Looks like it’s not just the Tories who are scrambling after Sunak sprung a snap election on the country. The LibDems seem to have not fully recovered from the local elections, still handing out local election leaflets. One co-conspirator in Surrey received this leaflet just today…
Recycling leaflets is one way to get ahead of a sped up campaign schedule. At least they’re taking their environmental policies to heart…
LibDem Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper was struggling to spin party victory this morning. Speaking on Sky News about the local election results, Sam Coates noted that it doesn’t feel like the LibDems are on course for 125 net gains considering they have only 18 so far. Cooper tried the best she could to paint party success, pointing to a “surprise win” in overtaking the Tories in Hampshire…by one seat. Coates prodded: “Your big success was taking one seat?” Cooper replied, “It’s just one example.” When asked if she had a better example, the short answer was no. The Coates bull****detector strikes again…
Police units have their plates full with investigations into politicians right now. Over in Canterbury the City Council has referred two LibDem councillors to Kent Police to be investigated for failing to register their pecuniary interests. Michael Dixey, leader of council’s LibDem group, is being investigated for failing to list his wife’s active involvement in an engineering consultancy or the fact that he owns over 75% of its shares. Cabinet member and fellow LibDem Alex Ricketts is also under the police spotlight for failing to disclose that securities he holds in a company called Alex Ricketts Ltd. The Localism Act has pretty rigorous requirements for disclosing interests where they are based within council boundaries. Got to know the rules if you’re going to play the game…
The LGBT+ LibDems’ damning condemnation of the Cass review, which blasts the “conclusion which infantilises autistic people and is undeniable transphobia”, has mysteriously disappeared from the official LibDem website to be replaced by… nothing. They must have transitioned after reading the room…
When asked what the new position was, their press office referred Guido to a line in Hansard from the LibDem Equalities spokesman, Christine Jardine, who praised the Cass report for highlighting the “low standard of care for our young people“- hardly in agreement with the LGBT+ faction, whose tweet is still pinned to their Twitter. Intra-party relations strong as ever…
LibDem Leader Ed Davey clearly didn’t have his weetabix last week. When asked a simple question on BBC Kent on who his party’s candidate for Kent Police & Crime Commissioner was, Davey struggled to remember. The presenter was even so kind as to give Davey a hint, telling him the three candidate names that will be on the ballot paper in the upcoming local elections. Davey still couldn’t answer, though to be fair, apparently his mind had “gone all fuzzy”…
Eventually the presenter put Davey out of his misery, telling him that the LibDem candidate was in fact Graham Colley. The Party Leader finished strong: “that does sound familiar“. Colley may not be so jolly about this one…
As it’s local election season Guido is inundated as always with more kooky council candidates. One example this time round is LibDem candidate for Hale Barns and Timperley South Ward, formerly leading the party on Manchester council, and serving as a councillor for a whopping 19 years. Marc Ramsbottom has stood for Parliament five times in the past. It turns out his name could be a bit of nominative determinism…
Ramsbottom had a second, private Twitter account (which was deleted within the last day or two) on which he posted more full-bodied content since at least 2022. It’s not the first time Marc has got dirty – he was previously removed from post over tax fiddling allegations…
His OnlyFans account for “stuff that’s way out of line for social media” is still available for subscription online. Be warned – Guido’s friendly face won’t be there to shield you…
