Posts Tagged “charles kennedy”
Labour’s not-so-very-local election broadcast shows how unimportant local decision-making is to Ed Miliband’s party
by Stephen Tall on April 11, 2012
Tonight’s Labour local election broadcast, starring telly’s very own Lord (Robert) Winston, climaxes with the rallying cry: On Thursday May 3rd, vote NHS, vote Labour Exactly how voting Labour then will help the NHS isn’t explored — not surprisingly, because it won’t. There’s a reason these elections are called local elections, after all. Before highlighting [...]
LDVideo: Remembering the 1992 general election, 20 years ago today
by Stephen Tall on April 9, 2012
Thursday, 9th April, 1992 — the first election for the newly-formed Liberal Democrats, and the last election when the Tories won a parliamentary majority. Here’s a video trip down memory lane… Andrew Marr on John Major’s biggest popular mandate in electoral history Paddy Ashdown on the campaign trail Charles Kennedy and Don Foster interviewed on [...]
In other news… Richard Kemp for Liverpool, Kennedy on the UK, defection in Cambridge, Hughes at Leveson
by Stephen Tall on March 4, 2012
Here’s a round-up of stories we haven’t had time to cover on the site this past week… Richard Kemp to represent Liberal Democrats in Liverpool mayor election in May (Liverpool Echo) ‘He said: “I am standing because I believe that only the Liberal Democrats have the long term strategies which will place this city in [...]
LDVideo at Conference | CK on Nick, the DPM’s last year, and party leadership contest rules explained
by Stephen Tall on September 22, 2011
Were you at Birmingham and so missed out on how the Lib Dem conference was reported? Not at Birmingham and so missed out on seeing Lib Dem MPs and government ministers up close and personal? We hope these videos will help (re-)connect you… Charles Kennedy on Nick Clegg (Available on the BBC website here.) Nick [...]
LDVideo | Election archive special… 1992
by Stephen Tall on August 27, 2011
Last weekend — in a desperate attempt to offer our readers an alternative to The X-Factor — we highlighted some clips from elections of yesteryear: first, the 1960-70s, then the 1980s. Today, we’re scrolling forward to the video footage of the 1992 general election… Paddy Ashdown on the campaign trail (Available on YouTube here.) Don [...]
Top 10 tweeting MPs: congratulations to Lib Dem @julianhuppert in at No. 6!
by Stephen Tall on July 31, 2011
Who are the top 10 Twitterers in the House of Commons? That’s the question the Mail on Sunday answers today, following a survey by Westminster Public Affairs. The list looks not at number of followers, but at the volume of tweets each MP has sent out. Heading the list is Labour’s Kerry McCarthy with well [...]
Who do you think should stand for the Lib Dem presidency (and what should they do if elected)?
by Stephen Tall on September 11, 2010
Ros Scott’s announcement that she is standing down from the position of party president has come as a surprise to Lib Dem members. First, because it has become almost traditional for party presidents to serve two terms — Ros’s three predecessors, Simon Hughes, Lord Dholakia and Lord Maclennan all served two terms each, unchallenged. Secondly, [...]
