Huge swing to Lib Dems in Lewisham East, leapfrogging Conservatives
One Parliamentary by-election, one council by-election and one delayed council election (due to the death of a candidate) this week. … Read the full post »
Read about the Liberal Democrats in the London Borough of Southwark, where Simon Hughes was an MP 1983-2015.
One Parliamentary by-election, one council by-election and one delayed council election (due to the death of a candidate) this week. … Read the full post »
A double dose of “by-election” campaigning today. First up with the Southwark team, where the brilliant Humaira Ali, William Houngbo and Damian O’Brien face a delayed election (yes, technically not a by-election, fellow election law enthusiasts) due to the sad death of a candidate during the scheduled election. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat council candidates Julia Ogiehor (Haringey) and Melissa Gordon (Southwark) are two of the seven hosts of the new Consensus politics podcast. … Read the full post »
On Sunday morning at the Liberal Democrat federal spring conference in Southport, the party will be debating a new strategy. I’d summarise it as a six step route to success… … Read the full post »
The RV1 bus runs, or rather should run, near where I work. But as near where I work is the huge London Bridge station redevelopment the route has been on diversion for years. Now it faces being halved on top of that without consultation – and despite it being one of few zero-emission bus routes. … Read the full post »
Great to be over in Southwark this evening where Simon Hughes’s election campaign is well and truly up and running. … Read the full post »
Very welcome news from Vince Cable: with a snap general election, he’s standing for Parliament again in his former Twickenham constituency. … Read the full post »
Simon Hughes, the very popular former Lib Dem MP, will be standing again for Bermondsey and Old Southwark in the event of an early general election. … Read the full post »
Congratulations to Dan Whitehead and the team for such a strong defence of the Lib Dem seat in Surrey Docks ward, Southwark. … Read the full post »
Good: Labour gain a seat from Ukip in a Thanet local council by-election. … Read the full post »