More than the necessary 200 signatures have been gathered and the party’s Federal Conference Committee (FCC) has started planning for holding the special conference. … Read the full post »
Caron Lindsay has blogged the message Lib Dem President Sal Brinton has sent to members of the Federal Executive (FE). … Read the full post »
The immediate reaction of some Liberal Democrat activists angered at the decision by Lib Dem peers to elect Chris Rennard as their representative on the Federal Executive has been to say ‘we should abolish peer reps on these committees’. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrat group in the House of Lords has, to widespread surprise, elected Chris Rennard to represent it on the party’s Federal Executive. … Read the full post »
I’ve asked that question of both Tim Farron and Norman Lamb. Here are their answers… … Read the full post »
It all makes for an enjoyable read, as the eclectic mix of names in the index – from Mohammad Azharuddin through to Sandi Toksvig and Bill Clinton – demonstrates. … Read the full post »
Fail to understand what happened in 1997 and why and you not only fail to understand British political campaigning but also, closer to home, fail to understand the roots of more recent events involving Chris Rennard. … Read the full post »
“Processes are still too complex, they involve too many people, and no one is accountable for decisions in any meaningful way” – Daisy Cooper. … Read the full post »
In their pre-democratic origins, British political proto-parties were collections of Parliamentarians. They had as their members whoever they wished, and if people outside Parliament didn’t like who was in the current faction – well, then they were always free to go and support someone else instead. … Read the full post »