Man Most Likely: Lib Dem Leader, Richard Kemp talks Local Elections 2023
Amidst accusations of corruption and incompetence and formal government findings of a failure of governance at Liverpool City Council, the 2023 local elections in Liverpool promise to be more unpredictable than ever. One man hoping to benefit from the disarray is Richard Kemp, Leader of the Liverpool Democrats. As representatives of the second largest party in the city, Richard and his liberal colleagues seem most likely to benefit from the winds of change.
In this special interview with Liverpolitan Editor, Paul Bryan, Richard Kemp talks about his political ambitions and his party’s vision for Liverpool.
Councillor Maria Toolan: Liverpool Labour Damaged My Health
Liverpool Councillor Maria Toolan, quit Labour in March 2023 claiming life in the party had damaged her health. In a fiery resignation statement that went viral on Twitter, she said she’d witnessed “the lowest and most dishonest that politics has to offer.” In this special interview with Liverpolitan Editor, Paul Bryan, Maria pulls back the curtain on Liverpool’s ruling Labour group, to talk about her experiences under two Mayoral administrations.
Liverpool’s Northern History
Liverpolitan Editor, Paul Bryan, talks to Brian Groom, journalist and author of Northerners: A History, about Liverpool’s peculiar place in northern culture. We talk architecture, wealth, slavery, scouse exceptionalism and our rivalry with Manchester.
The Doomed Battle to Stop Liverpool’s Arms Fair
A doomed battle to stop the hosting of a military convention briefly took centre stage in Liverpool in 2021. As peace campaigners hit the streets determined to force the council to cancel the event, accompanied by Labour stalwarts Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell, Liverpolitan Editor, Paul Bryan, joined the throng to hear what they had to say.