Monthly Archives: September 2008

1st	Conference policy motion: “Giving citizens a voice in parliament” (6) by David Boyle
	Why is the Labour Party using Parliamentary funds to gather canvass data? (10) by Mark Pack
	A look back at the polls: August (0) by Stephen Tall
	LDV Events at conference (2) by Alex Foster
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #80 (5) by Stephen Tall
2nd	Have you voted yet in LDV’s members’ survey? (0) by Stephen Tall
	Congratulations to Nick Clegg (3) by The Voice
	Smithson’s view: How can the Lib Dems exploit the Tory “Thatcher tendency”? (27) by Mike Smithson
	How do you get people to trust councils? (2) by Mark Pack
	Ros Scott launches Lib Dem president campaign website (20) by Stephen Tall
3rd	Bournemouth conference – for those who aren’t going (0) by Duncan Brack
	Chris Bones writes… The Party Reform Commission – taking the Lib Dems forward (31) by Christopher Bones
	Opinion: If I were in the Labour party’s shoes… (3) by Stephen Tall
	Ed Davey on tax cuts (19) by The Voice
4th	LDV: your name here (2) by The Voice
	Have you got a question on The Bones Commission? (1) by Stephen Tall
	Events on Facebook (2) by Alex Foster
	Why blogging matters to Lib Dems more than most (12) by Stephen Tall
5th	Chris Huhne writes: Don’t underestimate the Lib Dems (26) by Chris Huhne MP
	Chris Huhne unveils new crime policy proposals (1) by The Voice
	Scotsman: Lib Dems to back SNP deal for Local income Tax (3) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dems can conquer Wales! (3) by Bob Innes
	Democracy Dragons’ Den: What’s your one big idea to improve democracy in this country? (25) by Amy Rodger
	Conference policy motion: “Respect, Consent and Personal Data” (2) by Baroness Joan Walmsley
6th	It’s official: BBC says if a news story is amusing, it doesn’t have to be true (2) by Mark Pack
	Lembit: Lib Dem presidency is “the one job I’ve always wanted” (7) by The Voice
	LDV members’ survey: last chance to vote (36) by Stephen Tall
	Labour refunds illegal donation from charity (3) by Mark Pack
7th	What is it with YouGov and female voters? (8) by Mark Pack
	Lib Dems love their leaders (6) by Alex Foster
	The Observer on Michael Brown and that Lib Dem donation: economic with the actualite (25) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg: Lib Dems to pledge larger tax cuts (15) by Stephen Tall
	Portillo comes out for Local Income Tax (3) by Stephen Tall
	Andrew Rawnsley on Gordon Brown (0) by The Voice
	Tory councillors run a brothel at their house (15) by Mark Pack
8th	LDV members’ survey (1): Simon Hughes and the Lib Dem presidency (6) by Stephen Tall
	Nick Clegg on cutting taxes (15) by The Voice
	LDV conference events flyer (0) by Alex Foster
	Blog of the Year Awards 2008: The Shortlists (41) by Will Howells
	The Iain Dale meme… Signs You Are About to Defect to the Tories… (57) by The Voice
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #81 (7) by Stephen Tall
	LDV readers say: party conference – it’s the policy, stupid (2) by Stephen Tall
9th	LDV members’ survey (2): who you would elect party president (0) by Stephen Tall
	Should a childless person be allowed to enter your local park? (16) by Mark Pack
	Times: Clegg backs ‘top-up’ payments for cancer drugs by NHS patients (38) by The Voice
	Do 83% of Lib Dem voters want lower immigration? (97) by Stephen Tall
	Diana Wallis MEP writes… Time for the Liberal Democrats to let the people in! (6) by Diana Wallis MEP
	The Elephant Interviews… at Conference! (0) by Millennium Elephant
	Chris Bones answers your Party Reform Commission questions (0) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Why emulating Ramsay MacDonald may be Gordon Brown’s only hope (11) by Reuben Thompson
10th	LDV members’ survey (3): what you think will happen at the next general election (5) by Stephen Tall
