Read about Community Politics, the political creed which powered the old Liberal Party for many years.
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Edition #37 of Liberal Democrat Newswire came out last week, looking at how the new Liberal Democrat message is doing. … Read the full post »
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 »
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 »
My short answer in response to David Boyle having only two cheers for Community Politics is: “I agree”. … Read the full post »
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 »
Thanks to the sterling work of Mary Reid, the amendment to the community politics motion at LibDem conference… … Read the full post »