Ten comments on Saturday at Lib Dem party conference
Being introduced at a meeting or in a debate at Liberal Democrat conference as a “Minister” is still a plus point, often triggering a round of applause. … Read the full post »
Read about former Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Öpik. He was elected to represent Montgomeryshire in 1997, and held the seat until being defeated at the 2010 general election.
He was leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats 2001-2007.
Lembit Öpik also twice ran to be Liberal Democrat Party President, in 2004 and 2008. He was unsuccessful both times.
He was expelled from the party in 2021 after doing a ‘how to beat the Lib Dems’ session for the Conservative Party.
Being introduced at a meeting or in a debate at Liberal Democrat conference as a “Minister” is still a plus point, often triggering a round of applause. … Read the full post »
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 »
Knowing roughly how many people open each of your emails is rather like knowing how many people return a residents’ survey. … Read the full post »
“I know that with integrity, determination and courage of conviction, together, we can change Wales for good” – Nick Clegg. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #2 is out: realignment to left, realignment to the right… … Read the full post »
Honest, I wasn’t spending a Sunday evening researching camels and legal action. But I did come across this about Lembit Opik. … Read the full post »
Back in 2000, Susan Kramer was the first (and in many ways most successful) Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London. … Read the full post »
There is now a third person publicly in the running to be the Liberal Democrat candidate for London Mayor – Jeremy Ambache. … Read the full post »
Lembit Opik and Duwayne Brooks are the only two people to have publicly announced their desire to stand as the Lib Dem Mayor of London candidate so far. … Read the full post »
In the London Mayor selection contest, Lewisham councillor Duwayne Brooks has just publicly thrown his hat in the ring. … Read the full post »