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Rennard legal action threatens individual officers of the English Party
4 comments on Rennard legal action threatens individual officers of the English PartyThe media were reporting (BBC News) on Monday that Chris Rennard was intending to take legal action against the Liberal Democrats over the suspension of his membership. Having previously written about the role of the different bodies of the English Party in the process of this suspension I was concerned to note that the proposed legal action is directed towards named individuals holding party positions. As The Guardian’s report puts it: The letter keeps open…
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WTF is the Regional Parties Committee?
I am reluctant to comment publicly on the rapidly spiralling Chris Rennard affair. It is not that I don’t have a view — quite the contrary — but I don’t think that lots of people expressing their opinion is helping the situation. Particularly those who have been especially crass or hyperbolic. However, slightly bizarrely, I have this afternoon been explaining to a journalist from The Times the existence of the Regional Parties Committee. I am…
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My report of the June 2013 meeting of the English Council
My report of the June 2013 meeting of the Liberal Democrat’s English Council was posted on Liberal Democrat Voice this morning. This is a somewhat delayed report. I’d intended to write it up soon after the meeting but I was away visiting relatives the following Sunday and last week I was busy with work and other things. Still if you’ve been waiting impatiently to find out what happened in all its exciting detail you can…
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My preview of the June 2013 meeting of the English Council
My preview of the June 2013 meeting of the Liberal Democrat’s English Council was posted on Liberal Democrat Voice last Friday. What’s on the agenda for the English Council? The English Council is the governing body of the Liberal Democrats in England and meets twice a year to consider matters of importance to the English Party. The agenda for this meeting was rather light so I have to be honest and say that I struggled…
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I’m on the Liberal Democrats’ English Council for another year
My political activity during 2012 was very limited but one of the few things that I had made a commitment to do was serve on the Liberal Democrats’ English Council for the year. The English Council is the governing body of the Liberal Democrats in England. It meets twice a year to consider matters of importance to the English Party. My motivation for becoming a member of this somewhat obscure body was partly to find…
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My report on the November 2012 meeting of the Liberal Democrat’s English Council
My report on the November meeting of the Liberal Democrat’s English Council is now up on Liberal Democrat Voice. The English Council is the governing body of the Liberal Democrats in England and meets twice a year to consider matters of importance to the English Party. This post is part of a series of posts I’ve been writing for Liberal Democrat Voice this year reporting on the activities of the English Party. The main issue I have…
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My preview of the November meeting of the English Council
My preview of the November meeting of the Liberal Democrat’s English Council is now up on Liberal Democrat Voice. The English Council is the governing body of the Liberal Democrats in England and meets twice a year to consider matters of importance to the English Party. This post is part of a series of posts I’ve been writing for Liberal Democrat Voice this year reporting on the activities of the English Party. The items I’ve…
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Random Thoughts for 12th October 2012
This is the latest in my series of Random Thoughts posts with links, things found on the web and other stuff that has occured to me between 3rd October 2012 and 12th October 2012: 10 things the Lib Dem conference has taught us Ten things we learned from the Labour party conference Ten things we’ve learned from the Conservative party conference We’ve reached the end of the party conference season for 2012 and these are…
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My report on the June meeting of the English Council
My latest post on the Liberal Democrats English Council is now live on Liberal Democrat Voice; “Report on the June 2012 meeting of the English Council”. To supplement that here are a few, more personal, observations: This was a much better and less grumpy meeting than the first one I attended at the beginning of last year. It gave me more hope that the English party structures are being operated effectively. I was glad that…
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My second post about the English Council for Liberal Democrat Voice
As mentioned in a previous post I have started writing about the Liberal Democrats’ English Council for Liberal Democrat Voice. Last Sunday (I am getting behind) saw my second post on that subject. This one was looking at the main item of business at this month’s meeting of the English Council which is a change to the rules of how local parties are organised. You can read it here: “Changes to your local party boundaries…
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Writing about the Liberal Democrats’ English Council for Liberal Democrat Voice
On Tuesday I had my first post published on Liberal Democrat Voice about the English Council of the Liberal Democrats: “What does the English Council do?” Last November I wrote about my decision to put myself forward to be a member of the English Council and my motivations for doing so. Chief amongst these was ‘curiosity’ to find out just what the purpose of this obscure body is. In my, ultimately unnecessary, manifesto for this…
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What is the English Council for?
A couple of weeks ago I went along the annual conference of the East of England Liberal Democrats. Whilst there, after a sudden rush of blood to the head, I decided to put my name forward for the English Council of the party. This is probably the least known of the party bodies within the internal structures of the Liberal Democrats. So my motivation for doing this can best be described as ‘curiosity’. As there…
