And that’s a wrap…
Barring some unexpected political crisis that requires an emergency meeting, Monday night saw the last Federal Board meeting of this three year cycle. … Read the full post »
Elaine Bagshaw
Read my posts featuring the Liberal Democrat activist, Parliamentary candidate and Federal Board (FB) member, Elaine Bagshaw.
How to persuade voters to change their mind: LDN #163
Liberal Democrat Newswire #163 looks at the latest on Lib Dem general election plans, how to persuade voters to change their minds, what the polls are saying and more. … Read the full post »
Alistair Carmichael disassociates Lib Dems from Vince Cable’s comments on China
Following Vince Cable’s interview with Nigel Farage in which the former Lib Dem leader said it was wrong to talk about a ‘genocide’ in China, Lib Dem MP Alistair Carmichael has robustly disagreed. … Read the full post »
Asking the wrong question about Brexit (and Trump): LDN #145
Liberal Democrat Newswire #145 came out last week, looking at the wrong, and the right, question to ask about Brexit. … Read the full post »
Tower Hamlets councillor Rabina Khan and colleagues join Lib Dems
Cllr. Rabina Khan, previously of the People’s Alliance of Tower Hamlets (PATH), and colleagues have joined the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
Liberated: a new Lib Dem podcast
Another initiative from new Liberal Democrat members: this time a new podcast, called Liberated. It kicks off with an interview with Vince Cable (and hooray to him too for saying yes to being interviewed). … Read the full post »
Labour loses control of council as councillor switches to Lib Dems over Europe
I’ve covered before the great progress Elaine Bagshaw and team are making in rebuilding the Liberal Democrats in Tower Hamlets. Now the local party has its first local councillor too. … Read the full post »
Lib Dem federal committee election results: thank you, 1,061 times over
The results of the Liberal Democrat federal committee elections are now in, and super-thanks to everyone who voted for me, electing me successfully to the Federal Board. … Read the full post »
Excellent news as party votes to give new members more power: LDN #88
On Saturday, the English Council voted to abandon the ban on new members voting in party selection contests. The controversial ban had been suspended temporarily in the face of the huge surge of new members since the May 2015 general election. But only temporarily – until yesterday. … Read the full post »
Lib Dem Federal Board elections: two great candidates to vote for
There are many great candidates for the Federal Board. Here are two I particularly hope you’ll vote for (in addition to myself!)… … Read the full post »