Monthly Archives: May 2008

1st	Opinion: How to drive public value in the NHS (3) by Helen Rainbow
	Has Boris Johonson chosen polling day to bury bad news? (3) by Mark Pack
	LDV local election competition – the scores on the doors (1) by Stephen Tall
	Online buzz and the London Mayor election: final figures showing Paddick getting the most positive coverage (3) by Mark Pack
	BBC Question Time: open thread (37) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dem highlights from tonight’s ICM/Newsnight poll (0) by Mark Pack
	Election highlights (34) by The Voice
2nd	Liverpool: here’s the party’s story (5) by The Voice
	Elections news, part 2 (3) by The Voice
	The BBC election results coverage (22) by Mark Pack
	So, how’s the party done? (10) by Mark Pack
	Friday election results news (16) by The Voice
	Meanwhile, in other news… (1) by Mark Pack
	Election results: our afternoon thread (12) by The Voice
	The LDV election verdict: a good night for the Lib Dems (22) by Stephen Tall
3rd	Election results: London and looking to the general election (21) by Mark Pack
	Brian Paddick’s verdict (34) by Mark Pack
4th	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #63 (5) by Ryan Cullen
	Edward Timpson (107) by Mark Pack
	The curious case of Iain Dale and the truncated news release (46) by Mark Pack
5th	Eat less meat! (24) by Alexis Rowell
6th	A striking political use of Facebook in Lebanon (0) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: A performance to be proud of, but not to settle for (45) by Neale Upstone
	Opinion: what the Lib Dems should be doing about child poverty (55) by Linda Jack
	Local elections: further post-results analysis (1) by Mark Pack
	Tributes to Richard Holme (5) by The Voice
	Nick Clegg’s Crewe & Nantwich video message (4) by The Voice
7th	Opinion: Apathy in the UK (28) by Martin Turner
	Congratulations to Camden (4) by Mark Pack
	Hillary’s lost – but will she concede? (12) by Stephen Tall
	PMQs: Nick tackles Gordon on the 10p tax-con (9) by Stephen Tall
8th	The view from Wales: Lib Dems resurgent (8) by Peter Black AM
	German announces resignation as Welsh Lib Dem leader (0) by Stephen Tall
	Henley by-election: HQ opens Friday (0) by The Voice
	Opinion: Breaking the cycle (0) by Darrell Goodliffe
	Tributes to Ray Michie (6) by The Voice
	Chris Huhne on the politics of public behaviour (0) by Stephen Tall
	BBC Question Time: open thread (24) by Stephen Tall
9th	NEW POLL: what will be the result of the next general election? (20) by Stephen Tall
	How close is Labour to going bankrupt? (4) by Mark Pack
	Hip hip hooray, it’s the return of my favourite Conservative election fairytale (3) by Mark Pack
	Today’s Conservative councillor in trouble story, and it’s odder than most (16) by Mark Pack
	Crewe neck-and-neck sweater?* (1) by Stephen Tall
10th	Hillary’s ‘What Ifs’ (2) by Stephen Tall
	Does Labour think it is losing the debate on ID cards? (UPDATED) (10) by Mark Pack
	A quick report on how it’s going in Crewe and Nantwich (24) by Hilary Stephenson
	Joan Ryan’s website (5) by Mark Pack
11th	How is Boris Johnson doing as London Mayor? (15) by Mark Pack
	Labour axe five councillors in female candidates row (3) by Mark Pack
	Why did Kirklees Council pay for this letter promoting a Labour candidate? (15) by Mark Pack
12th	Conservatives troubles in Crewe & Nantwich (5) by Mark Pack
	Clegg outlines Liberal Democrat approach to City tax loopholes (7) by Mark Pack
	Compose Dubya’s epitaph, and win a book! (18) by The Voice
	Do Lib Dems ask too much of our candidates? (25) by Stephen Tall
	The Derek Conway saga rides again (0) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #64 (2) by Stephen Tall
13th	Labour election leaflet unveils anti-foreigner shift in ID cards policy (9) by Mark Pack
	“A New Deal for the City: Liberal Democrat Proposals” reviewed (15) by Tim Leunig
	Labour Party splits into two in Doncaster (10) by Mark Pack
	Conservative MP uses Parliamentary expenses to promote by-election candidate (6) by Mark Pack
	London Elects admits: we failed to add up all the votes (9) by Mark Pack
	And the winner is… (1) by Stephen Tall
	How you can back Lib Dem David Howarth’s campaign for Fixed Term Parliaments (1) by Stephen Tall
	Vince on Labour’s 10p tax-con U-turn (3) by Stephen Tall
	One statistic to remember about today’s 10p tax rate announcements (15) by Mark Pack
14th	Liberal Lords a-blogging (0) by Jake Holland
	An audience with Nick Clegg (90) by Laurence Boyce
	Whitehall gossip (10) by The Voice
	More London election errors: the results have the wrong number of wards (7) by Mark Pack
	Conservative councillor joins the Liberal Democrats (6) by Mark Pack
	The other significant American election news (4) by Mark Pack
15th	Conservative by-election campaign runs into a spot of legal bother (7) by Mark Pack
	Nottingham Lib Dems vote for a congestion charge (5) by Alex Foster
