How did the Lib Dems do in the local elections? (LDN #112)
Liberal Democrat Newswire #112 came out last week, looking at the Lib Dem performance in the 2018 local elections. … Read the full post »
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Merton Liberal Democrats
Read about the Liberal Democrats in the London Borough of Merton.
Tweets sent from Labour activist’s account trigger controversy
In the London Borough of Merton, Patrick Oheneba Adu was a member of the local Labour team in West Merton and even highly praised for his work by the Labour leader of the council in a letter to residents. … Read the full post »
What if Chris Huhne had beaten Nick Clegg and become Lib Dem leader? LDN#108
Liberal Democrat Newswire #108 has a special free extract from a book I contributed to. It’s a what-if political history, looking back at how the 2007 Lib Dem leadership election could have had rather different consequences for the party. … Read the full post »
The roots of Vince Cable’s political beliefs: Liberal Democrat Newswire #103
Liberal Democrat Newswire #103 came out last week, including an exclusive piece from Lib Dem leader Vince Cable on the roots of his political views and a piece on what next for Brexit from journalist Ian Dunt. … Read the full post »
It doesn’t always work out as expected when you compliment a voter
Early start this morning to help with a canvassing training session for new (and some not so new!) Liberal Democrat members in Merton. … Read the full post »
I think we’ve finally found a chocolate I will keep rather than eat
Courtesy of the kind folk at Merton Liberal Democrats, where I went to talk last night about the need for a strong liberal voice in British politics and how the Liberal Democrats can rebuild. … Read the full post »
Watch Paddy Ashdown’s cracking speech to the Lib Dem spring conference
A brilliant speech well worth a watch again even if you saw it live first time round. … Read the full post »
Yes, they were pointing at things even in 1986
Courtesy of Anthony Fairclough, here is a Focus leaflet from 1986. It was for Dundonald Ward in Merton and contains a familiar looking style of photo at the bottom of page 2. … Read the full post »
Congratulations to award winners at London Lib Dem conference
All much deserved winners of the awards at today London Liberal Democrats regional conference… … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Mid-Term Review comes to Merton
Thursday next week (1st March) I’m off to Merton to talk at the local Liberal Democrats’ meeting. … Read the full post »