I’ve just returned from Birmingham as one of the delegates from Bury Liberal Democrats to the Party’s national Spring Conference. There’s a link to Nick Clegg’s speech to Conference below – well worth a read. In a statement Nick said: I’m not the kingmaker. 45 million voters are the kingmakers. Today I’ve used my keynote […]

I’m in Birmingham as one of Bury Liberal Democrat’s reps to our national conference. Vince Cable spoke to Conference today. Here’s his statement and a link to his speech: I have a very simple message for you. We the Liberal Democrats were right about the financial crisis. We warned of the dangers and led the […]

Today at a speech to Barnado’s Nick Clegg announced one of our four key policies for the General Election campaign ahead – A Fair Start for Every Child. Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg today pledged to give every child a fair start in life by investing an extra £2.5bn in schools which could be used […]

A huge thank you to everyone who made it out for our final leafleting session for 2009 yesterday – leafleting in heavy show on Holyood Road yesterday.

  Nick Clegg: Conference 2009 This was Nick’s speech to Party Conference – Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats: Speech to Conference 2009. My favourite quote? “If you supported Labour in 1997 because you wanted fairness. You wanted young people to flourish. You wanted political reform. You wanted the environment protected. Or you simply […]

Nick Clegg has today launched a new Liberal Democrat pledge to put service personnel and their welfare at the heart of our defence policy. Nick said: “Many soldiers fighting on the front line are on salaries lower than those of trainee police and fire fighters. 13,000 members of the armed forces take home less than […]

The Liberal Democrats have launched a new campaingn about public spending – you can find out all the details at www.NickClegg.com/InTheKnow As Liberal Democrats, we’re firmly committed to new public spending in important areas – such as delivering our green new deal on jobs and housing, lowering infant class sizes and cutting student debt. These […]

The local LIberal Democrats have recently been informed of the death of Sam Crilley. Sam was 89. Sam, was a very active Liberal for many years in the Prestwich & Whitefield area, and we believe the Liberal Party candidate on a number of occasions for the then Middleton and Prestwich Parliamentary constituency. Sam will be […]

Tomorrow is polling day for the European Election and several key Borough by-elections. European elections have traditionally been low-key and largely ignored by the press, this time they are mentioned in every news bulletin, and the media have begun to notice that the Lib Dems do have unique selling points. Sunday’s Observer leader says This […]

Nick Clegg has taken a strong stand on cleaning up Parliament and leading the call for a complete overhaul of our political system. Last week at Prime Minister’s Question Time he challenged Gordon Brown to reform our electoral systems. Now even Brown’s own ministers are echoing Nick’s call. Nick is making the case to: – […]