When will the general election be? LDN #171
Read about one of the most radical, and effective, way to improve people’s lives in the April Lib Dem Newswire. … Read the full post »
Community Politics
Read about Community Politics, the political creed which powered the old Liberal Party for many years.
VIDEO: Tim Farron on community politics and #save3000 child refugees
Tim Farron discussed Liberal Democrats campaigns for community politics and calling on the government to #save3000 child refugees from trafficking and exploitation. … Read the full post »
Putting community politics back into election campaigns
It’s a common complaint – that modern Liberal Democrat election campaigns have lost the original campaigning and ideological spirit of community politics. … Read the full post »
Modernising community politics: creating communities
It is possible to deliberately set out to foster stronger communities, and increasingly that needs to be part of Community Politics. … Read the full post »
Linda Jack: Community Politics for the 21st century
Establishing trust and respect between citizens and politicians is the scaffolding to building community-led common aims and a liberal, positive future. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #37 is out: how is that new Lib Dem message doing?
Edition #37 of Liberal Democrat Newswire came out last week, looking at how the new Liberal Democrat message is doing. … Read the full post »
Rediscovering and modernising Community Politics
Since the 2010 general election, and in particular since the May 2011 election results, it has almost become a cliché in many parts of the party to call for a rediscovery of Community Politics. … Read the full post »
The party’s back to front: why the Lib Dem political messaging is wrong
Hearing both Danny Alexander and Nick Clegg speak several times at local Liberal Democrat events over the summer, something not quite right about their speeches was nagging away at the back of my mind. … Read the full post »
Updating Community Politics: the role for social capital
My short answer in response to David Boyle having only two cheers for Community Politics is: “I agree”. … Read the full post »
Community Politics: my speech at Lib Dem conference
There has been for quite a few years a big gap between talk of Community Politics in the Liberal Democrats when it comes to booklets or conference debates and the actual operation of the party and its members. … Read the full post »