Another previously safe Conservative seat in Shropshire has fallen to the Liberal Democrats in a council by-election tonight.Here is the result from the Alveley and Claverley ward:Lib Dems&n… Read More
From today's Mirror:The Compass campaign group has published details of 14 constituencies where the Lib Dems are best placed to topple the Conservatives - and urged Labour supporters to swit… Read More
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Rishi Sunak must win at least one of two by-elections this week to keep ‘the flame of hope alive’ of winning the next election, pollsters have said.
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Embed from Getty ImagesPeter Walker in the Guardian has more details of the Liberal Democrats' plans to 'use the by-election playbook across the Blue Wall' - see my Liberator article on For… Read More
The new issue of Liberator has been posted on the magazine's website in time for the Liberal Democrat Conference. It's issue 419 (September 2023) and you can download it for free.I'll start… Read More
Labour hit the panic button on ULEZ today after Sadiq Khan’s hated plan saved Rishi Sunak from the historic shame of a triple by-election defeat.Frontbenchers warned Keir Starmer wil… Read More
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING: A group of British citizens was evacuated from Niger on a French flight to Paris, acc… Read More
Yesterday’s post was about last Thursday’s three by-elections in England in Conservative-held seats.
Conservatives and Labour are both drawing conclusions about each party winnin… Read More
Key events The Lib Dem MP Christine Jardine said: “If we succeed in overturning the huge 19,000 majority in Somerton and Frome, in what should be a safe Conservative seat, it would mar… Read More
Chris Twells won a Gloucestershire seat despite already representing Ordsall in north-west England.
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Frome wasn't built in a day. Nevertheless, Somerset Live reports that the Liberal Democrats immediately got stuck in to the Somerton and Frome by-election.Less than a week into the campaign… Read More
Here's an encouraging article from an unexpected source:The Lib Dems count for more than their current low representation suggests. Next year, the centre party will become political kingmake… Read More
From the Guardian:Official data shows that the Lib Dems have increased their proportion of candidates to the equivalent of 60% of seats being fought in England and Wales on 4 May, up seven p… Read More
Embed from Getty ImagesWriting for Comment Central, Vince Cable looks at the Liberal Democrat performance in last week's local elections:The Lib Dem results were more impressive than the num… Read More
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With the elections for thousands of councillors in England on Thursday MPs, councillors and their har… Read More
Harrogate and Knaresborough Liberal Democrats have chosen Tom Gordon as their candidate to fight the seat at the next general election.As I blogged recently, the selection began last summer… Read More
Sir Ed Davey has a plan to avoid another Lib Dem general election flop but it will be a challenge.from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/6Hunt30 Read More
Caron Lindsay reports on Lib Dem Voice:Ed Davey heads out on the road today. He’s doing a 25 stop tour of Blue Wall seats ahead of the local elections and starts in the Lib Dem strongh… Read More
Is it just me or are Wednesday by-elections becoming a little more common? Whatever the truth of that, there was one yesterday in a ward of Surrey County Council and it saw a Liberal Democra… Read More
Good new from the count this evening. The Liberal Democrats have held their seat in Market Harborough's Logan ward in today's Harborough District Council by-election.Congratulations to Geral… Read More
Jane Merrick has a new leaflet she says the Lib Dems will use to attack Liz Truss when she becomes prime minister - albeit rather a cropped copy.In her report she explains the thinking behin… Read More
Taylor Swift is only 32, but she’s shrewd enough to take her fans’ side in the latest Ticketmaster imbroglio.
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But Keir Starmer's party will only enjoy success if he is able to sucessfully differentiate Labour's economic policies from those of Ms Truss's Government, researchers say. (Image: PA)Labour… Read More
CHARLES was yesterday formally proclaimed as King in a centuries-old ceremony — which showed just how long his mother had reigned.
The Accession Council performed the ritual but no one… Read More
Rishi Sunak has officially declared his bid to replace Boris Johnson as he promised to ‘restore trust, rebuild the economy and reunite the country’.In a slick video, the ex-Cha… Read More
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The Liberal Democrats have sometimes struggled to get media attention, usually losing out in column… Read More
On Wednesday, April 27, at the last Prime Minister’s Questions before prorogation, viewers saw Boris Johnson at his campaigning best, saying that Labour have no policy plan. They merel… Read More
By chance, last week I read an article from May 20, 2015 in The Guardian about the general election result earlier that month: ‘The metropolitan elite: Britain’s new pariah class… Read More