Tag Archives: poplar and limehouse

Jonathan Fryer selected for Lib Dems in Poplar and Limehouse

Jonathan Fryer has been selected as PPC for the new seat of Poplar and Limehouse.

Jonathan is an experienced candidate, having fought three General Elections (Chelsea 1983, Orpington 1987 and Leyton 1992) as well as several European Parliamentary elections. He was number 2 in the Liberal Democrat London list this year, but narrowly missed being elected.

Jonathan writes about Poplar and Limehouse on his blog:

It’s an extraodinary seat, illustrating both the huge diversity of London and also the yawning gap between rich and poor.

It also looks like being a right royal battleground at the forthcoming general election, not only

Posted in Selection news | Also tagged , and | 5 Comments

Jim Fitzpatrick accused of abusing Parliamentary expenses

The Evening Standard reports:

A Government minister was today accused of misusing taxpayers’ money – allegedly spending thousands on invitations to Saturday coffee mornings.

Farming Minister Jim Fitzpatrick broke Parliamentary rules, the Conservatives claim, by sending thousands of unsolicited letters using Commons notepaper and envelopes.

Posted in News | Also tagged and | Leave a comment
Advert

Recent Comments

  • David Le Grice
    @Ynys Mon Man Try telling that to all the hard working candidates and activists in the many target wards where the Greens beat us with a paper candidate!...
  • Ynys Mon Man
    The Lib Dems are highly visible in roughly a third of Lincoln and perhaps 50% of York (both Labour-held at Westminster). Why is this? Because a small core of ac...
  • John McHugo
    @Simon McGrath - "It started with 6 Arab countries invading Israel intent on killing its Jewish population". That is just simply untrue and an outrageous st...
  • David Allen
    Here (including below-the-line comments) are some answers to the "invisibility" question: https://www.libdemvoice.org/roz-savage-mp-writes-liberalism-is-havi...
  • David Allen
    @cim, Largely agree. Having an agenda which people will rally behind must come first. Yes, the Right will always claim that LD plans are fantasy economic...