Campaign Diary July 1st 2024
Defence and national security should be the government’s top priority. It’s barely featured in this dismal election campaign.
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Campaign Diary June 26th 2024
Years of Conservative chaos have made a 🦮’s dinner of this country. Meet my four-legged friend helping me put an end to the political pandemonium. On July 4th vote for change. Vote for Edward Lucas and the Liberal Democrats.
Campaign Diary June 12th 2024
Edward Lucas gets Labour to backdown on its Covent Garden crackdown. Covent Garden’s street performers have been bringing laughter and joy to this unique part of Westminster for centuries. They have their own self-regulated code, which has worked well for years. However, last year the killjoy Labour-run Westminster council tried to launch an unnecessary crackdown,…
Campaign Diary May 3rd 2024
Welcome to my new campaign diary I’ll be writing regularly about local, national and international politics as the general election draws near. Warning: this diary may contain jokes! I’ve been observing the London election count today at Kensington Olympia. By law I can’t give any hint about who’s doing well or badly But I can…
Campaign diary May 2 2024
Another early start today handing out polling day leaflets. Some people are amazingly rude, even to Sweeka (pictured here). We’ve been doorknocking a lot in the areas around Pimlico tube in recent weeks so it’s good to connect with people we’ve met on the doorstep. People are cross about noise mess and safety. I was…
Campaign diary may 1st
Early starts these days — handing out leaflets for the London elections. That black thing on my leg is to protect my on-brand yellow trousers from my bike chain. Later I was in Parliament square Europe was the issue that brought me back into politics after a thirty-year absence. And “How’s Brexit working out for you?”…