Daily View 2×2: 26 March 2010
Time flies – Friday already! And is it really 29 years to the day that the Gang of Four launched a new political party: the Social Democrats? Roy Jenkins said at the launch: We want to get away from...
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Tory VAT tax rises and Michael Caine … the spoof posters collection
On the day that the Lib Dems tried to smoke out the Tories’ true position on whether they’ll jack-up VAT by 3% – annual cost to the average household, £389 – to pay for their unfunded tax-cuts, David...
View ArticleCan the surge last? Lib Dem bloggers give their views …
Lib Dems leading the election race, and polling above 30% – that’s not a line (m)any of us expected to be able to type with a straight face. But it’s the present reality. The questions is: can the Lib...
View Article“Loathe this government if you will…”– 4 points following on from Julian...
Julian Glover, writing for The Guardian’s Comment Is Free, puts forward a trenchantly pro-Coalition, pro-Clegg line — one that’s guaranteed to attract the ire both of Guardianistas, and of some Voice...
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Role reversal for the Liberal Democrats
Hopi Sen has blogged thoughtfully several times recently about the risk to Labour of slipping into focusing on the tactics without getting the strategy right. In Labour’s case that means, for example,...
View ArticleMeet the Lib Dem bloggers: Daisy Benson
Welcome to the latest in our series giving the human face behind some of the blogs you can find on the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator. Today it is Daisy Benson who blogs at...
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How complicated is the Alternative Vote?
This graphic is from Anthony Smith via Mark Thompson:
View ArticleThe News of the World and giving readers what they want
No, not a trailer for your super soaraway Lib Dem Voice on Sunday, but a quick quirk-alert on reader figures at our site this week. It’s one of my jobs at Lib Dem Voice to keep an eye on the stats,...
View ArticleThe past, the present, the future: what Liberal Democrats told WinkBall
In the run-up to the Liberal Democrat autumn federal conference, WinkBall is carrying out a series of short video interviews with different Liberal Democrats about the past year, the current political...
View ArticleLib Dem MPs win concessions ahead of benefits cap vote
Lib Dem MPs, including the party’s deputy leader Simon Hughes, look set to obtain concessions from Iain Duncan Smith to win their support for the Coalition’s controversial welfare bill, which will...
View ArticleWhat Liberal Democrat Bloggers are saying about the Budget – Part 2
The Liberal Democrat blogosphere is continuing to talk about the Budget, so here are some of the latest offerings. Sandy Walkington thinks that the Budget is a dish best observed cold. I tend to aim...
View ArticleBlog of the Year Awards 2012: The Winners #LDBOTY
What’s loosely termed the awards “ceremony” for the 2012 Liberal Democrat Blog of the Year Awards has just drawn to a glittering close. As the last firework fades in Brighton’s night sky, I’m delighted...
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Opinion: Are you a man?
Are you a man? Have you been or might you be on a fringe meeting panel at Liberal Democrat conference? If the answer to both is yes, I’d like your help… At the Spring conference just gone in Brighton,...
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A personal guide to the 13 most essential political podcasts
Commuting is a major part of my daily life, so I find podcasts are an essential way to make use of time I’d otherwise spend staring vacantly out the window or idly refreshing and re-refreshing Twitter....
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Lib Dem MPs to abstain on Tories’ EU in/out referendum bill?
On 5th July, Tory MP James Wharton’s private member’s bill — laying out Conservative plans for an in-out referendum on the EU in 2017 — will get its second reading. The Tories are on a three-line whip...
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House of Comments podcast: with added Caron Lindsay
LibDemVoice Co-Editor Caron Lindsay guests on the latest House of Comments, the weekly podcast presented by Lib Dem blogger Mark Thompson and Labour’s Emma Burnell. So if you’re interested in any or...
View ArticleLindsay vs Thornsby – House of Comments podcast comes to Conference
On Sunday morning, Nick Thornsby and Caron Lindsay joined Mark Thompson in the Liberal Democrat Voice broom cupboard in Glasgow and recorded a special edition of his House of Comments podcast. Have a...
View ArticleMark Thompson quits Lib Dems. Is this the death of party politics? Not so fast!
Mark Thompson, winner of Lib Dem Blog of the Year 2012, has announced he’s leaving the party. You might be thinking, “Ah, another one who’s so annoyed with what the party’s doing in coalition that he...
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House of Comments podcast: Mark Thompson, Scotland, Camibland and Lib Dem...
On Saturday afternoon, I joined Mark Thompson on his recently rejuvenated House of Comments podcast. He’s doing it in a new format with just one guest. We spent around 45 minutes chatting about the...
View ArticleFormer BBC Director General: Liberal Democrats secured better settlement for BBC
Former BBC Director General Mark Thompson has told how the Liberal Democrats in coalition government secured a “different and better” settlement for the BBC. Now that the Conservatives are unmoderated,...
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