Over the last couple of months, every Wednesday lunchtime and in another few meetings too, a group of us have been getting together to start the process of building the party’s future strategy which will be voted on at Autumn Conference in Bournemouth.
I don’t say very much in these groups because there are people much cleverer than me with much more useful things to say, but one of the things I wanted to make sure of from the start is that we involved members in the quest to shape our future direction. This is something that we must build together. It can’t be imposed. The group agreed that we would consult our members fully and we are doing just that.
The culmination of a lot of hard work popped into party members’ email inboxes late on Wednesday night. In the email, Party President Sal Brinton said:
At Spring Conference in York, our Leader Tim Farron outlined his vision for our Party:
“To replace the Labour Party as the main opposition to the Conservatives… so that we can replace the Conservatives as the Government of our country.”
This is a bold vision, which needs a bold strategy to deliver it.
We want to hear your views on how our Party can work to achieve Tim’s vision, and have set out some ideas of our own:
We want to hear your views on how our Party can work to achieve Tim’s vision, and have set out some ideas of our own:
We have also compiled an online survey for you to complete. It will only take a few minutes of your time.
Part of ensuring we deliver Tim’s vision is the need for every member to play their part to build a liberal society. Our country needs us now more than ever, and I know so many of you are taking part in some fantastic campaigns across the country, and I’m looking forward to seeing more gains on May 4th. So, don’t worry if you don’t have enough time to do it right now, because the closing date for the consultation is Monday 15th May at 12 noon.
We want to see an Open, Tolerant and United country, and we need you to help us build it.
In that email there is a unique link to the survey and a link to the consultation document. You’ll need to be logged in as a member on the party website to access it.
What we need you to do is basically mark our homework for us. We are bound to have missed something. What is it? Give us your feedback.
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