Newsletter: A Fightback for Freedom and Democracy
Barely two weeks on from the dreadful Election results, four things are clear for our electoral reform movement:
Barely two weeks on from the dreadful Election results, four things are clear for our electoral reform movement:
By Keith Sharp, the Chair of Liberal Democrats for Electoral Reform
Spreading the word: The LDER exec, since the election, has been ensuring electoral reform stays high on the party's agenda as we recover and move ahead. We secured pro-reform commitments from both leadership candidates*; and a Liberal Democrat Voice post placed reform firmly within the context of liberal principle, calling on our many new (and current!) members to join our group. We are also sprucing up our own promotional materials, including a new pull-up banner, which will hopefully be on display at our Autumn Conference stall.
LDER will have a strong presence at our Bournemouth Autumn Conference.
Electoral reform was very much a hot topic at Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference 2015. At usual, LDER had a stall in the Exhibition Hall, modelled here by our secretary, Penny Goodman: