Read about the Liberal Democrat activist Daisy Cooper, who ran to be Lib Dem President in 2014.
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 »
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 »
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 »
Derived from Jonathan Davies’s helpful comment on Lib Dem Voice… … Read the full post »
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 »
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 »
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. In this contest I’m restanding for the Federal Policy Committee; see my FPC … Read the full post »
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, but if you’d like the convenience of getting it direct by email in future, just sign up here. It’s free! And if you are already … Read the full post »
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 »
“We can learn from our South African sister party, the Democratic Alliance, which has established a scheme, part leadership academy and part social network – to which they recruit new members from marginalised communities, providing mentoring and support for them to become political leaders at every level” – Daisy Cooper … Read the full post »