Monthly Archives: October 2007

1st  James Purnell: the hole gets deeper (0) by Mark Pack
  Vince blasts “feeble and unfunded” Tory tax plans (2) by Stephen Tall
  The Eastbourne Conservative barchart challenge (11) by Mark Pack
  Osborne’s doing the Lambert talk (2) by Stephen Tall
  What Conservative HQ staff think of Osborne’s tax plans (20) by Mark Pack
2nd  Brown to call 1st Nov election tomorrow (27) by The Voice
  Laws and Clegg named among 100 most influential figures ‘on the right’ (11) by Stephen Tall
  Brown double-counts Iraq troop withdrawal figures (3) by Mark Pack
  The magical disappearing Iraqi troop withdrawal (10) by Mark Pack
3rd  Lembit attacks Labour’s post offices closure plan (0) by Stephen Tall
  Who are the 100 most influential liberals in the UK? (51) by Stephen Tall
  Two Tory councillors switch to Liberal Democrats (7) by The Voice
  What are Saatchi and Saatchi up to? (1) by The Voice
  Dave’s speech: the views of the Lib Dem blogosphere (12) by Stephen Tall
  An Indian Intervention (5) by Gavin Whenman
4th  Have you got a ‘bird of freedom’ tattoo? (9) by The Voice
  More hospital photo controversy (1) by Alex Foster
  Which Tory didn’t like David Cameron’s speech? (10) by Mark Pack
  So what would you do if you were Gordon? (21) by Stephen Tall
5th  Michael Meadowcroft joins Lib Dems (37) by The Voice
  A sure way to tell if an election is in the offing (3) by Mark Pack
  Crossrail latest: Labour delays project by a year (3) by Mark Pack
6th  Nick Robinson on News 24: general election this year is off (9) by Mark Pack
  General election news: what the Lib Dem bloggers say (2) by The Voice
  Liberal Democrats 1, Conservatives 0 (24) by Mark Pack
7th  Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #33 (3) by Stephen Tall
  Opinion: THE RESULT, Media 1 (o.g. G. Brown) Democracy 0 (8) by John Pugh
  Heath and Howarth to lead call for fixed-term parliaments (17) by Stephen Tall
  Okay, so here come some polls (10) by Stephen Tall
8th  Lib Dem MP: “We have to think about where we want to be in 18 months’ time” (68) by Stephen Tall
  Lib Dems slam Labour’s robo-calling (0) by Richard Huzzey
  Norman to fight Lewes again (39) by Stephen Tall
  Colin Breed to stand down (18) by Stephen Tall
9th  Oh gawd, now they’re wheeling out Baxter (10) by Stephen Tall
  Ming on Iraq (0) by Stephen Tall
  Not a good week to be Gordon Brown (3) by Stephen Tall
  Lib Dem leadership announcement this Sunday (6) by Stephen Tall
  Vince on the pre-budget report (6) by Stephen Tall
10th  PMQs: Ming v Gordon (13) by Stephen Tall
  Vince or Redwood – who do you think’s more credible? (20) by Tim Leunig
11th  The power of blogs, or the weakness of journalism? (26) by Stephen Tall
  Euro candidate ballots out this week (4) by Jonathan Davies
  Who are the most-quoted opposition MPs? (30) by Stephen Tall
  Norman’s on the war-path again (8) by Stephen Tall
12th  A message to the gentle folk of the press (6) by Stephen Tall
  Two Lib Dem gains from Tories (3) by Stephen Tall
  How many times do we have to say this? (15) by Stephen Tall
  Simon on Ming: “must do better” (82) by Stephen Tall
13th  Opinion: Why I joined the Liberal Democrats (22) by Michael Meadowcroft
  Öpik steps down as Welsh Lib Dem leader (2) by Stephen Tall
14th  Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #34 (1) by Stephen Tall
  Welsh leadership in German’s hands… for a year (26) by Stephen Tall
15th  What do you think of Lib Dem News? (37) by John Pugh
  Vince on Ming’s leadership: “under discussion, not under threat” (8) by Stephen Tall
  Insert your own quip here (3) by Stephen Tall
  Is it all down to the leader? (6) by Stephen Tall
  It’s over: Ming quits (47) by Stephen Tall
  Ming’s resignation letter in full (17) by Stephen Tall
  Setting the election timetable (28) by Stephen Tall
  Hughes rules himself out of contention (34) by Stephen Tall
  New poll: who gave Ming the final push? (10) by Stephen Tall
16th  The leadership election timetable (2) by Stephen Tall
  Opinion: Let’s Get Honest With Ourselves (76) by Gareth Epps
  Make sure you can vote in the leadership election! (14) by Richard Huzzey
  Ming: why I quit (10) by Stephen Tall
17th  The race to succeed Ming starts today (26) by Stephen Tall
