Lib Dems lose Liverpool
LD -3
Lab +3
Liberal -1
Greens +1
posted by Luke Akehurst at 2:08 am
Friday, May 02, 2008
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- Name: Luke Akehurst
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Labour Party activist since 1988 - firmly on the moderate wing of the party. Member of Labour’s NEC 2010-2012 and since 2020. National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6. Parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and Castle Point (2005). Hackney Councillor (Chatham Ward) 2002-2014, Labour Group Chief Whip 2002-09, Chair of Health Scrutiny 2010-2014. Supporter of Europe, NATO/nuclear deterrence, Israel, electoral reform. Guardian reader. Dad. Oxford resident. Unite union member. Employment history as a Labour Party Organiser, Local Government Political Assistant, Director at a Public Affairs company. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog.
14 Comments:
some very pro-labpur news against the trend to say the least
2:11 am, May 02, 2008
Wahoo!
2:11 am, May 02, 2008
Well they do drink a lot of alcohol in Liverpool...
2:12 am, May 02, 2008
The libs dems have rigged the result by signing up an independent.
Fix!
2:13 am, May 02, 2008
Hardly an 'independent'. This is Cllr. Nadia Stewart - a member of the very left-wing Stewart family, who are strong backers of Robert Wareing!
I used to live in the ward she represents - before she was a councillor. I recall having arguments at meetings as to how appalling the Labour party was back in 96, because it was so right wing...and now she opts to join Liverpool's LibDems?
Truly bizarre.
2:19 am, May 02, 2008
You're on!
2:41 am, May 02, 2008
I totally agree with your remarks on the Beeb. The results were on course to be a mid term blip at worse if it wasn't for the melt down on 10p.
2:43 am, May 02, 2008
I'm hoping the swing away from the Liberals to Labour is going to continue in a swathe across the Pennines, sweeping me in in Craven...
It's not too good is it? Good there are a few beacons. Don't know if you're on telly again, Luke, but I think someone needs to say something a bit more profound than 'we need to listen to what the voters are telling us'. I think there is a narrative to tell about the Labour vote staying at home or going to other places (not the Tories) on the psephological side, but we also need a narrative about proceeding with a vision and sharing the vision with the country. Ed Miliband was sort of hinting at it in the BBC studio, but it needs to sound more positive I think for that message to get properly across.
2:46 am, May 02, 2008
... and I think it has to be said - it needs someone who can communicate that effectively.
And its not Gordon.
I feel sad for him because he had been waiting for so long to become PM, but he has to go.
Miliband impresses me this evening.
2:50 am, May 02, 2008
2 gains for Labour from the Lib Dems in nearby St Helens too.Seems the people of Merseyside don't much like the lib dems in office...
3:28 am, May 02, 2008
Don't get too excited
The Liverpool lib dems, like labour, have been in power so long they have become arrogant and represent themselves to the people instead of the way it should be. I voted labour today not because I like the them but because I detest the local lib dems more than them.
If this were a general election I would vote Tory or lib dem. Labour are a long way down my list
3:43 am, May 02, 2008
If this were a general election I would vote Tory or lib dem. Labour are a long way down my list
Whoopy doo...
10:36 am, May 02, 2008
miliband ed looks like our next leader!
11:46 am, May 02, 2008
I agree with the comments re: Gordon. Unfortunately the dumb British public don't appreciate intellectual vigour which Gordon evidently has, and prefer smarmy salesmen like Blair and Chameleon. I can't see one on the front bench though.
5:36 pm, May 02, 2008
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