Zoe Crowther has been to North Norfolk for Politics Home and found that some of the people out canvassing for the Liberal Democrat candidate Steffan Aquarone are Labour supporters: "I would describe myself as left-wing Labour," local resident Christine told PoliticsHome. Christine, like most of the people gathered here, has been canvassing for the Lib Dems over the last few weeks. She said people in North Norfolk needed to vote tactically to defeat the Conservatives, as "Labour won't win here, they're really in the background". In 2019, the Conservatives' Duncan Baker won with 29,792 votes - followed in second by ...
Readers, please note that this is not an official report of the Council meeting last weekend, but represents my report back. One of the things that I observed from my two years as consort to the Party President was that, if you're chairing a potentially fractious group, especially a political one, it really helps to be able to spot potential disagreements beforehand, allowing you to have those critical conversations prior to the meeting, and to consider how best to manage the debate. The ALDE Party isn't entirely like that, as was demonstrated on Saturday morning. But, having gathered in Lithuania's ...
Says who? Says a practising barrister, that's who. Following the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry has introduced me to the world of legal vloggers. And one of my favourite is Alan Robertshaw, whose YouTube account is Art of Law. He provides legal comment on stories in the news, and you can watch his views on Nigel Farage's spat with the Daily Mail at the top of this post. Robertshaw, who also teaches young barristers the art of advocacy, provides more general comment on the law from time to time. So you can enjoy his thoughts on the art of advocacy ...
Who is the best choice to vote for if you want to see the Conservatives defeated in the Mid Sussex constituency at the general election on 4 July 2024?
The IFS has been analysing the 2024 general election manifestos, and its conclusion is that the Lib Dem plans are significantly more generous for the least well off than Labour or the Conservative plans.
Who is the best choice to vote for if you want to see the Conservatives lose in the Brecon, Radnor & Cwm Tawe constituency?
As we likely approach an incoming Labour Government, Liberal Democrats must not waste any time before turning our campaigning firepower on Labour. The helpful zeitgeist in this General Election has been the self-destruction of the Conservatives. However, the quiet non-aggression between ourselves and the Labour Party needs to end at 10pm on 4th July. At times it has felt extremely lonely fighting Labour in the last decade. As the party races to win the Blue Wall, Red Wall communities are abandoned in too many areas between an awful Labour/Conservative/Reform dog fight. Liberal community politics in Labour-held cities and towns is ...
It's less than a fortnight to go until polling day, thousands of people have already voted by post, we're in the home straight of the election campaign. Going against perceived wisdom, the polls have not tightened in favour of the Conservatives, instead they've been hitting some of their worst ever numbers. Before the election many ... Continue reading Election 2024: Are the Tories heading for a wipeout?
Greetings from Lithuania, where your Day Editor is currently located following a rather enjoyable weekend away on Party business. Think of it as one of the side effects of a snap General Election... Having spent much of the weekend surrounded by European liberal colleagues asking optimistically after our prospects, I've been talking them down a bit. After all, I've been around a long time and I know that the evil Tories always have something up their sleeves to unleash upon us at the moment of greatest vulnerability, usually courtesy of their mates in the right-wing press. And yet, and yet, ...
"There is no disguising the fact Sunak well knows when Williams, his ex-PPS, first learnt of the election date. The same, unsurprisingly, can be said of his director of campaigns, Tony Lee (Laura Saunders' husband). But still the PM refuses to act, nobly cognisant of independent inquiries - but entirely ignorant of the episode's raw politics." Josh Self says that if Tory England is dead, then Rishi Sunak killed it. Peter Jukes sets out five questions that Nigel Farage needs to be asked about Brexit, Trump and Russia. "Former Soviet states have not been expanded 'into' by NATO, but joined ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 24 JUNE 2024 Blinshall Street (Douglas Street to 50 metres south) - closed until December 2024 for construction works. Douglas Street (Blinshall Street to Brown Street) - temporary traffic lights until December 2024 for construction works. Brown Street (south of Douglas Street) - closed until December 2024 for construction works. Seafield Road, Dundee - closed from its westmost end (in cul-de-sac) extending for a distance of no more than 20 metres in an easterly direction to facilitate a site access for a new ...
In a profile in the New Statesman written by Ed Davey's brother-in-law, he writes: 'Lib Dens generally like to do their own thing and what puts them off Labour is the fear that the party might think it knows best for everyone'. Well it certainly looks like Keir Starmer is delivering as expected. The Guardian reports that dozens of Labour candidates have been blocked from accessing the party's canvassing systems, which help them drum up support from voters, because they were deemed not to be campaigning enough in target seats. They add that in some cases, candidates who have been ...
Just when the Tories felt able to go back out into the world again, the betting scandal that has already touched three senior members of their party claims a fourth victim. The Guardian reports that the gambling watchdog is looking into allegations that this person placed dozens of bets on the timing of the election before it was announced: The Gambling Commission has informed Nick Mason, the Tories' chief data officer, that he is part of its inquiry into bets on the timing of the election, the Sunday Times reported. The Conservative party confirmed that Mason had taken a leave ...