	Story updates (3) by Mark Pack
	Newsflash: Kirsty Williams to announce Welsh leadership bid (14) by The Voice
	Conference policy motion: let the cameras into court (32) by Jonathan Marks
	Guardian asks, ‘Are the Tories progressives now?’ A nation replies, ‘Have you gone mad?’ (5) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: What does the Green Alliance want the Lib Dems to do? (12) by Geoffrey Payne
	Childless people may once more walk in the park (2) by Mark Pack
11th	LDV members’ survey (4): what you think of Nick Clegg’s leadership (2) by Stephen Tall
	Shameless plug alert: Blog awards ceremony (0) by Will Howells
	Opinion: God bless America (65) by Laurence Boyce
	Clegg: 80-90% of voters better off under Lib Dem tax plans (2) by Stephen Tall
	Danny Alexander writes… the Lib Dems’ tax-cutting agenda (29) by Danny Alexander MP
	Poll: Clegg seen as to the left of Lib Dems (29) by Stephen Tall
	Nick’s One Million Door Challenge (4) by Colin Ross
	Paul Holmes writes… ‘No’ to Make It Happen’s public spending cuts (73) by Paul Holmes
12th	LDV members’ survey (5): what you think of the Lib Dem shadow cabinet (9) by Stephen Tall
	Ever thought of standing for Parliament? (2) by Helen Duffett
	Conference twittering (2) by Alex Foster
	Labour whip quits after calling for leadership contest (0) by The Voice
	Those nomination papers in full (1) by Alex Foster
	Conference policy motion: Cutting crime by catching criminals (7) by Chris Huhne MP
13th	Don’t bitch about the party’s message – run your own (4) by The Voice
	Two ways to follow the Lib Dem conference (apart from on LDV, of course) (1) by Stephen Tall
	Nick Clegg on vision and tax (1) by The Voice
	Update from conference (4) by Alex Foster
	The first vote has happened (0) by Alex Foster
	Vox pop amongst delegates (0) by Alex Foster
	Conference update: Saturday evening (1) by Alix Mortimer
	Grice’s Indy Paean to Clegg (0) by Alex Foster
	Hashtag taxonomies revisited (1) by Alex Foster
14th	And the winners are… (3) by The Voice
	Who are the most influential Liberal Democrats? (7) by The Voice
	The unexpurgated blog awards (1) by Alex Foster
	NEW POLL: are the Lib Dems right to say UK entry into the Euro is not a priority? (6) by Stephen Tall
	LDV Media Moron Watch #1 (4) by Stephen Tall
	Iain Dale interview (0) by Alex Foster
	Conference update: David Laws MP (0) by Alix Mortimer
	Opinion: Expert-led policy discussion (0) by Alex Foster
	Conference update: Private Finance Initiatives (2) by Alix Mortimer
	Conference: Tavish Scott (4) by Alix Mortimer
	Conference: Is responsible retailing a contradiction in terms? (2) by Stephen Tall
	Labour and the Lib Dems (8) by Gavin Whenman
	Twitter: a hit at conference (2) by Alex Foster
	Newsflash: LIBDEMS NOT LIKE TORIES (3) by Alex Foster
	Conference: Cleggbites (0) by Alix Mortimer
	Hashtags – not just for Twitter! (0) by Alex Foster
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #82 (0) by Stephen Tall
	Welcome to the latest member of our team (1) by Mark Pack
15th	Speech: Jenny Willott (1) by Will Howells
	Conference: cutting crime by catching criminals (5) by Alix Mortimer
	3 from LDV in top 50 Lib Dem list (3) by The Voice
	Nick Clegg to take paternity leave (2) by Mark Pack
	Ashcroft’s funding of the Conservative Party set to be investigated (0) by Mark Pack
	Who says we lack a narrative? (0) by Stephen Tall
	LDV Media Moron Watch # 2 (3) by Alix Mortimer
	More from the hall (1) by Will Howells
	Nickclegg.com is live! (0) by Alex Foster
	Conference: the Bones report (3) by Alix Mortimer
	Labour sacking / resignation summary (2) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Vince Cable gets it right. Again. (4) by Alix Mortimer
	Conference: Make It Happen debate… the live-blog (143) by Stephen Tall
