Author Archives: Jason Zadrozny

How you can help us make history in Ashfield

By Jason Zadrozny | Mon 9th February 2015 - 4:59 pm

I remember the feeling of despair. It was the early hours of Friday, 7th May 2010. Our team had failed to gain Ashfield by 192 votes. That’s 192 votes out of nearly 50,000. How annoying is that! I looked at our exhausted team and vowed to finish the job. A team who had worked their socks off and given their hearts, souls and just about everything else over an exhausting, yet strangely exhilarating campaign.

Everyone said we couldn’t do it. I suppose they were right – we didn’t. Starting the campaign nearly 15,000 behind and in 3rd place it was always going to be tall order. A 19.5% swing was an incredible achievement though. It was difficult to see at the time, but this was the moment our job really started…

Jason Zadrozny: I could be a strong grass roots voice as Lib Dem President

By Jason Zadrozny | Mon 20th September 2010 - 12:14 pm

I believe that the President of the Liberal Democrats should be elected.

On Thursday I declared my intention to stand as Party President. I believe it is so important for our Party to have a President who is not an MP.

In Nick Clegg we have an exceptional Leader who is at the heart of Government. In Simon Hughes we have an outstanding Deputy Leader representing our Parliamentary Party at the highest level.

What we need is a President who can represent the grass roots. The Party President is the highest representative of the grass roots and should be elected by the grass …