	Our growing local government strength in Wales (0) by Mark Pack
	David Howarth on fixed term Parliaments (0) by Mark Pack
	A new way to decide who to vote for (14) by Mark Pack
	More sad news (1) by Alex Foster
	BBC Question Time: open thread (8) by Stephen Tall
16th	Eleven Conservative Shadow Ministers benefited from secret donations, including Grant Shapps (18) by Mark Pack
	Northampton North: Conservative candidate quits, then he doesn’t (2) by Mark Pack
	The councillor from Spain: an update (0) by Mark Pack
	Senior Conservative tells porkies to the Financial Times (5) by Mark Pack
17th	Would it be better for Labour to win or lose in Crewe & Nantwich? (1) by Mark Pack
	Something for the Weekend: We didn’t start the fire (7) by Will Howells
	Money, money, money (UPDATED) (1) by Mark Pack
18th	Weekly catchup 5th-11th May (0) by Alex Foster
	Cherie Blair and Princess Margaret (6) by Mark Pack
	Conservative Euro-MPs slammed over expense claims (0) by Mark Pack
	US electoral fact of the day (4) by Mark Pack
19th	Weekly catchup 12th-18th May (0) by Alex Foster
	DLT: Distributism (13) by Dictionary of Liberal Thought
	First tea for two winners (3) by The Voice
	Lib Dems break silence on ‘Hung Parliament’ (114) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #65 (0) by Stephen Tall
	That Telegraph story: true or false (or somewhere inbetween)? (24) by Stephen Tall
20th	Gordon Brown leaves Treasury, stress levels drop (0) by Mark Pack
	Parliament is little more than a bizarre theme park (6) by Mark Pack
	Signs of a disintegrating government, no.12 (0) by Mark Pack
	Simon Hughes in Crewe and Nantwich (0) by Mark Pack
	Labour and Tories veto Lib Dem fixed-term elections bill (1) by Stephen Tall
	NEW POLL: Do you believe in term-limits? (25) by Stephen Tall
21st	The reaction to Nick Clegg’s speech on taxation (22) by Alix Mortimer
	The Independent View: Foreign intervention should be supported by liberals (46) by Daniel Furr
	PMQs: Nick tackles Gordon on Afghanistan (3) by Stephen Tall
	How Lib Dem MPs voted in the abortion debate (38) by Stephen Tall
	Conservatives face legal investigation over by-election campaign (8) by Mark Pack
22nd	Labour peer cleared of deliberate misconduct, but questions remain over inquiry (5) by Mark Pack
	Crewe and Nantwich by-election: open (speculation) thread (27) by Stephen Tall
	BBC Question Time: open thread (7) by Stephen Tall
	And Tim Parker makes it five (2) by Mark Pack
23rd	Crewe & Nantwich: what the result is looking like (14) by The Voice
	Crewe and Nantwich result (43) by Mark Pack
	What does Crewe mean for the Lib Dems? (32) by Stephen Tall
	Event alert: Survival and Revival, 1945–1979 (14th June) (2) by Duncan Brack
	BBC left hand, meet BBC right hand (1) by Mark Pack
24th	Diana Wallis slams MEP expenses reform (6) by Mark Pack
	BBC apologises for misleading political comments from Jeremy Clarkson (32) by Mark Pack
	What Would Tony Do? (20) by Stephen Tall
25th	Labour’s leadership problems (8) by Mark Pack
	Something for the Weekend: Town Called Malice (12) by Will Howells
26th	Lessons from May’s elections (44) by Lynne Featherstone
	Stephen Kearney’s Henley campaign HQ opens (0) by The Voice
27th	Why Liberal Democrats should change their tune on elected mayors (25) by Dorothy Thornhill
	Labour councillor and Parliamentary candidate switches to Liberal Democrats (6) by Mark Pack
28th	County Council Elections 2009: Let’s stop this electoral manipulation now! (28) by Martin Land
	There’s a whiff of insurrection in the air (1) by Mark Pack
	Norman Baker calls for independent parking regulator (14) by Mark Pack
	Conservatives split over selection of Henley by-election candidate (54) by Mark Pack
29th	Is the Labour Party about to go bust? (7) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: The great embryo debate (51) by Laurence Boyce
	Labour and Conservatives set to abandon green policies (5) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #66 (0) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Winning where? (25) by Kevin Stevenson
	BBC Question Time: open thread (12) by Stephen Tall
	How a leaked Gordon Brown email contradicts Tony McNulty (4) by Mark Pack
30th	Conservative Party continues European cover-up (1) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: A Toast To Protest (116) by Leo Watkins
	Sir Keith Park: Boris Johnson says one thing before election, does the opposite after (4) by Mark Pack
	A touch of farce enters the Conservative Henley selection (9) by Mark Pack
	Doncaster update: Labour expels Mayor (2) by Mark Pack
	John Howell selected by Conservatives for Henley by-election (9) by Mark Pack
31st	Boris Johnson’s record so far (updated) (5) by Mark Pack
	Growth of the surveillance state (3) by Mark Pack
	Labour u-turns on healthy meals at schools (4) by Mark Pack
	Delayed news from Derby: Labour and the fake quotes (3) by Mark Pack