	‘On five out of eight measures of the main characteristics of parties, the Lib Dems are now regarded more favourably than either Labour or the Conservatives’ (0) by Mark Pack
	Final conference videos of the day (1) by Will Howells
	Conf Vox Pop II (0) by Alex Foster
	Podcast: Environment Q&A (0) by Alex Foster
16th	Michael Crick on the Make It Happen debate (3) by The Voice
	Norman Lamb: Making the NHS more efficient and accountable (0) by Will Howells
	Conference: a response to the housing and mortgage crisis (4) by Alix Mortimer
	Glenda Jackson agrees to pay back Parliamentary expenses (2) by Mark Pack
	Conference: Erm, Vince, hold on a sec (8) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Nick on Newsnight (2) by Alix Mortimer
	Lembit 4 President campaign goes live (12) by Stephen Tall
	That Adrian Sanders / Mark Littlewood contretemps (7) by The Voice
	More influential Lib Dems (1) by Alex Foster
	Conference: Democracy’s Dragon’s Den (0) by Joe Otten
	Conference: it’s the Conservatives, stupid (9) by Julian Harris
	Opinion: Eco-Towns – what about social justice? (3) by Patrick Murray
	Another Labour minister bites the dust (2) by Alex Foster
	Fourth Labour exit over Brown’s future – and it is a minister (0) by Mark Pack
	LDV Watch Media Moron #3 (5) by Alex Foster
	Conference: Chris Huhne MP (2) by Alix Mortimer
	Chris Huhne on video (0) by Will Howells
	Conference: fast-track Britain (6) by Alix Mortimer
	My head hurts: the David Cairns chaos (0) by Mark Pack
	An embarrassment of riches (2) by Alex Foster
	Podcast: Economy Q&A (1) by Alex Foster
17th	Getting along swimmingly (3) by Alex Foster
	Conference: Glee Club (8) by The Voice
	‘Influential’ list continues (1) by Alex Foster
	Liveblog from Channel 4 (1) by Alex Foster
	Clegg speech (29) by Alex Foster
	Full text of speech now available (5) by Alex Foster
	Party conference broadcast: online now (4) by Will Howells
	The gays and the party (4) by Alex Foster
	Opinion: a good week for Nick, a good week for the Lib Dems (56) by Stephen Tall
18th	“Lib Dems defend phone poll plan” (18) by The Voice
	Cable calls for action on short-selling of bank stocks (8) by Mark Pack
	Final speeches from party conference (0) by Will Howells
	Opinion: Doctor Beeching was not to blame for everything! (6) by Gwyn Griffiths
	Conference: Liberal Vision and the Free Society (4) by Joe Otten
	‘Influential’ list: the final countdown (2) by Mark Pack
	Some serious media coverage of Nick’s speech (4) by Stephen Tall
	FSA adopts Vince Cable’s policy (4) by Mark Pack
	BBC Question Time: open thread (41) by Stephen Tall
	Alan Duncan gets it wrong on Question Time (22) by Mark Pack
19th	Podcast roundup (0) by Alex Foster
	Opinion: Why the party shouldn’t be auto-phoning people (37) by Hywel Morgan
	“Another political victory for Vince Cable” – whilst Conservatives do a nimble u-turn (16) by Mark Pack
	Share and Enjoy: the new buttons appearing at the foot of our stories (6) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg and Lib Dems clean up in Newsnight’s Luntz focus group (45) by Stephen Tall
	Liberal Democrat policies top the poll with teachers (1) by Mark Pack
	Tomorrow’s YouGov: Liberal Democrats on 20% (37) by The Voice
	NEW: LDV members’ post-conference survey now live (0) by Stephen Tall
20th	Richard Kemp writes… We can’t go on like this (5) by Richard Kemp
	Complacent? Moi? (7) by Alix Mortimer
	If you’re wondering whether the Guardian has taken a turn against the Liberal Democrats… (17) by Mark Pack
	Keith Vaz faces inquiry over allegations of political interference in a court case (2) by Mark Pack
	Blogging in adversity (2) by Mark Pack
21st	Lib Dems to drop Tuition Fees pledge? (58) by Richard Huzzey
	Bridget Prentice faces investigation for misusing taxpayer funds (0) by Mark Pack
