…you may wish to call by the house of Justin Hinchcliffe, chair of Tottenham Conservatives, and take a close look at his bathroom.

I’m not going into great detail, but there were about 40 people here on Saturday night (not bad considering I have a small flat!). Up until about 11pm, people were chatting to each other and things were very civilised. Then the fun stated. There was substance-misuse in the toilet, a relationship breakdown, several rows, people thrown out for bad behaviour and a physical

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Something is rotten in the Rochdale Constituency Labour Party.  A local Lib Dem supporter in Rochdale has pointed me in the direction of Private Eye, which covers a quite extraordinary story of bullying and intimidation.

Simon Danczuk, Labour’s Parliamentary Prospective Candidate in Rochdale (sitting MP: Lib Dem Paul Rowen), received an anonymous phone call prior to his selection warning him that if he pursued his candidacy his “body parts would be strewn across the M6 motorway.” Clearly no coward, Mr Danczuk stood and won.

The upshot of which is that he stepped out of his front …

Indigo public affairs have e-mailed through their predictions for the outcome of the May elections.

Four years on from a huge protest vote to the Liberal Democrats in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq, with around half of all Liberal Democrat Councillors in England up for re-election this year, it may be a suprise to see the ‘L Dem gain’ column looking quite as long as it is in these predictions. 

In the absense of a polarising national issue to convert the local elections in to a real referendum on the Labour government, people are more likely to …

For the next election the Liberal Democrats will produce a web-based interactive manifesto, which will use audio-visual communications as its centrepiece rather than the written word.

Commenting, Steve Webb said:

“This site is all about giving party members a real say in our manifesto for the next General Election.

“Unlike the other parties, we want a genuine conversation, and the manifesto we produce will be better as a result.

“The days of the mass-produced print manifesto are over. Our manifesto for the next election will embrace new technology designed to reach people who have been excluded from the political process for too long.”

The …

During the Second Reading of Baroness (Sue) Miller’s Public Demonstrations (Repeals) Bill, the minister announced that instead of supporting her Bill, the Government would instead soon be announcing other locations where they intend to curtail the right to protest.

Commenting, Baroness Miller said:

“The Government talked about Britishness yesterday, but today showed a blatant lack of concern about their mutilation of one of the most cherished British traditions: freedom of expression.

“In fact the Government appears determined to extend its draconian policies into other parts of the country.”

Baroness Miller will today introduce a bill in to the House of Lords – the Public Demonstrations (Repeals) Bill, in an attempt restore the freedom to demonstrate around Parliament.

Baroness Miller, and a group of Lib Dem peers will hold a protest opposite Parliament before going in to the chamber to speak for the bill.