After every General Election, it’s become our habit to have a good look at what went well and what went badly and publish a General Election Review.
This year’s will doubtless be a lot happier than the last few. The Review team is led by Tim Farron. He is joined by
Cllr Ade Adeyemo
Paul Farthing
Cllr Donna Harris
Cllr Emma Holland-Lindsay
Mike O’Carroll
Sally Pattle
Their remit is to:
- review the party’s performance at the general election, based on both the campaign period itself and the preparatory work and strategy through the whole Parliament.
- particularly focus on the lessons relevant to the party’s next stages of development, including the linkages between electoral success at different levels, and make recommendations accordingly.
Time is running out to complete the online survey. The website says that it is open until 3 November – which isn’t long – but one of the review team said in a WhatsApp chat that it closed on 18 October, eg this Friday. So if you haven’t completed it yet, you’d be well advised to get a wiggle on.
I think that our campaign was perfect for the moment. But the moment was that the entire country wanted rid of the Tories. Our fun filled campaign, built on years of careful campaigning, did what it needed to.