Still fighting to protect Stockport's Green Belt
Last week wrote about the Liberal Democrat plan to save our Green Belt, I wanted to send you some more details and let you know what we have been doing since then.
LS
8 Dec 2016
Brexit chaos could change the political map of Britain
The Liberal Democrat victory in the Richmond Park byelection could be just the first of many electoral aftershocks that could reconfigure the electoral landscape Good news had been in short supply for Lib Dems over the previous 18 months, so when some hugely encouraging data arrived at their byelection headquarters in Richmond last Wednesday morning, the reaction was one of excitement coupled with scepticism. Party strategists had just received the results of internal polling showing they had pulled ahead of Zac Goldsmith, the former Tory MP turned independent, with 24 hours to go until voting began.
PMTH
4 Dec 2016
The Lib Dems have rediscovered their byelection mojo – can they capitalise?
arah Olney's win may be unlikely to affect Brexit, but her party's victories in Richmond Park and elsewhere point towards a new chapter 'Richmond Park was a byelection made in heaven for the Liberal Democrats. Their opponent - a prominent leave campaigner whose father had funded the anti-EU referendum party in the 1990s, and who upset many of those of a small "l" liberal disposition with the style and tone of his London mayoral campaign in the spring. The constituency was a Lib Dem stronghold for over 40 years (until the vote collapsed, like almost everywhere else, in last year's general election) where over 70% of voters had voted to remain in the EU, putting it in the top 10 pro-EU constituencies. Local Labour voters were long used to voting tactically for the local Liberal Democrat. All the party had to do was to turn this unusually propitious set of circumstances to its advantage.
JC
3 Dec 2016
Imagine this!
Can you imagine the impact of a Lib Dem win in Richmond Park on Thursday? It's not just the impact it will have on our party, it's the message it will send to the government on Brexit.
26 Nov 2016
WATCH: Tim Farron cheered on Question Time
A few noisy, boorish right wingers could not mask the audience appreciation for Tim Farron's reasonable, moderate and generous-spirited message on Question Time on Thursday night. As has unfortunately become the norm, some over exuberant brexiteers booed everything he said. They showed themselves up.
CL
25 Nov 2016
Liberal Democrats demand emergency NHS funding in Autumn Statement
The Liberal Democrats have released a set of demands for tomorrow's Autumn Statement, including an urgeng £4bn injection of funding into the NHS, to avert a winter crisis and prevent declining performance and longer waiting lists next year.
23 Nov 2016
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