Read my posts about diversity, especially for political candidate, elected public officials and in business.
The EnAble Fund for Elected Office is intended to cover the additional financial costs associated with a disability or health condition that would otherwise prevent someone from seeking elected office. … Read the full post »
“Incredibly across the capital, of the 943 plaques installed to date, only 14 per cent commemorate women” – Caroline Pidgeon … Read the full post »
What comes after Saturday at Lib Dem conference? Sunday, of course. Which was also the day I got to meet Ian Kearns, who gave a barnstormer of a speech about leaving Labour. … Read the full post »
News from the new Liberal Democrats Campaign for Race Equality (background here): Kishan Devani has taken up the role of Vice President. … Read the full post »
Merlene Emerson, EMLD’s membership officer, writes about the plans to relaunch as the Liberal Democrat Campaign for Race Equality (LDCRE). … Read the full post »
A little belatedly, it’s time for the 2017 version of my annual post about the gender balance amongst council candidates and councillors in the big May round of elections. … Read the full post »
Following his death, London Region Liberal Democrats created in Lord Avebury’s memory a fund to support election candidates from under-represented groups. … Read the full post »
Rounding off the Southport conference which saw the party adopted a new strategy, Lib Dem leader Vince Cable took a swing at Jeremy Corbyn (a life-long Eurosceptic) for talking about workers but supporting a Brexit which will hit workers. … Read the full post »
Continuing his round of party conference interviews, Vince Cable talked to the Evening Standard about, amongst other things, the next election for Mayor of London: … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #108 has a special free extract from a book I contributed to. It’s a what-if political history, looking back at how the 2007 Lib Dem leadership election could have had rather different consequences for the party. … Read the full post »