Lewes Lib Dem councillor defects to Tories
Yesterday, my LDV colleague Mark Pack blogged of Labour-to-Lib Dem defector in Merseyside. Alas, this week’s defection news isn’t all cheery for the party: A Liberal Democrat councillor defected to the...
View ArticleGreater Manchester Lib Dem PPC defects to Labour
The Manchester Evening News has the story: A Liberal Democrat candidate for the next General Election has defected to Labour. Paul Moss had already been selected as candidate for Denton and Reddish but...
View ArticleSecond senior Greater Manchester Lib Dem defects to Labour
It’s only a couple of weeks since Lib Dem Voice noted the defection of Denton and Reddish parliamentary candidate Paul Moss from the Lib Dems to Labour. Now comes news of a second defection, this time...
View ArticleKennedy defection rumours – another reason journalists are losing the...
So today, at last, the news media is finally reporting the pretty unsurprising news that Charles Kennedy, leader of the Lib Dems from 1999 to 2006, is not leaving the Lib Dems in 2010. Now it is of...
View ArticleIn other news… Richard Kemp for Liverpool, Kennedy on the UK, defection in...
Here’s a round-up of stories we haven’t had time to cover on the site this past week… Richard Kemp to represent Liberal Democrats in Liverpool mayor election in May (Liverpool Echo) ‘He said: “I am...
View ArticleIn other news… Paddy in Lords bust-up; Manchester elects Lib Dem lord mayor;...
Here’s a round-up of stories we haven’t had time to cover on the site this past few days… Lord Ashdown and Lord Phillips in Lords reform clash (BBC News) Former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown has...
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