Congratulations to Councillor Nich Starling (aka Norfolk Blogger) who gained a seat yesterday from the Tories on Broadland District Council. The result, courtesy of ALDC: LD Nich Starling 630 (54.5; +24.3) Con 471 (40.8; -3.0) Green 54 (4.7; +4.7) [Other (0.0; -26.0)] Majority 159 Turnout 31% LD gain from Con Percentage change is since May 2007. This is a big swing from the Conservatives, (who
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 19th Mar 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
CONSERVATIVES 39% (-2) LABOUR 35% (-1) LIB DEMS 15% (+4) The big change, clearly, is the Lib Dem total and reflects, surely, sampling issues. But the Tories won’t be please that another survey has them below 40% while Labour might be a tad concerned that, in spite of all the recent hype, they have not made any progress. Brown
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politicalbetting on 17th Dec 2008 (via politicalbetting.com)
The Conservatives will not offer the "radical change" the UK needs to make the country fairer, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has said.
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BBCPolitics on 25th Jan 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
The Devon Lib Dems would seem to be in a bit of a pickle after losing control of the county to the Conservatives last month. Firstly, Julian Brazil, the Lib Dem candidate for Totnes - where the Tories today announced...
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CentreRight on 10th Jul 2009 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
From Lib Dem Voice LDV asked in a survey of members: There have been some suggestions that, if the Coalition holds until 2015, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats should consider some form of electoral arrangement: perhaps the Conservatives might not stand against all Lib Dems and vice versa, or there could even be joint ‘Coalition candidates’.
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SocialistUnity on 10th Jan 2011 (via socialistunity.com)
It seems coalitions are in the air. The Lib Dem and Conservative groups on Oldham Council in Greater Manchester yesterday announced a framework agreement which will see current Lib Dem Council leader Howard Sykes retain the top job, the Conservatives support the Lib Dem budget for this coming year and a Conservative councillor coming onto
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 18th May 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
Welcome to the eigth edition of Lib Dig Pig, being a roundup of non-Lib Dem oriented gems on the internet, as voted by Lib Dem members using Lib Dig (if you aren’t one, and are a Lib Dem member, sign up here: I thought I’d try a slight change of format this week: less snark,
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 29th Jan 2009 (via libdemvoice.org)
So what are we as Lib Dems going to say on the doorsteps to voters during the next General Election campaign to justify ourselves in reply to the ‘I voted Lib Dem to keep the Tories out’ challenge? I can imagine it will be a common enough question, especially in close Lib Dem/Conservative constituencies where
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 29th Sep 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
It's only gesture politics, but sometimes gestures matter – which is why the Tories are thinking seriously about dispatching a party envoy to the Lib Dem conference in September. The idea, naturally, is to cement the bonds of friendship between the two parties, as well as to suggest that the Tories are happy to be in dialogue with the Lib Dem grassroots. But there's a problem: thos...
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Spectator on 7th Aug 2010 (via spectator.co.uk)