What Does a New Liberal Democrat Member Look Like?
The surge in Liberal Democrat membership since the General Election is continuing, with over 10,000 new members having joined in under a week.
The surge in Liberal Democrat membership since the General Election is continuing, with over 10,000 new members having joined in under a week.
I, famously, don't write for Lib Dem Voice. But on a day like today, how could I not? Apparently, there are like ten thousand of you guys now. Welcome! Genuinely, really, welcome. In order to help you acclimatise to the culture of the party there's a few things you ought to be reading. A version of this was originally posted on my blog, and this one has been amended to reflect the comments there as well as my original post. YAY crowdsourcing!
Browsing Twitter this morning, I passed a message from the very useful www.twitter.com/shepwayplanning (useful, if you like that kind of thing).
Message of the day from the Lib Dems nationally:
Children and parents at Folkestone St Martin's Primary School in Horn Street, Folkestone have today been sent home with the news that St Martin's has been assessed as OUTSTANDING in every one of the five assessment categories in their recent Ofsted evaluation.
"It is difficult to think of any of the rights in the original European Convention that could be excluded. If he is not careful Mr Gove will end up with a Bill of Rights that looks almost identical to the European Convention."
On a quick local survey of just a few of Sandgate's side streets last night, local Lib Dem Gary Fuller found a pothole on every single street. He has since reported the potholes, in Lister Way, Lachlan Way, and Parade Road to Kent Highways and hopes to see them fixed in the next few weeks.
Nationally, membership of the Liberal Democrats passed 54,000 on Monday morning. Since polls closed on Thursday, 7,296 8,000 9,501 10,522 new members have joined the Liberal Democrats.
Guidance from Kent Highways where vegetation from gardens is obstructing footpaths, lamp columns, reducing the width of the carriageway and affecting visibility splays.
Following the agreement of the Federal Executive and the party's returning officer the Liberal Democrats Chief Executive Tim Gordon has confirmed the timetable for the election of a new party leader.
Folkestone's Forrester Way car park was recently resurfaced by Shepway District Council: really welcomed and not before time.