I've covered before the great progress Elaine Bagshaw and team are making in rebuilding the Liberal Democrats in Tower Hamlets. Now the local party has its first local councillor too as Andrew…
The Federal Conference Committee met for the first time of the new cycle over the weekend of 28th and 29th January 2017. This new committee that has been elected is due to serve for a three-year…
Thirteen days ago I broke off from a canvass conversation on a Brinsworth doorstep to take a call from Great George Street asking me to head to Copeland for the parliamentary by-election. Last…
I'm sitting here in Stoke-on-Trent railway station waiting for a train to London. Yes I'm leaving the by-election - for 36 hours. Handing over the tasks, the jobs, the plans to other people whilst I…
Avid readers of Liberal Democrat Voice will already have seen Geoff Payne's report on the results of this weekend's Federal Conference Committee meeting. All those whose motions were not selected…
It's been a mixed start to 2017 for council by-elections from a Liberal Democrat perspective: spectacular wins and a series of no-shows without any candidates. This week brought three by-elections…
I didn't join the Liberal Democrats in order (to use David Cameron's phrase) 'to bang on about Europe.' My main pre-occupation was building communities and quality public services. I have met…
In this age of the image, when pictures are flashed around the world in an instant, I believe the image of a smiling Theresa May hand-in-hand with President Trump may be the most iconic of her…
The full text, including the interventions, is below: As this is the formal beginning of a process that will most likely lead to the end of Britain's leading role in the heart of Europe and…
Liberal Democrat MPs have tabled amendments to the Article 50 Bill demanding a people's vote is held on the final Brexit deal, that the government must commit to securing Britain's membership of the…
