Read my posts featuring environmentalist, author, Liberal Democrat activist and sometime Federal Conference Committee (FCC) Chair and Federal Policy Committee (FPC) Vice Chair, Duncan Brack.
Many from all wings of the Liberal Democrats liked Charles Kennedy but saw his leadership at the time as, at best, not up to the opportunities on offer and, at worst, as a failure. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrat Federal Policy Committee (FPC) is kicking off a series of consultations in the party on what the party believes. … Read the full post »
Party conference voted to move to OMOV. What needs to be got right to make this work? … Read the full post »
Fail to understand what happened in 1997 and why and you not only fail to understand British political campaigning but also, closer to home, fail to understand the roots of more recent events involving Chris Rennard. … Read the full post »
Thank you to everyone who backed the amendment on one-member one-vote (OMOV) that I organised for Lib Dem conference in Glasgow. … Read the full post »
The package of constitutional and standing order amendments tabled for Glasgow Conference by the Federal Executive (FE) to introduce one-member one-vote (OMOV)… … Read the full post »
On 3 March 2013, the Liberal Democrats marked their twenty-fifth birthday. The story of the party since 1988 has been a dramatic one, from near-extinction, through a failed realignment of the left, a period of rapidly changing leaders, and then into government, for the first time for a third party for sixty years. … Read the full post »
As I’ve had a small role in updating it, no surprises perhaps that I heartily recommend the new edition of the Dictionary of Liberal Quotations. What surprised me taking a look at the two companion volumes, the Dictionary of Labour Quotations and (you guessed it) the Dictionary of Conservative Quotations, is how many of the … Read the full post »
If you’re a reader of this site and are coming to the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow, do grab me and say hi. It’s always interesting to meet readers of this blog or of my Liberal Democrat Newswire monthly newsletter so even if we’ve never met, do wave hello! … Read the full post »
If you re a liberal or a democrat, and especially if you’re a Liberal Democrat, this masterful and considered collection of thought-provoking quotations should belong to you. … Read the full post »