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Steve Webb MP says Lib Dems will stay ‘at the centre of the political field of battle’

By the founding editor | Published Tue 15th May 2007 - 10:49 pm

Last week, Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins wrote “This lamentable party” (that’s us he’s talking about there) “cannot even master the electoral system to which it has hitched its wagon. Surely it’s time to disband.”

Today Steve Webb MP penned a reply, which you can find here. “Decision-making needs to come out of Westminster and closer to the people”, is how the Guardian sums up his piece.

Steve is, as ever, keen to get member feedback – you can respond on his blog here.

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How are the elections being run in your patch?

By Mark Pack | Published Tue 24th April 2007 - 6:43 pm

After each round of elections there are various chances for us to provide feedback to those involved in running the elections, including both the Electoral Commission and the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

If you have any examples of things being done badly (e.g. typos on ballot papers, Returning Officers refusing to provide lists of postal voters, etc) or examples of things being run really well, please let me know – either in the comments or by email to [email protected].

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NEW SERVICE: Catch Liberal Democrat MPs in the media

By Mark Pack | Published Tue 13th February 2007 - 10:31 am

The party’s started a new service to advertise in advance major appearances in the media by Liberal Democrat MPs and other senior figures. We’ll be advertising in advance set-piece interviews, appearances on panel shows like Any Questions? and similar.

The service is being run through FlockTogether. You can subscribe to the service either by:

Using this feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/LiberalDemocratsMediaAppearances or
By email: register at FlockTogether and pick “Media appearances” as one of the categories of events you want to be emailed about. (If you are an existing FlockTogether user you can also

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Lib Dems get in to the national contact centre game

By the founding editor | Published Tue 16th January 2007 - 1:43 pm

Via Ed Maxfield comes news of the Telegraph’s coverage of the Lib Dems‘ new million-pound national call centre, being funded by a new major donor to the party.

I understand (and I’m not particularly in the loop on this, so don’t take it as gospel!) that data from this call centre will feed a new national voter-intention database being funded by a £500,000 grant from the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust. I’m sure more information will be released in time (when it’s built, for example).

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Do you run a WordPress blog?

By Mark Pack | Published Fri 5th January 2007 - 9:00 am

If so head over to the party website to see the latest widgets we’ve made available for you – including one that allows you to easily drop in the latest party film, with your site being automatically updated when a new one comes out. Bug reports and feedback welcome.

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Activists to help write next manifesto

By the founding editor | Published Wed 25th October 2006 - 10:03 pm

The party has announced today that Steve Webb will lead the group writing our next election manifesto.

Steve has pledged to use online consultation to engage as many activists as possible in the process, and according to the Guardian “He hopes that as many as half of the party’s 70,000 members will help to feed in ideas.”

Steve has told the Guardian: “There was a feeling that there was a lot of good policy in our manifesto, but it didn’t tell a story about the kind of party we are and the sort of society we want.”

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Podcasting: Asquith got there first

By Mark Pack | Published Thu 5th October 2006 - 11:42 pm

Well, nearly … check out the audio files on the newly revamped Lib Dem History Group website, which I had a small hand in arranging:
http://www.liberalhistory.org.uk/item_list.php?item=audio_source

When we (the History Group) get the content a bit more polished, the “On this day” RSS feed could be a fun bit of fun:
http://www.liberalhistory.org.uk/on_this_day.rss

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Thoughts on The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

By Richard Huzzey | Published Wed 4th October 2006 - 8:31 am

Last night, I watched the first episode of The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard – the BBC’s new comedy drama about a supermarket manager who becomes a non-partisan Prime Minister. I wonder if I’m the only viewer who was disappointed by it?

The basic premise – for those who didn’t see it – was that Mrs. Pritchard, after witnessing Tory and Labour candidates physically fighting outside her store, decides to stand for Parliament. Even though she knows nothing about policy problems, she thought she could do better than the male-dominated political parties, who were all the same. Her idea catches on, and lots of other apolitical women stand for parliament, along with (female) defectors from existing parties. The episode ends with her election and succession to 10 Downing Street, as her ‘Purple Alliance’ sweeps the country.

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Voice Podcast: Packing for conference? Don’t forget your sense of humour

By The Voice | Published Fri 15th September 2006 - 8:24 pm

Paul Trollope has been slaving over a hot Risograph to deliver some fliers for Lib Dem Voice – no glossy corporate stuff here – if you’d be willing to give half an hour to stand outside the conference centre and push them in to the willing hands of delegates in the last couple of days, please do contact me.

Also, I think the thread on the 50p tax rate and the Meeting the Challenge post have both been helpful ‘warm runs’ of the debate that will occur in Brighton. If the web site has informed your thinking, …

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