  The race for the leadership: who’s in, who’s not (34) by Stephen Tall
  Opinion: Time to revisit the Trident debate (10) by Geoffrey Payne
  PMQs: Vince v Gordon (41) by Stephen Tall
18th  A straight choice between Clegg & Huhne? (62) by Stephen Tall
  LDV’s editorial stance during the leadership race (2) by Stephen Tall
  Opinion: A humble appeal to all Lib Dem leadership candidates (9) by Harry Hayfield
  Chris & Nick: two alternative takes (6) by Stephen Tall
19th  Campaign Clegg launches today (6) by the founding editor
  Opinion: The four key issues which will determine who I vote for (6) by Steve Goddard
  Nick Clegg launches campaign, pledging to take Liberal Democrats “beyond our comfort zone” (39) by the founding editor
20th  Acting leader says entire Northern Rock management board should have been “cleared out on day one” (5) by the founding editor
  Leadership contenders go head-to-head (9) by the founding editor
21st  Your Sunday papers (15) by the founding editor
  Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #35 (1) by Richard Huzzey
22nd  Opinion: An inappropriate truth (24) by Laurence Boyce
  Shameless plug for my other gaff (2) by the founding editor
  Today’s leadership news links (11) by the founding editor
  100 days of Plaid in power (12) by Dominic Hannigan
23rd  Yates of the Yard to face MPs (0) by Stephen Tall
  Which Lib Dem shadow cabinet job should Charles get? (12) by Stephen Tall
  The leadership contest on video (0) by Stephen Tall
  New poll: the alternative leadership contest (10) by Stephen Tall
  It’s a liberal party, Jim, but not as we know it (33) by Ed Maxfield
  Opinion: Leave them swingers alone, Dr Pugh (14) by Iain Roberts
  Opinion: Labour surrenders claim to climate change leadership (4) by Bridget Fox
  Tories in a muddle on Europe (plus ça change) (23) by Stephen Tall
24th  How the MPs are lining up (73) by Stephen Tall
  PMQs: Vince tackles Gordon on renewable energy (2) by Stephen Tall
  Ouch! – red faces at Team Clegg (18) by The Voice
  Lorely Burt wins election contest (3) by Stephen Tall
25th  What was the biggest misjudgement made by a Liberal Democrat* politician in the last century? (26) by Stephen Tall
  Laws leads attack on Brown’s schools cash raid (8) by Stephen Tall
  How the MPs are lining up (UPDATED) (26) by Stephen Tall
  Huhne officially a candidate (0) by Stephen Tall
  Lloyd George welcomed back to Parliament (7) by Stephen Tall
26th  Lib Dem MPs’ allowances published: who spends most, who spends least? (1) by Stephen Tall
  New YouGov poll shows… well, not a lot, really (10) by Stephen Tall
  It’s one ex-leader apiece for Chris and Nick (10) by Stephen Tall
27th  Thanksgiving Service for Tim Garden (0) by Jeremy Hargreaves
  Labour MP ‘unwise’ to alter news release (1) by The Voice
28th  Opinion: Is Sir David Steel the New Messiah? (5) by Iain Roberts
  Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #36 (0) by Stephen Tall
29th  James Purnell gets into further trouble (3) by Mark Pack
  Vince boycotts Saudi honour (8) by Stephen Tall
  Trident: what the Lib Dem blogosphere’s been saying (21) by Stephen Tall
  Labour candidate convicted of forging nomination paper (2) by Mark Pack
  Next time Labour accuses the Lib Dems of… (8) by The Voice
30th  Opinion: Who’s going to give us a good reason to oppose an EU Reform Treaty referendum? (34) by Stephen Tall
  Huhne: English votes on English laws (but only once PR’s in place) (10) by Stephen Tall
  Opinion: Who Decides? (11) by Simon Titley
  Laws helps force Labour U-turn on schools cash-raid (1) by Stephen Tall
31st  At last, some good news polls (9) by Stephen Tall
  CK on the Union (6) by Stephen Tall
  16 Labour and Tory London MPs claim for second homes (3) by Stephen Tall
  Clegg: I’ll go to jail to halt ID card plans (18) by Stephen Tall
  Let’s hear it for Evan (12) by Stephen Tall
  Huhne launches his ‘Liberal Revolution’ manifesto (1) by Stephen Tall
  Nominations close, and it’s official: Lib Dem leadership contest is two-horse race (2) by Stephen Tall
  Euro and London mayoral ballot deadlines extended (15) by Stephen Tall
  Lib Dems by SMS (5) by Alex Foster
  Opinion: God help us (189) by Laurence Boyce
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