Siobhan Benita stands down as Lib Dem Mayor of London candidate
With this May’s scheduled elections for the Mayor of London and London Assembly postponed to next May, there’s a huge knock-on for the candidates involved. … Read the full post »
A former civil servant, Siobhan Benita ran as an independent to be Mayor of London in 2012. In 2016, she joined the Liberal Democrats.
With this May’s scheduled elections for the Mayor of London and London Assembly postponed to next May, there’s a huge knock-on for the candidates involved. … Read the full post »
Welcome to news about the new chair of the main Liberal Democrat campaign committee, a discussion of the importance of potholes, all the latest voting intention opinion polls and by-election results, a chance to order my new book Bad News and more. … Read the full post »
Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey, has today announced the new Lib Dem team in the House of Commons. … Read the full post »
What to make of the Lib Dem general election so far, the MRP data and the number of Lib Dem leaflets? Liberal Democrat Newswire #132 has some of the answers. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #130 took a look at all the posts up for election in the party’s current internal contests. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat party leader Jo Swinson has updated and expanded her Shadow Cabinet line-up, adding roles for new MPs Luciana Berger, Sam Gyimah, Phillip Lee and Angela Smith along with some changes in the responsibilities of the others. … Read the full post »
The elections are now underway for the next President of the Liberal Democrats, as well as key federal party committees and other posts. … Read the full post »
I spent much of the day helping train and brief excellent Prospective Parliamentary Candidates on what they need to do to win. One in particular I really hope will be an MP by Christmas… … Read the full post »
A few highlights from Sunday at the Liberal Democrat federal conference in Bournemouth, including the party’s key vote on Brexit. … Read the full post »
During the Lib Dem leadership contest hustings, Ed Davey had a crowd-pleasing line about how the Conservative members were electing the next Prime Minister, but… … Read the full post »