Nice to see our candidates being properly thanked

Nice to see our candidates being properly thanked

By Caron Lindsay | Sun 15th May 2016 - 3:40 pm

The Party has been pretty bad at saying thank you to people who fly the flag for it. In recent years, Nick Clegg did try to remedy that by phoning candidates and campaigners and members of the House of Lords did a lot of that in the wake of last year’s General Election.

It’s good to see that Tim has written to them as Jerry Lonsdale tweeted the other

@timfarron what a pleasent surprise to find a letter from you this morning, thank you Tim, good health and god speed pic.twitter.com/ex3k09YPfE

— Jerry Lonsdale (@JerryLonsdale1) May 13, 2016

In addition, Scottish Parliament candidates had messages of support from Lib Dem lords before the election and cards from HQ afterwards.

* Caron Lindsay is Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings. You can find her on Bluesky at caronmlindsay.bsky.social

Read more by Caron Lindsay or more about local elections 2016 or tim farron.
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2 Comments

Allan Brame 15th May '16 - 9:18pm

Of course we do this with no expectation of being noticed – but Jerry is right, it is good to know our efforts are appreciated. Full marks to Tim
ACGN 16th May '16 - 7:04pm

I am pleased that saying thank-you is at last making an appearance in the Party. Not before time!

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