Jonathan Wallace

  On Sunday Gateshead Lib Dems had the last action day before the election expenses kick in. Again, it was another mopping up day in which b...

  On Saturday Gateshead Lib Dems had yet another action day, this time in Saltwell. The aim was to mop up remaining target letters. Job done...

  Gateshead Lib Dems held their manifesto launch at the Tynesider on Gateshead High Street on Tuesday. Good to see both the BBC and Chronicl...

  I missed the Birtley North and Lamesley action day last week as I was at the Whickham Library easter fair. I was however able to make it t...

 

  Gateshead Lib Dems meet for a monthly social gathering at the Tynesider on Gateshead High Street. The last gathering was on Thursday last ...

  There have been grumblings of discontent within Labour's ranks in Gateshead about our recent leaflet which included a page about the L...

  Today I attended the funeral of Jim Turnbull. Jim had been a councillor in Gateshead since 1982, setting the record for membership of the ...

We have heard on the grapevine that the Conservatives in Gateshead have imploded on the eve of the local elections. Perhaps we should not ge...

  On Wednesday I will be chairing the next meeting of Sunniside History Society. The speaker is Dr Richard Pears and he will be talking abou...

  This photo was doing the rounds of Gateshead Lib Dems yesterday. Marilynn Ord and I in 1987 at a party to celebrate the election of myself...

  Sad news. On Friday we learnt of the passing of Noel Rippeth, former Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Leader of the Opposition on Gates...

  For the past year, the Liberal Democrats in Gateshead have been working on the manifesto for the local elections due to be held on 7th May...

  On Saturday 21st March, Whickham Voluntary Library held their Easter fair. I take goats to each of the library's fairs so they can hel...

Yesterday, at the full council meeting, tributes were paid to Jim Turnbull, Gateshead's longest serving councillor who passed away earli...

  Last photos from conference (I promise). In the olden days when we had only 11 MPs, getting a full set of MP mugs was affordable. Now, wit...

  Tomorrow, Whickham Voluntary Library will be holding their Easter fair and I will be there with Nettle, one of our nanny goats, and one of...

  Tuesday wasn't just used by Gateshead Lib Dems to deliver leaflets. It was also used to send out our first canvass team. The Pelaw and...

  On Sunday just gone, Gateshead Lib Dems had an action day in Bridges ward. Alas, with some of us at conference in York, there were bundles...

  Today is the end of winter and the start of spring. I snapped this photo this morning on my way to feed my livestock. Everything is starti...

  The local elections in May will elect an entirely new Council. If you are going away on Thursday, 7th May and don’t have a Postal Vote, y...

  Over the weekend, Lib Dem spring conference was held in York. 5 of us from Gateshead attended: me, David Randall, Daniel Duggan, Amanda Wi...