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Opinion: Government must act to encourage healthier diets

By Oliver Sidorczuk | Thu 7th February 2013 - 4:53 pm

Yesterday, Chris Rennard and John Sharkey raised the important and inter-connected issues of sugar consumption and childhood obesity, respectively, during Oral Questions in the Lords.

These related topics prompted fifteen minutes of debate from a packed Chamber, as the responding Minister – Earl Howe – spelt out what the Government is doing to encourage healthier eating and prevent the problems associated with poor diet and lack of exercise, from worsening.

John Sharkey began proceedings by pointing out that not one of the companies signed up to the responsibility deal for calorie reduction is a fast-food operator. He …

Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged chris rennard and public health | 21 Comments

Next week in the Lords: 4-7 February

By Mark Valladares | Fri 1st February 2013 - 11:21 am

Strangely enough, in the absence of a Lords Reform Bill to debate (and who’s sorry now?), things are relatively quiet on the red benches. Quiet, but not exactly dead, I’m delighted to say. And now that Paddy Ashdown has hit Twitter, life is going to be a bit more exciting. And talking of Twitter, don’t forget that our Parliamentary Party in the Lords has its own Twitter feed. And yes, those are real Peers tweeting, in live time. So, what might they be covering next week?

On Monday, …

Posted in News and Parliament | Also tagged chris rennard, kishwer falkner, margaret sharp and paddy ashdown | Leave a comment

Next week in the Lords: 29 October – 1 November

By Mark Valladares | Fri 26th October 2012 - 3:21 pm

There are those who suggest that what this country needs is less legislation and more management and proper scrutiny. Perhaps the House of Lords is taking this to heart, as the diary for the week is reflective of such a wish…

Monday sees the beginning of the Committee Stage of the Election Registration and Administration Bill, with Chris Rennard and Paul Tyler leading for the Liberal Democrats, and William Wallace responding on behalf of the Government.

Liberal Democrats will be looking to ensure that voter registration remains mandatory, as …

Posted in News and Parliament | Also tagged chris rennard, house of lords, hugh dykes, mike german, paul strasburger, paul tyler, ros scott, tim clement-jones and william wallace | 3 Comments

Fifteen new Liberal Democrat Peers appointed

By Helen Duffett | Fri 19th November 2010 - 11:33 am

Fifteen new Liberal Democrat working peers have just been announced…

Dr Sarah (Sal) Brinton – Executive Director of the Association of Universities in the East of England

Dee Doocey OBE – Chair of the London Assembly

Qurban Hussain – Deputy Group Leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Luton Borough Council

Judith Jolly – Chair of Executive Committee of Liberal Democrats in Devon and Cornwall

Susan Kramer – former Liberal Democrat MP

Raj Loomba – businessman and campaigner for widows’ rights

Jonathan Marks – commercial and family law QC with specialist interest in human rights and constitutional reform

Monroe Palmer OBE – Liberal

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Posted in Parliament | Also tagged ben stoneham, claire tyler, dee doocey, featured, house of lords, interim peers panel, jenny randerson, jonathan marks, judith jolly, mike storey, monroe palmer, nicol stephen, paul strasburger, qurban hussain, raj loomba, sal brinton and susan kramer | 77 Comments

Yes to Fairer Votes campaign unveils its first appointments

By Mark Pack | Sat 11th September 2010 - 2:24 pm

Yes to Fairer Votes, the group being created to campaign for a yes vote in the electoral reform referendum, has unveiled its steering committee:

Pam Giddy, Chair
John Sharkey, Vice Chair (and former chair of the Liberal Democrat general election campaign)
Neal Lawson, Compass
Peter Facey, Unlock Democracy
Willie Sullivan, Electoral Reform Society
Carina Trimingham, Electoral Reform Society

The initial version of the campaign website is also up and running at www.yestofairervotes.org – and you can sign up to support the campaign and offer your help.

Posted in News | Also tagged av referendum | 12 Comments

John Sharkey to run Liberal Democrats’ Fairer Votes campaign

By Helen Duffett | Mon 5th July 2010 - 5:20 pm

Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has announced the appointment of John Sharkey as chairman of the Liberal Democrats’ Fairer Votes Campaign – the campaign for a “Yes” vote in next year’s AV referendum.

Nick Clegg said,

I am delighted that John Sharkey has accepted this role.

This is a vital campaign for the country and I can’t think of a better person than John to run it for the Liberal Democrats.

John Sharkey is one of Nick Clegg’s closest advisors and a former MD of Saatchi and Saatchi, who worked on the Conservatives’ 1987 General Election campaign.

