Mark Valladares

Welcome to my day in the freezer… 29 March

By | Fri 29th March 2013 - 8:26 am

Sea otterYes, welcome to the frozen North, as today is brought to you from Leeds and Brighouse, the home of two prominent Liberal Democrat bloggers, Jennie Rigg and Mat Bowles.

However, as it is Good Friday, Liberal Democrat Voice doesn’t tend to work quite as intensively, so it will be a bit quieter than usual. We will be reporting on by-elections at Harwich West (Tendring District Council), Parson Drove (Fenland District Council) and Evelyn ward (London Borough of Lewisham).

We also bring you news from Europe, where Liberal Democrats continue to challenge excessive spending, and we have a report from Penny Goodman on moves to seek the inclusion of STV for local government elections in the 2015 manifesto.

And, if anything else happens, we’ll try to cover it…

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