Ros Scott launches campaign
It has to be said that not only is Ros Scott’s website quite impressive in its own right, it is streets ahead of anything any of the leadership candidates have come up with in the last two elections...
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Where’s Lemby? – Day Two
Still no sign of the Lembit for President campaign. However, I do feel that I have been a little unfair. Lembit has, in fact, been preparing this campaign by raising his profile in the mass media. A...
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Where’s Lemby? Day Six
All is quiet on the Opik front as we enter day six of the race to be Lib Dem party president. The media is still getting excited about his plans to go to prison and genius campaign slogans but of new...
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Where’s Lemby? Day Seven
Is there really nothing else to write about Lembit Opik other than bloody Segways? Sheesh! It even makes it in a leader in the Independent today! Fortunately, Jeremy Hargreaves is on hand to provide...
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Where’s Lemby? Day Eight
Today is the day of the great Segway protest. Risking his personal freedom to take a stand on this vital issue of civil liberties, Lembit and a couple of Tories drove a couple of hundred yards on a two...
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Where’s Lemby? Day Nine
Spooky. I wrote this post earlier but it disappeared. For those of you beginning to despair that there is nothing to write about Lembit Opik other than his obsession with odd looking bicycles –...
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Where’s Lemby? Day Ten
No Lembit news today, so I thought I would just link to the launch of Kirsty Williams’ campaign to succeed him as Welsh Leader instead.
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Where’s Lemby? Day Eleven
More Lembit news today, but none of it is very good. First of all, the Western Mail reports that senior Welsh Lib Dem politicians are “snubbing” Lembit in favour of a “little-known candidate from...
View Article“Good God, they might just do it!”
That was my reaction to the Sunday Times/YouGov poll today suggesting that Labour had managed to close the Tory lead down to just 2 points. While I expected the polls to close as election day drew...
View ArticleClegg’s campaign: the view from afar
This is a very different election campaign for me. In 1997 and to an even greater extent in 2001 and 2005 I was up against the coalface campaigning in target seats (Oldham East and Saddleworth and...
View ArticleMy Lib Dem ambivalence
Sadly, as with all articles about my political beliefs these days, this has degenerated into a rambling mess. This is why I write, let alone publish, so few blog posts these days. Nonetheless, I’ve...
View ArticleHow Labour’s Lib Dem bashing backfired
I’ve already said what I think about Labour’s decision to target Lib Dem-held constituencies at the expense of Tory-held ones, so I won’t repeat myself here. This article looks at the bigger picture,...
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