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Opinion: surveying the wreckage

As a political organiser, I’ve seen the highs and now the lows that come with the territory. In Rochdale in 2005 and Manchester Withington in 2010 – the results made all the effort and long hours worth it.

In Manchester last week, I presided over losing every single seat. Yes, every single one!

It wasn’t through lack of effort. Take for example Simon Ashley, the former group leader. Simon has delivered close to 200,000 leaflets since May, good quality leaflets focusing on crucial issues like the closure of his local swimming baths (where his 2000 plus …

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  • Hywel
    Also whatever you think of this proposal, for the Lib Dems to set policy positions based on not getting attacked by the Telegraph for wanting closer integration...
  • Hywel
    This seems to be (according to BBC news) the source document. Though in that case why it isn't linked in the party website article I'm not sure https://bestfo...
  • Tristan Ward
    @Jack "It will take the Telegraph 5 minutes to claim that we are advocating closer EU alignment in order to help the already comfortable" Great. Telegrap...
  • Hywel
    It's a poor policy on a number of fronts 1) The costing side is at best a little vague (IFS say this will be a lot more than £17bn and Reform cost it as hig...
  • Peter Davies
    @Expats. No he didn't have conference approval for that either....