I write this shortly after the polls close. Many of you be hoping for a lie in. Some will be at work. Others will be too stressed to sleep much until the results are in and for many, that will not be until the weekend. Lib Dems have been battling for seats in the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd. We have high hopes in many local councils. We have candidates in the mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner elections. You can't have missed that there has been a by-election in Hartlepool. Our candidates and supporters have made supreme efforts on ...
Sarah Green has been selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Chesham and Amersham by-election.
Stories of problems with the printing of ballot papers are a regrettably regular feature of each year's main round of elections. Usually, the errors are flaws such as logos missing and often are spotted when postal ballots go out, making the error easier to rectify. (There's usually time to reissue postal ballot papers.) However this year has, in addition to a case of missing logos, brought a rather more serious sounding error from Wales: A printing error has meant some regional ballot papers for the Senedd election across north Wales left out a candidate. The voting papers for the north ...
Hard to beat Callum Robertson's knocking-up experience today: Had my best response yet "I'll be honest, just gone into labour, voting en route to hospital for your candidate" — Callum Robertson [IMG: 🔸] (@CRobertson_LD) May 6, 2021 That's right up there with the parrots canvassing story... Sign up to get the latest news and analysis Email* Enter Email Confirm Email Name* First Last What would you like to receive?* Liberal Democrat Newswire: monthly newsletter Polling UnPacked (political opinion polling news): max 1 email per day Mark Pack blog posts and council by-election results: max 1 email per day Lib Dem ...
This is the latest post in a series I started in late 2019, anticipating the twentieth anniversary of my bookblogging which will fall in 2023. Every six-ish days, I've been revisiting a month from my recent past, noting work and family developments as well as the books I read in that month. I've found it a pleasantly cathartic process, especially in recent circumstances. If you want to look back at previous entries, they are all tagged under bookblog nostalgia. Lots of travel this month, starting with another visit to Chișinău, in the course of which I also visited Comrat, the ...
Wed, 12:11: https://t.co/1ka2dIehKe Wed, 12:56: Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border https://t.co/70WFbiSYUD It's not that simple... Wed, 13:24: This one is a particularly difficult choice. Can't they both win? https://t.co/THaCfDMLuL Wed, 16:23: RT @APHClarkson: It is fascinating to see how in England's information space the results of a byelection in a single seat with Hartlepool a... Wed, 17:11: RT @McCambridgeJ: 18 months ago I published this article on my personal blog. Still coming to terms with debilitating mental illness, I was... Wed, 18:52: The Gameshouse, by Claire North https://t.co/cA1Ut0WlIw Wed, 19:32: A silly fight to pick, which the UK was ...
The Guardian reports that the government has been urged to publish details of up to £2bn in Covid-19 contracts awarded to private healthcare companies, including some that have helped fund the Conservative party. They say contracts to provide extra capacity during the pandemic have been handed to 17 firms since March 2020, leading to the Good Law Project, which has repeatedly raised concerns about cronyism and opacity in public procurement, to comment that a lack of transparency about the terms of the contracts is concerning: The government has not published full details about the contracts, while data on how much ...
Good morning – GOTV @LibDems! Good luck everyone! pic.twitter.com/CqAmexhwzT — Ed Davey MP [IMG: 🔶] [IMG: 🇪🇺] (@EdwardJDavey) May 6, 2021
It is with deep sadness, the Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel (LDFI) announce the passing of our dear friend and long-time LDFI Vice-Chairman and Treasurer Jonathan Davies, after a year-long illness. Jonathan, an Oxford graduate and former Partner and Head of the Financial Services team at a large City law firm, was a Liberal Democrat stalwart. On a local level, Jonathan was a phenomenal activist in the London Borough of Barnet. He represented Childs Hill as a councillor from 1994-1998, stood for Parliament in Finchley and Golders Green on three occasions and was appointed the ward's election agent in the ...
i) births and deaths 6 May 1945: birth of Nicholas Mallett, who directed The Mysterious Planet (Sixth Doctor, 1986), Paradise Towers (Seventh Doctor, 1987) and The Curse of Fenric (Seventh Doctor, 1989) [IMG: d02-2k-c291[1].jpg] 6 May 1976: death of Alethea Charlton who played Hur in An Unearthly Child (First Doctor, 1963) and Edith in The Time Meddler (First Doctor, 1965). Here she is from the same angle in both stories. [IMG: d02-2k-c291[1].jpg] 6 May 1972: broadcast of fifth episode of The Mutants. The Marshal forces the Doctor to work for him by holding Jo hostage. [IMG: d02-2k-c291[1].jpg] 6 May 2006: ...
Remember to wear your mask and take a pen or pencil. If you forget, pencils will be available but will be single use which is not a good use of resources. If you forget your mask, and who does these days, you will not be allowed into the polling station. You do not need a polling card to vote or any proof of identity. Find your polling station. Some people have not received their postal votes. They should ring elections on 0345 678 9015 to check they can vote in person at the polling station if they are able to ...
Elections are being held today across Britain. You have until 10pm to vote. You do not need your polling card. Good luck to everyone taking part in democracy today. It's often under-appreciated, days like today are ones that - for all the many disagreements between parties and candidates - we should be proud of the tens of thousands of volunteers who will be putting in long hours from before the crack of dawn until well after dusk in the name of democracy. A little extra good wishes to fellow Liberal Democrats of course. Voting in person Polling stations are open ...
Willie Rennie and the Scottish Liberal Democrats have run a positive campaign in the Scottish Parliamentary election, putting recovery first. Please support Daniel Coleman, Scottish Liberal Democrat, today for Dundee City West on the lilac coloured ballot paper and the Scottish Liberal Democrats on the peach coloured ballot paper for North East Scotland. My many thanks!
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Shropshire Conservatives can't be trusted with the environment or democracy for that matter
The Conservatives have been window dressing their commitment to climate change for a long while. But their policies and actions are as rotten as the compost heaps at the bottom of many people's gardens. Most Conservatives on Shropshire Council don't get climate change and don't get that tackling it is a local emergency as well as a national and international emergency. Their approach to development is fossil fuelled, building huge new roads such as the North West Relief Road and lusting to extend the M54 into Shropshire. They worry that going green will damage the economy not realising that the ...
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