It’s the Liberal Democrat Blogosphere Wedding of the Year

It’s the Liberal Democrat Blogosphere Wedding of the Year – congratulations to Richard and Alex

By Caron Lindsay | Sun 26th October 2014 - 12:54 pm

I had planned to be in Stockport this afternoon. A bit of a health scare for my poor husband means that I can’t make it but my heart is there with my friends Alex Wilcock and Richard Flowers. It’s twenty years today since they first got together and they are celebrating by getting married. It’s the Wedding of the Year for the Liberal Democrat Blogosphere

Both have been star Liberal Democrat bloggers for some time. Richard won our Blog of the Year in 2010 for his Very Fluffy Diary of Millennium Dome, Elephant. Alex is constantly challenging us to be better at articulating our liberal values on Love and Liberty. Both of these blogs are proper food for the Liberal Democrat soul.

These two are so well suited. They share their passion for liberalism and Doctor Who and are two of the loveliest people you could ever wish to meet.

You can follow the events on Twitter using the hashtag #richardalexwed. It’s certainly fun…

How did you spend the night before your wedding? “I am fudge Davros!” “I need more fudge putty” #fudgedalek #richardalexwed

— Alex Wilcock (@alexwilcock) October 25, 2014

Our Divine Ms Duffett is Best Man. I hope we get to see her speech at some point.

Sadly, some other guests might not make it because of travel disruption between Euston and Stockport. Apparently some people are having trouble getting to a football match but this wedding is much more important. Let’s hope that they get there even if they are not quite on time.

We at LDV Towers send all our love to Richard and Alex. May today be perfect and may they have many, many more years of happiness, Who fandom and spreading liberal wisdom ahead of them.

* Caron Lindsay is Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings

8 Comments

Ashley 26th Oct '14 - 2:46pm

Congrats to them both…i’m sorry a chest infection has kept me away.
Love and Liberty x
Liberal Neil 26th Oct '14 - 3:09pm

Congratulations to them both, fine chaps and fine liberals.
JohnTilley 26th Oct '14 - 3:35pm

I hope the day goes brilliantly well for both Richard and Alex.

I first met Alex slightly more than twenty years ago because we were both at a conference run by The Times and we both shared an interest in republicanism.

If you had told me in 1992 that an equal marriage act would arrive before an English Republic I would not have believed you.
Hywel 26th Oct '14 - 4:18pm

Congratulations to AlexandRichard 😉
Mary Reid 26th Oct '14 - 7:54pm

I had to send my apologies too – we have had our own big family celebration this weekend.
Holly 27th Oct '14 - 8:34am

It was an absolutely amazing day, and I felt privileged to be a part of it. You were certainly missed too, Caron!
Jennie 27th Oct '14 - 11:52am

Genuinely not just saying this: best wedding I have ever been to (and I’ve been a bridesmaid six times).

Only sad I had to leave early because of stupid Sunday service on the trains (and it still took more than 3 hours to get home :()
Richard 29th Oct '14 - 2:35pm

Thank you ever so much to everyone who came, to everyone who couldn’t come (lots of lovely messages, especially from Nick, Paddy and Danny who all took time to send words), but most of all to the people who tried to come and were defeated by train chaos, exacerbated by vandalism.

We had a lovely, wonderful, magical day thanks to all the above.

Love you all
Richard, Alex and Millennium elephant