ALDC's by-election report - 10 July 2025In Woking, two seats were successfully defended, both with overwhelming victory, with both a county and district by-election. Well done to Louise Morales, Deborah Hughes and the local team for ensuring these seats remained with us. Surrey CC, Woking South Liberal Democrats (Louise Morales): 1,939 (63.8%, +5.8) Reform UK: 584 (19.2%, new) Conservatives: 291 (9.6%, -16.0%) Green Party: 134 (4.4%, -2.5) Labour: 91 (3.0%, -4.6) Liberal Democrat HOLD Woking BC, Hoe Valley Liberal Democrats (Deborah Hughes): 1,118 (63.3%, -8.1) Reform UK: 379 (21.1%, new) Conservative: 130 (7.2%, -9.0) Green Party: 83 (4.6%, new) Labour: 69 (3.8%, -8.6) Liberal Democrat HOLD ... (more) |
Weekly Road Report - West End Ward #dundeewestendDUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 14 JULY 2025 Blinshall Street (Douglas Street to 50 metres south) - closed until August 2025 for construction works. Douglas Street (Blinshall Street to Brown Street) - temporary traffic lights until August 2025 for construction works. Scottish and Southern Energy Networks Elmwood Cable Renewal Scheme - temporary traffic lights and road closure from Tuesday 4 March for 19 weeks: Ancrum Road (at Peel Street) - temporary traffic lights for 4 weeks; andTullideph Road (City Road to Greenbank Place) - closed westbound for 5 ... (more) |
A remarkable politicianI was looking through the list of purple plaques in Wales when I came across a familar name. As the site says, Val Feld's plaque, the first Purple Plaque in Wales, is located on the Senedd building in Cardiff Bay, and was unveiled by her daughters and granddaughters on 6th March 2018: Val was born Valerie Breen Turner in Bangor on 29 October 1947 and died in Swansea on 17 July 2001. She was one of the most highly regarded members of the National Assembly for Wales across the political spectrum, as one of the leading architects of devolution, achieved ... (more) |
Well done Planting Up SunnisideWell done Planting Up Sunniside. Their volunteers have been at work maintaining the planters at the Kingsway/Sunniside Road junction in Sunniside. Great work and a great display of flowers. (more) |
Printing without a hitchI was in the Lib Dem office this morning to print surveys for four of our key wards to deliver over the coming days. Two of the wards are not (yet) held by us but as we look to expand our beachheads in Gateshead, we need to take on Labour and beat them. The two other wards are split between Lib Dems and Labour. We are looking for a clean sweep in the all out elections in those wards next (more) |
Lib Dems complain to Ofcom over 'undue prominence' BBC gave to ReformLiberal Democrat MP Max Wilkinson has written to Ofcom about the prominence the BBC gave to Nigel Farage on Thursday night: [IMG: Max Wilkinson lettter to Ofcom p1] [IMG: Max Wilkinson lettter to Ofcom p2] Hat-tip: @PolitLcsUK Sign up to get the latest news and analysis (more) |
Reform UK councillor was 'pen pal' of top Al Qaeda terrorist who masterminded 9/11The judges were grateful that, on such a hot day, there was no need to hold a lengthy meeting. By universal acclamation, Nottinghamshire Live wins our Headline of the Day Award. I'm reminded of an old Julian Clary joke: "I joined Amnesty International and wrote to General Pinochet. He wrote back and now we're pen friends." (more) |
The Joy of Six 1383"I couldn't shake the fear that future generations might never experience the world as I had, that we might go down in history as the generation that knew exactly what was coming, but chose to look away. That's what brought me into parliament." Roz Savage explains why she supports statutory targets on climate and nature. Alfie Steer considers the prospects for a new party to the left of Labour: "Peter Mandelson is once reported to have said that disillusioned left-wing Labour voters simply had 'nowhere else to go'. But Sultana and Corbyn's left party may be the biggest challenge to ... (more) |
The belligerent youths are back: The sacking of Christine JardineWhen Christine Jardine was sacked as the Liberal Democrats' spokesperson Women and Equalities and on Scotland, some bright spark briefed the press that: "We are not in the business of dancing to the tune of the Conservatives through symbolic votes and virtue signalling." Simon Titley used to talk of the "belligerent youths" who surrounded Nick Clegg. Judging by that statement, they're back under Ed Davey. Christine Jardine was universally regarded as an effective front-bench spokesperson, and to lose her over what has been called "an arcane procedural matter" - she voted against an appalling Conservative amendment she had been told ... (more) |
FreedomThe Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity. This is what can be found on the back of every Lib Dem membership card. The part I want to focus on in this piece is the point regarding a "fair, free and open society". One person's concept of freedom may differ from another's. I would like to take this opportunity to discuss it. Freedom is the right of ... (more) |