Monthly Archives: July 2008

1st  Opinion: The devil is in the detail (5) by Martin Land
  Councillors in the news (1) by The Voice
  A home for progressives (15) by Mark Pack
  A look back at the polls (1/2): June (11) by Stephen Tall
  A look back at the polls (2/2): what a difference a year makes (11) by Stephen Tall
2nd  Boris Johnson – two months on (9) by Mike Tuffrey
  Did 41,000 votes go missing in the London elections? (1) by Mark Pack
  Was Keith Vaz promised an honour in return for supporting 42 days? (10) by Mark Pack
  PMQs: Nick tackles Gordon on mental health problems (2) by Stephen Tall
  What are the Lib Dems doing about David Davis? (32) by Stephen Tall
  Nicol Stephen resigns as Scottish leader (14) by The Voice
  Peter Hain file passed to prosecutors (1) by The Voice
3rd  Nick Clegg on local democracy: we should try it for a change (3) by Stephen Tall
  Manchester Labour councillors plan secret underground car park “in the interest of democracy” (6) by The Voice
  Ian Robertson selected for Glasgow East (0) by The Voice
  News from Glasgow East (11) by Andrew Reeves
  Top Mayor aide investigated over sexual misconduct allegations (3) by Mark Pack
  Needed: Spanish practices (29) by Rob Blackie
  BBC Question Time: open thread (4) by Stephen Tall
4th  Ray Lewis in the news (0) by Mark Pack
  How Conservative MPs sunk expenses reform (15) by Mark Pack
  Mike Rumbles: why I want to lead the Scottish Lib Dems (20) by Mike Rumbles MSP
  Expenses reform: Clegg pushes ahead despite Labour and Conservative opposition (5) by Mark Pack
  I’m writing to the taxman (6) by Hywel Morgan
  In his own words: Tory David Maclean on MPs’ pay (10) by The Voice
  Ray Lewis: two new allegations plus Boris increasingly in the firing line (19) by Mark Pack
6th  Something for the Weekend: A day in the life (5) by Will Howells
  Glasgow East latest (22) by Andrew Reeves
7th  Bloggers! Would you like to interview Jo Swinson MP? (7) by Helen Duffett
  The Conservative reaction to the Ray Lewis affair (3) by Mark Pack
  Ros Scott: can you spare 5 minutes for my online survey? (17) by Baroness Ros Scott
8th  It’s a three-way contest for next Scottish Lib Dem leader (1) by The Voice
  Opinion: Why we should back liberal Free Schools (71) by Christopher Leslie
  Welsh Lib Dems choose Alan Butt Philip as lead Euro candidate (8) by Stephen Tall
9th  Vince wows the IFS (12) by Tim Leunig
  Opinion: Greens may do well in Haltemprice and Howden (9) by Terry Gilbert
  David Davis: a bounder and a braggart (16) by Stephen Tall
  Alan Beith to publish his View from the North (1) by The Voice
  PMQs: Vince tackles Harriet on housing (5) by Stephen Tall
  Are you on your way to the Forum? (0) by Stephen Tall
  Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #72 (4) by Stephen Tall
  The day David Davis threatened to punch Mark Oaten (2) by Stephen Tall
  Conservatives fall out over MEP expenses reform (2) by Mark Pack
10th  If Brown is Heathcliff, who does that make Clegg or Cameron? (12) by Stephen Tall
  David Davis APOLOGY alert: Grauniad confirms slip-up (27) by Stephen Tall
  Open (speculation) thread: What do you think will happen in Haltemprice and Howden? (20) by Stephen Tall
  BBC Question Time: open thread (27) by Stephen Tall
11th  Davis wins by-election with 75% vote on a 35% turnout (14) by Stephen Tall
  Haltemprice and Howden: what lessons to be learned? (27) by Stephen Tall
  How has your MP been voting over detention without charge? (1) by Mark Pack
  ID Cards – what do young people think? (3) by Alex Foster
  Clegg banned from Pershore (0) by Alex Foster
  The best waste of £200,000 of public money? (2) by Mark Pack
  Reassuring words to find in a government consultation paper (1) by Mark Pack
12th  Bloggers’ summer reading (Part I) (13) by Stephen Tall
  Opinion: One year on (2) by Peter Black AM
  Lib Dem chief whip broke Parliamentary rules (15) by Stephen Tall
  The Labour councillor who sticks up for Guantanamo and extraordinary rendition (6) by Stephen Tall
13th  Why not write for Lib Dem Voice? (0) by Stephen Tall
  Bloggers’ summer reading (Part II) (6) by Stephen Tall
  Something for the Weekend: The wheels on the bus (6) by Will Howells
14th  The Government wants to know who you’ve been speaking to (2) by Mark Pack
  The four MPs who get paid for a home that is neither in their constituency nor near Parliament (5) by Mark Pack
  DLT: Conrad Russell – 1937–2004 (3) by Dictionary of Liberal Thought
  Which Lembit story will you read about today? (28) by Stephen Tall
  Straw promises 80-100% elected House of Lords… after the next election (18) by Stephen Tall
  Update from Glasgow East (10) by Andrew Reeves
15th  Iain Dale’s past comes to light (32) by Mark Pack
  Labour cancels spring conference to save money (4) by Mark Pack
16th  Times: Clegg to overhaul Lib Dem structure (43) by Stephen Tall
  Government is letting gay people down (2) by Alex Foster
  PMQs: Nick tackles Gordon on impending Winter of Discontent (3) by Stephen Tall
  BBC: Vince on inflation rise (2) by The Voice
  Nick Clegg writes for LDV: making the Lib Dems “fit for the battle ahead” (22) by Nick Clegg MP
