Liberal Democrat conference: what you need to know
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 »
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Jeremy Hargreaves
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.
Want to know how the Liberal Democrats make policy?
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 »
Creating a new strategy for the Liberal Democrats: kicking off the process
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 »
The mystery of why Leave areas are voting Lib Dem: LDN #89
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 »
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 »
A glossary of Liberal Democrat terms
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: Who won? Who lost? The Lib Dem committee election results
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 »
Two useful steps forward in party business at conference
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.”
“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 »
Rolling news from Sheffield Lib Dem conference: Saturday morning
Norman Lamb, moving the Federal Policy Committee report, talks of need for party to come up with strong and distinctive policies for second half of the Parliament. … Read the full post »