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The 12 Op-Eds of Xmas (Day 12)
Written by Chris Rennard on 5th January 2009 – 3:20 pmThroughout the festive season, LDV has offered our readers a load of repeats another chance to read the 12 most popular opinion articles which have appeared on the blog during 2008. The accolade for most-read article on LDV goes to Lib Dem chief executive Lord (Chris) Rennard, and appeared on LDV on 27th June…
Chris Rennard writes about the Henley result…
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Chris Rennard writes about the Henley result…
Written by Chris Rennard on 27th June 2008 – 6:29 pmI am enjoying this debate and for the record:
1) I don’t always comment in detail on things read by our opponents – but I do welcome any constructive debate within the party on these issues – especially contributions from those who also work hard in these campaigns.
2) I am not generally “hands on” in the organisation and management of our by-elections these days (unlike when I was Director of Campaigns & Elections 1989-2003 or a member of the team in various by-elections from Edge Hill in 1979 to Greenwich in 1987). But as Chief Executive (in the structure debated and …
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Opinion: Happy birthday, 20 years on
Written by Chris Rennard on 3rd March 2008 – 7:45 amIt’s 20 years ago to the day since the Liberal Party and SDP formally became one party, the Social & Liberal Democrats. Liberal Democrat Voice invited Chris Rennard to take a trip down memory lane…
Twenty years ago the ‘merger’ of the Liberal Party and the SDP was generally seen by the media more as a ’split’ than it was a bringing together of two parties.
Anthony King and Ivor Crewe, in their history of the SDP, have an absolutely damning section on the conduct of David Owen and his clutch of supporters over this period.
The acrimonious ballot of SDP …
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