Sunday, October 18, 2009  Game on for leadership of the English
Liberal Democrats...  Arriving early in the North West yesterday
gave me a chance to catch up on English Party politics, and it
seems that there will be a contest for Chair of the English
Party this year. As Brian Orrell is term-limited after three
years in the job, there will be a new Chair regardless, and the
two candidates are Paul Clark, currently Chair of the East of
England Liberal Democrats, and Jonathan Davies, formerly
Treasurer of the English Party.  In truth, many people will know
little about the two candidates, although I consider both of
them to be friends. And as I am no longer a voting member of
English Council, I won't be called upon to cast my ballot one
way or the other. However, this is important. Why? Because the
winner will have tremendous amounts of influence on the
organisational direction of the Party.  In amongst the
constitutional structure of the Liberal Democrats, the English
Party has a key role. Naturally, most of t