Quiet weeps: Ed Fordham on ‘being beaten’
THE latest slump for the Camden Liberal Democrats in last week’s election results suggests we may be waiting some time before a repeat of the drama which coated a [...]
Liberal Democrats
How we met: A-ha’s Morten Harket and Maajid Nawaz
CURSES for Lib Dem parliamentary candidate Maajid Nawaz that A-ha frontman Morten Harket (pictured above) is not registered to vote in Hampstead and Kilburn. He would surely [...]
Bar chart watch: part 83917843923
NOT going to get the ruler out and maybe I’ve been staring at the latest Lib Dem leaflet in Hampstead and Kilburn for too long, but the three seat gap between the Lib [...]
Glasgow ’13: Lib Dem loyalty still beating, 400 miles from home
THE Liberal Democrats were shut away from Glasgow’s more ornate corners this week. The conference centre is in, I think the polite term is, a grittier part of town, [...]
‘Working together’ on Camden’s HS2 offensive
THE HS2 opposition in Camden sounded quite the love-in this week, Labour and the Lib Dems working together, hand in hand to convince shadow transport minister Maria Eagle to [...]
H&K: Lib Dems edge closer to picking new candidate
THE relentless gossip and intrigue surrounding Labour’s contest to find a successor to Glenda Jackson in Hampstead and Kilburn has taken the glare away from the Liberal [...]
A gong for Flick: port wine jelly all round
CONGRATS to battle-hardened Lib Dem Flick Rea for her MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours today. I’m envisaging a lot of her famous port wine jelly being consumed [...]
Dear Nick: full text of Alexis Rowell’s resignation letter to Lib Dems
THE full text of Alexis Rowell’s resignation letter to Nick Clegg. As revealed here last night, he has left the Lib Dems to stand for the Green Party in next [...]
‘Pick a cut – and champion it’
SO what happens when a political party brainstorms in the aftermath of disappointing election results? Following their failure to hold onto the council and score a [...]
Sarah’s stalker
THIS Sky News vid is a bit Thick Of It, it reminds me of the OTT way in which actors usally portray dogged reporters in TV dramas. ‘Cept it’s real. Here Sarah [...]