Local government brilliance: my latest report back to party members
In reading this report, you may notice a certain similarity with previous reports. That is deliberate and, I hope, welcome. … Read the full post »
John Leech was Liberal Democrat MP for Manchester Withington 2005-15, when he lost the seat to Labour at the general election.
In reading this report, you may notice a certain similarity with previous reports. That is deliberate and, I hope, welcome. … Read the full post »
Great to see seven Liberal Democrats shortlisted in the Cllr Awards 2020 for local elected public officials in England and Scotland. … Read the full post »
During the Lib Dem leadership contest hustings, Ed Davey had a crowd-pleasing line about how the Conservative members were electing the next Prime Minister, but… … Read the full post »
A powerful video from Liberal Democrat councillor (and former MP) John Leech which tries to crack the question of how you persuade liberally minded, pro-Europe voters who went for Corbyn in 2017 to vote Lib Dem in future council elections. … Read the full post »
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 »
Excellent news that the government is set to accept an amendment put down by the Liberal Democrats to the Police and Crime Bill. … Read the full post »
Read Liberal Democrat Newswire #80’s post-mortem on the 2016 elections. … Read the full post »
John Leech has been a thorn in Manchester Labour’s side for years. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #79 came out last week, taking a look at the Liberal Democrat strategy for the May council elections, what happened to the grassroots Lib Dem campaign machine in 2015, data which shows the Lib Dems are the most unpredictable party, and more. … Read the full post »
See the latest running tallies of which (ex) MPs are backing which candidate in the Liberal Democrat leadership race. … Read the full post »