Ed Davey announces new Lib Dem team in the House of Commons
Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey, has today announced the new Lib Dem team in the House of Commons. … Read the full post »
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Daisy Cooper
Read about the Liberal Democrat activist Daisy Cooper, who ran to be Lib Dem President in 2014 and was elected Member of Parliament for St Albans in 2019.
Daisy Cooper re-selected by Liberal Democrats in St Albans
Excellent news from St Albans, which was one of the stand-out constituency results at the 2017 general election, where Daisy Cooper moved up from third to second place (one of only two constituencies to do this). … Read the full post »
Lib Dems appoint Daisy Cooper as Candidate Diversity Champion
Liberal Democrat Leader Tim Farron and President Sal Brinton have appointed Daisy Cooper as the party’s Candidate Diversity Champion, to drive forward and coordinate the party’s action plan to improve the diversity of its MPs. … Read the full post »
Lib Dem members set to elect who party leader appoints to Lords in future (possibly) (perhaps) (soon-ish)
Back in 2013 the Liberal Democrat Federal Executive agreed to reform the ‘interim peers panel’ process by which (in theory, rather less so in practice) party members got to vote on who the party leader would appoint to the House of Lords. … Read the full post »
Online versus offline vote totals for Lib Dem President contest released
Derived from Jonathan Davies’s helpful comment on Lib Dem Voice… … Read the full post »
Three rather better emails from the Party President candidates
But even so, it’s surprising that even at the end all three seem to be struggling to find the points which really distinguish themselves from their rivals. … Read the full post »
Party President candidates cook up a dull set of opening paragraphs
You need to give people a reason to click through. The latest email from the candidates doesn’t rise to the challenge. … Read the full post »
Don’t forget to vote (oh and, er, please vote for me)
Voting for the Liberal Democrat federal committees closes at noon, Thursday 20 November. This ballot is open to voting conference reps (this time round – party conference has agreed in principle to change this for future elections). Voters should have either received an email with a link to voting and the candidate manifestos or had a posted mailing. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #53 is out: how to fix the Lib Dem strategy
Edition #53 of Liberal Democrat Newswire came out last week, looking at the problems with the current Liberal Democrat strategy and how to fix them. You can also read it below and for more on the party’s strategy, see the media appearance I did afterwards. Since #53 came out, the new slogan is creeping out more … Read the full post »
The first round of emails from the Lib Dem candidates for President, and what they mean
The first set of official campaign emails from the three candidates for Lib Dem Party President has just been circulated to party members. … Read the full post »