11 Lib Dems in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Here are the Liberal Democrats who have been spotted in the latest Queen’s Birthday Honours list. … Read the full post »
Ruth Dombey
Read my posts about the Liberal Democrat councillor and leader of Sutton Borough Council in south west London, Ruth Dombey OBE.
Liberal Democrat Newswire #77: why didn’t incumbency save more Lib Dem MPs?
Liberal Democrat Newswire #77 came out earlier this week, with new data on the party’s selections for the 2015 general election and a look at which incumbency didn’t save more Lib Dem MPs in 2015. … Read the full post »
Impressive results for Ruth Dombey and the Lib Dem team in Sutton
The results are in from the latest biennial independent survey of residents in Sutton and they’re an impressive vote of confidence in the Lib Dem run council and its leader, Ruth Dombey. … Read the full post »
Watch me lose – and 7 other things you can do at party conference
If you’re a reader of this site and are coming to the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow, do grab me and say hi. It’s always interesting to meet readers of this blog or of my Liberal Democrat Newswire monthly newsletter so even if we’ve never met, do wave hello! … Read the full post »
How leaflets used to look: Sutton, 1972 – no bar chart but a darn good skull
Welcome to another leaflet from the archives, this time courtesy of Sutton Council leader Ruth Dombey who has kindly provided a copy of the first Focus leaflet put out in Sutton back in 1972. It kicked off the winning Parliamentary by-election campaign for Graham Tope and was put together by Liverpool’s Trevor “Jones the Vote” who … Read the full post »
Shock! Horror! Sutton do something different with a Lib Dem raffle!
Saturday was once again excellent summer party hosted by Sutton Liberal Democrats (home of the canine delivery assistants), complete with – of course – a raffle. … Read the full post »
Sutton leader Sean Brennan retiring as leader next month
Sutton Liberal Democrats have one of most impressive records of success anywhere in the UK – not only at winning and keeping control of Sutton Council (25th anniversary celebrated last year), not only at winning Parliamentary elections (two MPs in the borough, both Liberal Democrat) but also… … Read the full post »
In praise of… Tom Brake
It is typical of Tom Brake that in amongst all the heat and rhetoric of the Parliamentary boundary review process, he has been quietly getting on with thinking ahead and acting. … Read the full post »
The other Roger Roberts
Most Liberal Democrats would agree that there’s only one Roger Roberts. As I discovered this morning in Sutton, however, there is a second and a darn fine chap he is too. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #13 is out: silent dogs, battling ministers and more
Liberal Democrat Newswire #13 carries news of an odd silence from Labour along with the latest on Lib Dem – Tory clashes within the coalition government. … Read the full post »