Liz Lynne’s January-May action plan
“The President has to take a lead role in visiting as many constituencies as possible” – Liz Lynne … Read the full post »
2014 Liberal Democrat Party President Election
Read about the 2014 contest to be President of the Liberal Democrats, in which Sal Brinton defeated Daisy Cooper, Linda Jack, Liz Lynne and Pauline Pearce.
Linda Jack: Community Politics for the 21st century
Establishing trust and respect between citizens and politicians is the scaffolding to building community-led common aims and a liberal, positive future. … Read the full post »
How Linda Jack wants to change the party’s campaign organisation
“We do have another major longer-term problem in constituency development, which will hinder our revival” – Linda Jack … Read the full post »
It’s good if Lib Dem President candidates are struggling to get nomination signatures
The battle to get enough nomination signatures is a good test of whether they’ve really got skills necessary to be a good President. … Read the full post »
Sal Brinton’s Action Plan for the party presidency
Continuing my series of guest posts from candidates for Lib Dem President, today it’s Sal Brinton with her plans: Sal’s Action Plan from 1 January to 1 July 2015 Going into any new post in an organisation where there are problems, identified or not, it is important to break down activity from the start. These … Read the full post »
Daisy Cooper: what the Lib Dems can learn from South African politics
“We can learn from our South African sister party, the Democratic Alliance, which has established a scheme, part leadership academy and part social network – to which they recruit new members from marginalised communities, providing mentoring and support for them to become political leaders at every level” – Daisy Cooper … Read the full post »
Simon Hughes backs Linda Jack for Liberal Democrat President
Former Liberal Democrat President Simon Hughes is backing Linda Jack in the contest to succeed term-limited Tim Farron as party president. … Read the full post »
Daisy Cooper: After the scandals, Lib Dems need processes that are fit for purpose
“Processes are still too complex, they involve too many people, and no one is accountable for decisions in any meaningful way” – Daisy Cooper. … Read the full post »
Daisy Cooper: Accountability – the missing ingredient of Lib Dem internal democracy
“To put our own house in order, we must recognise that accountability is the missing ingredient of our internal democracy” – Daisy Cooper … Read the full post »
Daisy Cooper: Inspire donors to scale up support
“We don’t just have ‘Lib Dem Achievements in Government’ – up and down the country there are many unsung heroes who are delivering achievements in their communities” – Daisy Cooper … Read the full post »