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Former Watford Green candidate joins Lib Dems, praising Mayoral candidate...
Former Watford parliamentary candidate for the Greens, Alex Murray, has joined the Liberal Democrats and was welcomed to the Party by Deputy Leader Jo Swinson, Party Chair Ian Stotesbury and Mayoral...
View ArticleWATCH: Dorothy Thornhill on her 16 years as Mayor of Watford
One of this party’s finest female role models has just stepped down from her public role after 16 years of service in Watford. Watch Dorothy Thornhill talk about her time as Mayor in this interview.
View ArticleLibLink: Dorothy Thornhill: Harry Potter and my spell as England’s longest...
This month, Dorothy Thornhill stepped down as Mayor of Watford after 16 years in tole. She was always very popular and left a great legacy for her successor, Peter Taylor. She wrote for the Guardian...
View ArticleWhen should a politician say sorry?
Damian McBride’s indefensibly puerile emails seeking to smear senior Tories (and Nadine Dorries) have left David Cameron understandably livid: David Cameron is demanding a personal apology from Prime...
View ArticleWatford’s liberal Lib Dem Mayor – what Iain Dale didn’t report
Tory blogger Iain Dale should perhaps have paused before clicking ‘publish’ on his latest – highly inaccurate – post, How Very Illiberal of a LibDem Mayor. Those few seconds’ hesitation would have been...
View ArticleSara Bedford on the Watford play areas ‘Flat Earth News’ day
I reported here on LDV this afternoon on the serious mis-reporting of Watford Borough Council’s children’s adventure playgrounds policy, indulged by Iain Dale and some newspapers. For all the media...
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Election Appeal: Help elect Sal Brinton in Watford – DONATE to her campaign...
Liberal Democrat Voice is running a special appeal to raise funds for five of the party’s very best general elections candidates – all of whom have a real chance of winning but need your help NOW to...
View ArticleConservative candidate steps down after foul-mouthed tirade
On Monday Lib Dem Voice brought you the story of potty-mouthed Conservative candidate Chris Hawes and his foul language aimed at Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg. Yesterday Chris Hawes decided to step down as...
View ArticleLabour struggle to understand election results
The Watford Labour Party has published a members’ newsletter and placed a copy online. In the report of May’s local elections it reads: In the Mayoral election, Nigel Bell came a close second. Which is...
View ArticleRide the wave! Two chances to celebrate…
Want to celebrate the fantastic result in Eastleigh? Why not join a working celebration at Regional Action Days in either Watford or Lewes, tomorrow, Saturday 2nd March. There’ll be good company, free...
View ArticleWatford’s last Conservative Councillor moves to Liberal Democrats because of...
From the Watford Observer: Watford’s Conservative party has been extinguished at borough level after the last Tory councillor has defected to the ruling Liberal Democrat group. Steve Johnson, who had...
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Mayor Dorothy announces she’ll go for fourth term in Watford
Good news in Watford, where Dorothy Thornhill, who in 2002 became the first directly-elected Lib Dem mayor in the country, has announced she will run for a fourth term of office: I am really pleased to...
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Ladbrokes: “Five seats the Lib Dems might GAIN in 2015”
Yes, you read the headline right. Ladbrokes’ The Political Bookie blog this week featured five seats where, based on the betting, they reckon the Lib Dems might confound expectations… 1....
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Ashcroft’s poll of Lib Dem battleground seats: incumbency is alive and well...
Tory peer and pollster Lord Ashcroft has published his latest set of constituency findings. He polled some of the key Lib Dem / Tory and Lib Dem / Labour battlegrounds in the summer – he’s now followed...
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Lord Clement-Jones writes…Out and about on the doorstep
Far be it from me (or at their peril anyone else!) to ignore an injunction from our General Election Chair Paddy Ashdown, so my New Year’s resolution has been to commit every Friday up to the start of...
View ArticleCampaigning in Watford
View image | gettyimages.com I am twenty-three years old, a politics graduate and a political activist. I am a Liberal Democrat and I have volunteered with the local party. Several issues spring to...
View ArticleVideo: 3 reasons to vote for Dorothy Thornhill in Watford
The Watford campaign team have given us all a lesson in how to do video campaigning this election. First there was this introduction to Dorothy as a person, and now there are three solid policy reasons...
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++Lib Dems GAIN Watford – Tories wiped out!
The @libdems have GAINED Watford council. A brilliant result and testament to @MayorDorothy and the team. — Tim Farron (@timfarron) May 6, 2016 The final result from Watford today – 25 LD, 11 Lab, 0...
View ArticleSenior Hertfordshire Lib Dem councillors step down from leadership after 52...
Two Hertfordshire Liberal Democrat council group leaders have stepped down from their leadership roles (although they remain councillors) which they have held for 30 and 22 years respectively. In Three...
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Improving Watford through arts, culture and fun
This weekend sees the start of the seventh Imagine Watford festival, consisting of free outdoor dance and theatre performances by an impressive array of British and international artistes and groups....
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