Will £66,000 expenses claim sink Dawn Butler?
So asks Ross Lydall over in the Evening Standard: How many voters are ready to turn against their MP over the expenses scandal? A fascinating battle in a hotly-contested north London constituency looks...
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Opinion: Today is a good day to be a Lib Dem
As dawn broke over Bronte House, South Kilburn, I realised. I realised that with this beautiful sight (the dawn, not Bronte House!), change was coming. My local MP will soon cease to be Sarah Teather...
View ArticleSarah Teather cleared, mystery of forged letters remains
The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner has cleared Sarah Teather of allegations that she broke Parliamentary expense rules. You may remember those claims being enthusiastically hawked around by Tory...
View ArticleDawn Butler apologises for calling Sarah Teather a “hypocrite” over MPs expenses
Labour Minister Dawn Butler has issued a legal apology to Sarah Teather for calling her a hypocrite over MPs’ expenses. Butler made the accusation while the running of Sarah Teather’s office was under...
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Wrong ballot papers supplied on polling day in Brent
Not a good start to the day in Brent Central, where ballot papers for the wrong Parliamentary constituency had been supplied to all three polling stations Willesden Green ward. Result? Proper voting...
View ArticleThe perils of projecting the impact of boundary changes from previous...
There’s been an understandable flurry of interest in The Guardian’s reported projections of what boundary changes might mean for the parties, but there are two major caveats about the nature of such...
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The best tonic for those post-election blues
Let's face it, we all need a pick-me-up. And what better way to raise our spirits than free food, lots of time to chat, and, of course, some invigorating campaigning? This May and June, you're spoilt...
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Ibrahim Taguri selected for Brent Central PPC
Brent Central Liberal Democrats have selected Ibrahim Taguri as their successor to Sarah Teather to stand at thee 2015 General Election. Ibrahim born in Brent, grew up in Willesden Green and has spent...
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Ashcroft battlegrounds poll: Lib Dems set to lose four marginal seats to Labour
The second of Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft’s polls of Lib Dem marginal seats was published this week, focusing on four of our battlegrounds with Labour: Norwich South (held by Simon Wright),...
View ArticleIbrahim Taguri steps down as Lib Dem candidate in Brent Central after...
Ibrahim Taguri has stepped down as the Liberal Democrat candidate in Brent Central after the Telegraph made allegations that he had accepted a donation that was potentially outside the rules. Ibrahim...
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