Tag Archives: 2020 May elections

Mark Pack

Thank you candidates, agents and campaign teams

By Mark Pack | Sat 14th March 2020 - 2:51 pm

News of the delay in this May’s local elections by a year is a sign of just how serious the coronavirus outbreak is.

It also means that for many candidates, agents and campaign teams who were gearing up for May, there’s now an unsettling vacuum in their political lives. What was going to be a peak of effort, with big impacts on the lives of people who are or aren’t elected, is now suddenly put off.

There’s also the weird situation that some councillors – along with their families – find themselves in. Those who were expecting to retire in a few weeks, sometimes after many years of voluntary public service, instead face an extra 12 months before they get to stand down.

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NewsHound

Siobhan Benita and team are working full-on in London

By NewsHound | Sun 23rd February 2020 - 4:07 pm

This weekend our London Mayoral candidate, Siobhan Benita and her team have been campaigning very hard all over the city:

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The Voice

Whoever you are, the Liberal Democrats will stand up for you

By The Voice | Sat 22nd February 2020 - 4:40 pm

The party’s latest party political broadcast provides a good summary of our aims as we move past “Stop Brexit”:

The accompanying blurb also gives a good statement of our priorities:

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