Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By Paul Walter | Wed 28th January 2015 – 11:55 am

New Statesman carries an interview with Liberal Democrat President, Sal Brinton. It’s wide-ranging discussion, with Sal in upbeat mood:

The key message is, if I talk to a candidate or other senior people do, make sure that you pass the word on. It’s like handing a torch on to say, ‘actually we aren’t dead, there’s a lot happening, there’s a lot good that we’ve got to talk about in government, and yes there have been things that have been very difficult for us’. But if people only hear about the bad side, and the side that the other parties want you to hear about, we will be missing a real trick.

As well as our prospects for the general election, the interview covers women in the Liberal Democrats, the party’s reaction to the Rennard affair, disabled access to parliament, coalition versus marriage, tuition fees and the biggest political influence in Sal’s life.

You can read the article in full here.

* Paul Walter is a Liberal Democrat activist in Newbury and West Berkshire. He is Wednesday and photo editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Liberal Burblings.