Imagine this!
Can you imagine the impact of a Lib Dem win in Richmond Park on Thursday? It's not just the impact it will have on our party, it's the message it will send to the government on Brexit.
26 Nov 2016
National News
Three pieces of unfinished business for the new Lib Dem Federal Policy Committee (FPC)
After four years, I'm standing down from the Federal Policy Committee (FPC), to run instead for the new Federal Board (FB) in the internal Liberal Democrat elections. (Find out what these elections and different committees are all about here.) No surprise that my main motivation for running for the Federal Board is my interest in getting the party's strategy right: a core votes approach, delivered through Targeting Plus.
MP
26 Nov 2016
Lakes MP sleeps out to raise money and awareness for young rough sleepers
On Thursday night, South Lakeland MP Tim Farron swapped his bed for a sleeping bag and joined around a thousand fundraisers at Centrepoint's London Sleep Out.
26 Nov 2016
Pensioners beware!
Over recent years and in particular, recent months, there has been much talk of the political establishment abandoning certain...
TJ
26 Nov 2016
TORY VOTE COLLAPSES IN TADLEY
Voting in yesterday's Tadley South by-election saw the Conservative vote collapse while the Lib Dem vote increased with a massive 15% swing from Tory to Lib Dem. The Labour vote also dropped and the UKIP candidate managed just 41 votes.
NWHLD
25 Nov 2016
A Busy Week for Council By Elections, Encouragement for Lib Dems and Marked Absence of UKIP and Greens.
There were 9 council by elections this week, but only one change - a Conservative gain from Labour in Pendle's Reedley Ward high in the Pennines near Nelson. With Labour and the Conservatives fairly evenly matched it only needed a small swing for the seat to change hands. The election was hard fought with a high turnout and with UKIP failing to stand once again it was not surprising that the Conservatives got the modest boost they needed.
25 Nov 2016