Spring 2021 Liberal Democrat conference will be online
The spring federal Liberal Democrat conference will be held as usual in March next year, but as with the party’s successful autumn 2020 conference, it will be held online. … Read the full post »
Lib Dem policy and internal matters
Read my posts about how the Liberal Democrats are run and key opportunities to get involved in the party. Read on to find out what is being done, why and how to influence it.
You can also find out more about the Federal Policy Committee (FPC) and the party’s federal conferences in my posts dedicated to them.
Thank you, Kirsty Williams
I should start with a word of thanks – in fact, many words of thanks – to Kirsty Williams. She has announced that she will be standing down at the Welsh Senedd elections. … Read the full post »
Local parties getting important extra data
Hundreds of thousands of extra email addresses are being made available to Lib Dem local parties via the Lighthouse system. … Read the full post »
How to take part in the next stage of Lib Dem UBI policy making
Following Lib Dem conference voting in favour of the principle of a Universal Basic Income, the party is now developing the details. Here’s the party advert on how you can take part in the next stage. … Read the full post »
Getting our new party team in place
Following the issues with our Mayor of London selection and in response to a request from the London Lib Dems… … Read the full post »
Lib Dems liked new style, online hustings for party leadership election
Many thanks to everyone who took part in my latest mini-survey, this time looking at views on the hustings format for the party leadership election. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Party Awards, 2020: hear from all the winners
Liberal Democrat conference closed with me presenting the party awards, including this time a new award named in honour of Bertha Bowness Fischer. … Read the full post »
The challenge facing our country has rarely been so great: Ed Davey’s conference speech
Ed Davey gave his first conference speech as Liberal Democrat leader today. Here’s what he said. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat conference passes Europe motion
Here’s the text of the motion that was passed today at Lib Dem conference. The key vote, between amendment 1 and amendment 2, went for amendment 2 by 1,071 votes to 337 votes. … Read the full post »
Highlights from the second day at the Lib Dem virtual party conference
Here are some of the highlights from what went down on day two of the Liberal Democrat virtual conference. … Read the full post »