Three principal authority council by-elections this week, of which two had a Liberal Democrat candidate, which was one up on the last time these seats were up. (3-2-1? Someone call Ted Rogers.) First result in is from a ward the Liberal Democrats have never contested before, stretching back to its first election in 2003: Melton Sysonby (Melton) council by-election result: CON: 53.2% (+8.3) LAB: 24.6% (-1.1) LDEM: 22.2% (+22.2) Votes cast: 744 No Grn (-29.3) as prev. Conservative HOLD. — Britain Elects (@BritainElects) March 31, 2022
Today is the Transgender Day of Visibility, our chance to celebrate transgender and non binary people and raise awareness of the issues affecting them. Liberal Democrats have a proud history of supporting rights for transgender and non binary people. Here's how some in the party have marked the day: On #TransDayOfVisibility we celebrate trans people and stand with the trans community against hatred and discrimination. To all our trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming members, supporters, friends and followers: we respect you, we value you – today and every day. pic.twitter.com/qOpevnhhva — Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) March 31, 2022 On this important ...
At long, long last, we have good news on the Lighthouse / Connect sync! Our new synchronisation process is now up and running and you should see significant improvements in the accuracy of membership data in Connect. We know that this not being fixed has been a long-running source of frustration for many people for a long time and this is hopefully an encouraging step towards improving our data and tools. The synchronisation process ensures that for every member & registered supporter on Lighthouse (in Great Britain), a MyCampaign record should be created and then matched to MyVoters where possible. ...
Christine Jardine is to bring forward a bill in the Commons which would make it a legal requirement for women's safety to be published as a condition of planning approval for major developments. An assessment of the impact on women's safety would need to be published as a condition of planning approval for major developments. She said: We need to go back to basics and take the necessary steps to protect women. For far too long women have been excluded from the process. This Bill would provide women with the foundations they need to have more agency and feel less ...
Rather strangely, the upshot of the Metropolitan Police issuing fines to members of staff at number 10 Downing Street for breaking the law during lockdown, was not an open admission that they got it wrong and an apology, but an actual debate amongst ministers as to whether they had actually don anything wrong. As the Independent reports, that Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the international trade secretary, very reluctantly admitted that laws were broken in Whitehall, while Boris Johnson is at odds with his deputy, Dominic Raab, over the scandal, as he refused to to endorse the justice secretary's admission that Covid regulations ...
With nominations having closed in Scotland for this May's local elections, we have the first two Liberal Democrat councillors elected unopposed: And that's another @scotlibdems GAIN on our 2017 haul- huge congratulations Cllr elect John Grafton Caol and Mallaig, Highland council. #newhope [IMG: 🔶] [IMG: 🔶] [IMG: 🔶] — Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP [IMG: 🔶] [IMG: 🇺🇦] (@agcolehamilton) March 30, 2022
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It was a warm welcome back to Professor Tim Bale in the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts as we returned to the five tests for an opposition party that Tim discussed before. Now we're in 2022, how are Labour and the Liberal Democrats doing on those tests? Listen on to find out... Feedback very welcome, and do share this podcast with others who you think may enjoy it. Show notes Previous review of state of Labour and the Liberal Democrats with Tim Bale.Tim Bale's Golden Halo research with colleagues, updated here.Caitlin Milazzo's appearance talking about how political ...
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