17th  Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #73 (0) by Stephen Tall
  Twitter: a passing fad or a useful campaign opportunity? (8) by Mark Pack
  Clegg launches ‘Make it Happen’ with call to cut taxes (89) by Stephen Tall
  Jonathan Fryer’s Diary of a Euro-candidate (1) by Jonathan Fryer
  Government minister: we may still introduce the big, mad database (1) by The Voice
18th  Vince slams Brown’s fiscal rules re-writing as “embarrassing and almost humiliating” (6) by Stephen Tall
  The political fallout from Equitable Life (3) by Mark Pack
  The Conservative with the £8,000 taxi bill (7) by Mark Pack
  Has Making it Happen made it happen for the Lib Dems? (52) by Stephen Tall
19th  Latest on Labour’s financial woes (2) by Mark Pack
  An end to snap general elections? (5) by Mark Pack
  NEW POLL: do you think Margaret Thatcher was a good or bad thing for Britain? (33) by Stephen Tall
  Time for Some Campaignin’ (2) by Mark Pack
  Conservative Watford candidate arrested (16) by Mark Pack
  LDV readers say: Brown will lead Labour into the next general election (0) by Stephen Tall
21st  Nick Clegg interview (3) by Alex Foster
  Ming: Lib Dem MSPs should oppose independence poll regardless of conference (19) by Stephen Tall
  Watford update: Ian Oakley resigns as Conservative councillor (13) by Mark Pack
  Guardian: Make it Happen “a shift towards liberal traditions and away from social democratic ones” (29) by Stephen Tall
22nd  Glasgow East Lib Dem candidate “one to watch” (0) by Stephen Tall
  A wee dram of consolation for Gordon… (0) by Stephen Tall
  The Iain Dale Total Politics top blogs list (20) by Stephen Tall
  Join us on Facebook! (1) by Alex Foster
  Norman Baker condemns Gordon Brown’s ‘take out the trash’* day (4) by Stephen Tall
  Are UK politicians right to concentrate on Facebook? (23) by Mark Pack
23rd  Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #74 (1) by Stephen Tall
  Everything you ever wanted to know about LDV’s Mark Pack… (8) by The Voice
  Huhne on knife crime: “sellers allowed to ply deadly trade” (24) by Stephen Tall
  The Independent View: The accidental superpower called Europe (5) by Daniel Furr
  Cameron stages photo op to publicise donor’s firm (9) by Mark Pack
24th  Memo to the party re: Bones Commission – time to get with the Internet! (4) by Stephen Tall
  Open (speculation) thread: What do you think will happen in Glagow East – and will it matter? (63) by Stephen Tall
  Scottish Lib Dem leader nominations close (0) by Stephen Tall
  Watford update: Ian Oakley charged by the police (3) by Mark Pack
25th  Obama in Berlin: “This is the moment” (2) by The Voice
  SNP win in Glasgow East (25) by Mark Pack
  Glasgow East and the Lib Dems (30) by Stephen Tall
  The question isn’t: ‘Should Labour replace Gordon Brown?’ It’s ‘Why would anyone want to succeed him?’ (11) by Stephen Tall
  Are you a Lib Dem living in Cornwall? (0) by The Voice
  First ever LDV members’ survey (9) by Stephen Tall
26th  Have you signed up for the Lib Dem conference yet? (2) by The Voice
  Calling all young Lib Dems: Meet the women and men who make the news (0) by The Voice
  A new look for Lib Dem Blogs (6) by Mark Pack
  Glass half empty or glass half full? ASEAN and Myanmar (2) by Mark Pack
28th  How many votes went missing in London? The Electoral Commission weighs in (5) by Mark Pack
  The PPC Files (1): the 3 worst things about being a Lib Dem parliamentary candidate (27) by Stephen Tall
  Russell Johnston RIP (6) by The Voice
  The curious case of the Prince, the severed leg and the missing Rastafarian (0) by Mark Pack
  Is this the beginning of the end for Brown? (5) by Stephen Tall
  NEW POLL: Do you think Barack Obama is all that? (23) by Stephen Tall
29th  The PPC Files (2): what do you wish you’d known before you became a Lib Dem parliamentary candidate? (8) by Stephen Tall
  LDV readers say: Margaret Thatcher was a Bad Thing for Britain (14) by Stephen Tall
  Shenanigans in Cumbria – when should elected representatives get the blame? (6) by Stephen Tall
  Nick Clegg’s summer message (48) by The Voice
  Michael Brown ‘on the run’ ahead of fraud trial (1) by Stephen Tall
  The LDV members’ poll: have you voted yet? (2) by Stephen Tall
30th  The PPC Files (3): What do your family and friends think about your decision to run for Parliament? (27) by Stephen Tall
  You shouldn’t complain about media bias (5) by Mark Pack
  Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #75 (2) by Stephen Tall
  Get the party’s latest films on your iPod (0) by Mark Pack
31st  The PPC Files (4): What’s different about being a Lib Dem PPC compared to being a Labour/Tory PPC? (1) by Stephen Tall
  IOC approves China’s censorship of journalists (8) by Mark Pack
  Membership of political parties –from mass movements to freakish oddities? (27) by Stephen Tall
  Are you using the party’s web browser toolbar? (5) by Mark Pack
  Liberator on the Bones Commission: “Clegg has just effected a power grab” (12) by Stephen Tall
  Vince: how to tackle fuel poverty (2) by Stephen Tall
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