Congratulations to new Councillor, Sharon Wilson, who scored what the Guardian are calling a “landslide victory” in Poulton North, Warrington Borough. This result is a gain for the party, and a crushing defeat for Labour in that area.
You’ll find a Guardian write-up here, and the party’s view is here.
It was always my intention to launch Lib Dem Voice towards the end of August (so I’m running a bit late!), and with a poll on the Presidency.
It wouldn’t be right to do that without pointing out that a few weeks ago I was pipped to the post by Stephen Tall, who launched a poll on just this topic. I did consider scrapping the Voice poll, but on reflection, I’m proceeding – but offering a slightly different choice of names.
For the first time we’re running a “blog of the year” competition. Nominations are open until 11 September on the party website.
We’ve just put up a brief movie about Ming and his beliefs. You can view it from Ming Campbell’s biography page on the party’s website.
Word reaches the Voice that weeks before the position had been advertised in Lib Dem News, party officials in Cowley Street received a call requesting a copy of the nomination papers for party President – the caller was not acting on behalf of Simon Hughes.
Word also reaches us that one potential candidate is positioning himself to blitz Autumn Conference with an army of supporters bearing nomination papers, to seize the momentum.
A Presidential contest is no bad thing – though there is an argument that there are better ways to spend the money. The Voice has been told that a proposal …
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