Lib Dems announce Yorkshire campaigner Tom Gordon for Harrogate & Knaresborough
Campaigner Tom Gordon has been selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Harrogate and Knaresborough. … Read the full post »
Phil Willis
Phil Willis was the Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, 1997-2010. He joined the House of Lords in 2010.
Who is standing in seats the Lib Dems previously held?
A batch of candidates have now been selected in seats formerly held by the party as part of the Liberal Democrat preparations for a possible 2016 general election. … Read the full post »
Modernising community politics: creating communities
It is possible to deliberately set out to foster stronger communities, and increasingly that needs to be part of Community Politics. … Read the full post »
Nick Clegg’s Glasgow conference speech
The Liberal Democrats will borrow less than Labour, but we’ll cut less than the Tories. We’ll finish the job, but we’ll finish it in a way that is fair. … Read the full post »
Maria Hutchings, Eastleigh Conservative candidate, plays hide and seek with the media
One of my favourite moments from the 1997 general election campaign came when I was stood on a street corner in Harrogate, talking to a reporter. … 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 »
David Boyle’s appointment is excellent news
One of the most thoughtful Lib Dem policy thinkers has consistently been David Boyle, which makes the news picked up by Jonathan Calder excellent news indeed. … Read the full post »
Lib Dems aggressively expand targeting strategy against Conservatives and Labour
In amongst all the usual clichés about “the only poll that matters is the one on polling day” and “our canvassing returns are excellent” one sure insight into what a party’s is really planning and how it really thinks are going is where it sends its party leader around the country. … Read the full post »
Bits of election fun you may have missed
Some 2010 general election snippets you may have missed. … Read the full post »
Daily View 2×2: 1 November 2009 – Three new High Street banking chains are to be created by the government
It’s Sunday. It’s 7am. And we’ve got the definitive musical proof that Australian Premier Kevin Rudd is not US President Barack Obama. … Read the full post »