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 Hazel Grove in 1997, agent for Leeds North West in 2001 and campaigns organiser for East Dunbartonshire in 2005).… Continue reading Clegg’s campaign: the view from afar
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That which does not kill me makes me stronger
Wondering why I haven’t been blogging recently? I’ve been building this: You are reading this because your browser doesn’t support Iframes. Try this link instead. After the nightmare that was Vote Match Europe, this one was comparatively plain sailing (on the launch of the Europe version I was still trying to make it work five… Continue reading That which does not kill me makes me stronger
Conference and canards
God know’s why I’m still up at 3am. Still a bit wired after conference I guess. I’m not staying up much longer but I wanted to write that I thought it was an excellent weekend both for the party generally, the Social Liberal Forum in particular and me personally. A few random thoughts: 1. I… Continue reading Conference and canards