Tony Greaves passes away
Extremely sad news: Liberal Democrat peer and councillor Tony Greaves passed away earlier today. Tony played a huge role in the party’s survival in the 1970s and our huge local government growth since. … Read the full post »
Tim Pickstone
Read about the Liberal Democrat councillor and ALDC (Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors) Chief Executive, Tim Pickstone.
Liberal Democrat leadership election postponed until 2021
Not only are we going through what could become the country’s biggest crisis since 1945, but we’re also entering a very new world that will persist once the immediate crisis is over. … Read the full post »
A new path for the Liberal Democrats: LDN #104
Liberal Democrat Newswire #104 contained a new pamphlet about the future of the party and Iain Dale’s always controversial annual list of the 50 most influential Lib Dems. … Read the full post »
Record-breaking membership for key Lib Dem body as party’s activist base grows
ALDC – the Lib Dem support organisation for councillors and campaigners which any member serious about campaigning should join – has now topped 3,000 members … Read the full post »
Saturday round-up from Bournemouth conference – including Farron’s rally speech
Jokes about land value taxation, how he spends time at conference and how he got married – all part of Tim Farron’s conference speech before the serious stuff. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #70: Tim Farron unveils new Shadow Cabinet
Much to my relief, the Liberal Democrat Newswire poll for the leadership contest turned out very close to the result and was the most accurate of the published polling. … Read the full post »
New Lib Dem Shadow Cabinet is rather different
Tim Farron has announced his new Shadow Cabinet, which not only is majority-female (just like the electorate) but also… … Read the full post »
Reminder: new Lib Dem election law book available
Hooray, the latest version of the ALDC Election Law Handbook – which I’m the current author of – is now out and available to help people navigate their way around election law. … Read the full post »
Applications open for the Next Generation local government leadership programme
ALDC co-ordinates the Liberal Democrat stream of the Local Government Association’s ‘Next Generation’ programme. … Read the full post »
New campaign buttons up and running on Prater Raines and MyCouncillor sites
Thanks to the kind efforts of ALDC and Prater Raines, the newly revived Liberal Democrat campaign buttons are now available for their own website systems. … Read the full post »