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  • Who will be the next Welsh Lib Dem Leader?

    I’ve written another Comment is Free article on this very subject: Make no mistake: this election is no shoo-in for either candidate. They are both extremely strong contenders. At its heart, it has become quickly apparent that this election, more than any other in recent years, is going to be about what the Liberal Democrats…

  • Ros Scott: it wos the internet wot won it

    I was rather irritated this morning to read this article on the Guardian website which, apart from ignoring whole aspects of the internet campaigning (about which I may blog later, but may not), included this sentence: A more colourful Lib Dem, Lembit Opik, has been using Facebook in his bid for the party leadership. Even…

  • Lemby’s answers: the final salvo

    One of the things about blogging that a lot of people just don’t seem to get is that the act has a tendency of heightening the author’s personality. I’ve probably written this before but a colleague of mine likes to relate how a Lib Dem activist came up to him once and said “You know…

  • Lembit finally answers? Sort of.

    Lembit has now answered my questions, after a fashion. Linda Jack has rephrased them and got a response. But neither he nor his campaign team have deigned to even refer me to them. Is this what he means by “courage” and campaigning in “primary colours”? Is this “I’m not talking to you” act not just…

  • Grassroots beats astroturfing – official

    With apologies for running two Lib Dem presidential election stories in one day – I am trying to cut down – promise! Remember Lembit claiming he was set to win because he had more members on his Facebook group than the other candidates? Of course, since anyone can join a Facebook group, it turned out…