Read about the health service professional, Liberal Democrat activist and policymaker Jeremy Hargreaves. He authored a guide to how the Liberal Democrat policy process works.
On Friday, the Liberal Democrat general election manifesto was finalised. In a special piece for this blog, Federal Policy Committee Vice Chair Jeremy Hargreaves explains what happened. … Read the full post »
The Liberal Democrats hold two federal (i.e. UK-wide) party conferences a year, a weekend in the spring and a week in the autumn. … Read the full post »
Thanks to the kind permission of Federal Policy Committee (FPC) member Jeremy Hargreaves, I’ve added to the Liberal Democrat Newswire his highly accessible and thorough guide to how the Liberal Democrats make policy. … Read the full post »
We are a political party which seeks to win elections. We are also a political movement which seeks to change society. We both need to win elections and to mobilise a grassroots popular movement in support of our vision for society. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #89 came out last week, including possible answers to the puzzle of why the Lib Dems are doing well in Leave areas, a look at the way campaigning is changing in the Liberal Democrats and new opportunities for members to help make party policy. You can now read it in full below, but if you’d … Read the full post »
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 »
You don’t have to be in the Liberal Democrats long to encounter a wall of jargon so here is a glossary to help guide you through it. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #28 reports on the results of an important set of internal Liberal Democrat elections for bodies such as the party’s Federal Policy Committee (FPC). … Read the full post »
Despite a resurgence in recent years, the tabling of questions to party committee reports at Liberal Democrat conference is still very much a minority sport. … Read the full post »
“I like to pay taxes. It is purchasing civilization.” Oliver Wendell Holmes’s comment graces the start of the first policy paper published by the new Liberal Democrat leaning think tank, Liberal Insight. … Read the full post »