"There's been a fair bit of discussion about Lib Dem housing policies and our record recently. It's become obvious to me that many members, especially Young Liberals, don't appear to know what our national housing policy is, or our track record." Mattthew Pennell sets out some of the housing achievements of local authorities run by the party. George Llewelyn makes an unexpected discovery: "More interesting perhaps is the change in mood from the Brexit voters I spoke to in 2021. Many of them have graduated from Eurosceptics with a general dissatisfaction at how things turned out to becoming ardent rejoiners ...
With Elon Musk have exhausted everyone's goodwill, the news that Meta is launching an alternative to Twitter is welcome. And BBC News reports that it will be available from Thursday. Eyebrows have been raised at the name for the new platform. It's Threads, which was also the title of a famously bleak 1984 television drama. Written by Barry Hines, it showed the effects of a nuclear attack on Britain - and on Sheffield in particular. If only Meta had a senior executive who used to be one of the MPs for that city. Then they would have been saved from ...
Yahoo! News reports: The Liberal Democrats have chosen Haxby & Wigginton councillor Andrew Hollyer to contest the York Outer constituency at the next General Election. Andrew was selected following a ballot of party members and has vowed to campaign for a better deal for the communities that make up the York Outer constituency. Cllr Hollyer said: "More and more people are turning to the Liberal Democrats as a positive choice for a fairer society, and I am looking forward to continuing to work with local residents to get action on the issues that matter most to them. "Improving access to ...
What to make of Opinium's poll for the Labour Party in Mid Bedfordshire?
Anyone who has stood as a paper candidate knows that this is a selfless task that normally has nothing to do with personal ambition. This is the basis on which I stood in three General Elections. I was regarded as a good candidate for hopeless northern seats – and endorsed as such by Richard Wainwright MP! In October 1974, when the Liberals stood in every seat for the first time, the Region told me that there was nobody else for Rother Valley. As the first candidate since 1918, I saved my deposit after we managed to address folded leaflets (by ...
The Guardian reports that Rishi Sunak is facing transparency questions over private jet travel and thousands of pounds in Conservative party donations after they were recorded as coming from a small company linked to a multimillionaire businessman. They say that questions have been raised as to whether any rules have been broken over declarations of more than £88,000 over the past eight months for air travel by the prime minister, and direct funding to the Tory party: Sunak had declared that air travel worth £38,500 - used for him and eight staff to attend Conservative events in Scotland and Wales ...