More recently, he chaired the …

Posted in News | Also tagged av referendum and nick clegg | 44 Comments

3 reasons to be relaxed about Nick’s “secret debate dossier”

By Stephen Tall | Wed 21st April 2010 - 4:20 pm

The Sun today splashes on the A-M-A-Z-I-N-G news that Nick Clegg’s campaign strategists have been advising him on how to perform to the best of his abilities in the televised leaders’ debates:

The dossier – bizarrely titled I’m Not Here Right Now – was left in the back of a cab on Thursday at about 10.30pm, soon after the end of the first election debate. … The dossier was written by John Sharkey, chairman of the Lib Dem election campaign team and Mr Clegg’s strategic communications adviser. It includes blistering criticism of Mr Clegg’s performance in rehearsals for last week’s

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Posted in News | Also tagged nick clegg | 2 Comments

First election debate: winners and losers

By Mark Pack | Fri 16th April 2010 - 9:35 pm

Now the dust is starting to settle after the first debate, who are the winners and losers – aside from the party leaders?

Winner – liberalism
Loser – hostility to foreigners

Praising some aspects of immigration, talking about no like-for-like replacement of Trident, pledging to scrap tuition fees, promising to cut taxes for most by raising taxes for the very rich – Nick Clegg won the debate not by abandoning policies for some mushy middle ground, but by sticking to core liberal beliefs. Those beliefs were carefully wrapped in language and arguments designed to be appeal to a wide audience – but …

Posted in General Election and Op-eds | Also tagged david cameron, gordon brown, iain dale, leaders tv debate, nick clegg and tim montgomerie | 2 Comments

Ros Scott writes … Party President’s report to members, January ’10

By Baroness Ros Scott | Tue 2nd February 2010 - 8:15 pm

In the two months since my last report, the election campaign has started in all but name.

After a phenomenal amount of work by the manifesto team – led by Danny Alexander, the party’s policy unit headed by Christian Moon, and the Federal Policy Committee – we have now established the broad outlines of our campaign:

Reform of the tax system to create a fairer base,
introducing the pupil premium to give all children a fairer start in life,
creating sustainable housing and jobs and
political reform to bring in a fairer voting system, and

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Posted in Op-eds and Party Presidency | Also tagged anna werrin, chris fox, christian moon, Danny Alexander, dave hodgson, featured, federal policy committee, jonathan fryer, party reform commission, robert woodthorpe brown and roy thompson | 1 Comment

Follow the yellow brick road? The Liberal Democrats’ general election campaign

By Mark Pack | Wed 25th November 2009 - 10:20 am

Here is my chapter from the Total Politics Guide to the 2010 General Election, looking at the prospects for the Liberal Democrats:

The 1997 general election turned out to be a once in a generation opportunity for many local Liberal Democrat campaign teams to gain a Parliamentary seat from the Conservatives. At the tail end of a by then deeply unpopular Conservative Government, the election saw unprecedented numbers of seats falling to the party. A few seats that were not quite gained from the Conservatives in 1997 did subsequently fall in 2001 and 2005, but it was the 1997 election with the Conservatives in government that was the main opportunity. Nearly every campaign that missed then did not subsequently win.

Posted in Books and General Election | Also tagged charles kennedy, chris fox, featured, hilary stephenson, nick clegg, norman baker, paddy ashdown and vince cable | 7 Comments

Liberal Democrat General Election Team announced

By Helen Duffett | Wed 5th August 2009 - 3:27 pm

Nick Clegg has announced today the team that will advise him on strategy, resources and communications, as well as the planning and delivery of the Lib Dems’ General Election strategy.

From the Liberal Democrats’ website:

Nick Clegg said:

“I am delighted to announce the team that will lead the planning and delivery of our General Election campaign.

“I have asked John Sharkey, my adviser on Strategic Communications and the former MD of Saatchi’s, to Chair the Campaign, supported by Andrew Stunell MP as Vice Chair.

“John’s extensive experience managing major communications businesses combined with Andrew’s campaigning expertise will be a formidable combination steering the

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Posted in General Election and News | Also tagged andrew stunell, chris fox, Danny Alexander, hilary stephenson, jonny oates and nick clegg | 31 Comments

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Tag Archives: john sharkey

Opinion: Government must act to encourage healthier diets

Next week in the Lords: 4-7 February

Next week in the Lords: 29 October – 1 November

Fifteen new Liberal Democrat Peers appointed

Yes to Fairer Votes campaign unveils its first appointments

John Sharkey to run Liberal Democrats’ Fairer Votes campaign

3 reasons to be relaxed about Nick’s “secret debate dossier”

First election debate: winners and losers

Ros Scott writes … Party President’s report to members, January ’10

Follow the yellow brick road? The Liberal Democrats’ general election campaign

Liberal Democrat General Election Team announced

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