	Conservatives set to drop green taxes policy (11) by The Voice
	The pointlessness of uniform swing calculations (22) by Mark Pack
	Photos from conference (0) by Mark Pack
	Hashtag taxonomies: the last word in Tweeting? (0) by Helen Duffett
	In which I write something nice about a Conservative councillor (2) by Mark Pack
	Bank of England closes its doors (3) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show (1) by Richard Huzzey
22nd	Conference catchup (3) by Alex Foster
	NEW POLL: who do you think would be the most effective next leader of the Labour party? (11) by Stephen Tall
	The brittleness of British politics (9) by Lynne Featherstone
	How Rochdale Labour Party have dumped Gordon Brown (5) by Mark Pack
	Profile on Patrick: BBC piece on Lib Dem PPC and councillor (2) by Richard Huzzey
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #83 (0) by Stephen Tall
23rd	When Barack met Jed (0) by Richard Huzzey
	Gurkha justice court case: can you help find key evidence? (4) by Mark Pack
	LDV post-conference members’ survey (1): why you did – and didn’t – attend the Lib Dem conference (5) by Stephen Tall
	Website news you may have missed during conference (0) by Alex Foster
	Richard Benyon: did he break the rules on Parliamentary funds? (4) by Mark Pack
	Gordon Brown’s speech (19) by The Voice
	The Independent View: the Lib/Lab relationship past, present, future (13) by Alasdair Murray
	LDV readers say: Clegg and Huhne right to down-play UK Euro entry (0) by Stephen Tall
	Should the report of a Prime Minister’s speech be 42% journalist talking? (6) by Mark Pack
	But will the party still love him in the morning? (17) by Stephen Tall
24th	How to sign up to the Lib Dem Hospital Governors’ Network (0) by Jeremy Hargreaves
	Jim Dowd facing questions over use of Parliamentary funds (1) by Mark Pack
	LDV post-conference members’ survey (2): what you thought of the media coverage of the Lib Dem conference (0) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dem MPs lead the way in social networking (0) by The Voice
	Richard Benyon: more website questions (3) by Mark Pack
	Lembit quits Lib Dem shadow cabinet to focus on three-way fight for presidency (61) by The Voice
	Opinion: Clegg half-way there on tax cuts (34) by Tom Papworth
	What does “completely cleared” mean? (1) by Mark Pack
	Guardian: Lib Dems face censure over ‘cold-calling’ campaign (23) by The Voice
25th	LDV post-conference members’ survey (3): who you will vote for in the Lib Dem presidential race (0) by Stephen Tall
	Jonathan Fryer’s Diary of a Euro-candidate (1) by Jonathan Fryer
	Why I read the Daily Mail (21) by Mark Pack
	Information Commissioner: Lib Dems must stop automated phone calls (28) by Stephen Tall
	Your chance to interview Tavish Scott (0) by Bernard Salmon
	Presidential election news (3) by The Voice
	Question Time: open thread (37) by Alix Mortimer
	The news looks very different on the BBC and CNN (2) by Mark Pack
26th	Liberal Democrats gain Hampstead Town from the Conservatives (9) by Mark Pack
	LDV post-conference members’ survey (4): what you thought of Make It Happen’s tax-cuts (11) by Stephen Tall
	Why the Leadership Academy shouldn’t just train the leaders (13) by Rob Blackie
	The internet, Conservative MP Richard Benyon and some cars (1) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg writes on ID cards (3) by The Voice
	A quartet of by-election victories in key Parliamentary seats (3) by Mark Pack
	Second James Purnell aide leaves in interesting circumstances (0) by Mark Pack
	Labour lose case over “abusive registration” of domain name (7) by Mark Pack
27th	What would your policy be on blog comments? (34) by Mark Pack
	LDV post-conference members’ survey (5): did the Lib Dem conference strengthen or weaken Nick Clegg’s leadership? (1) by Stephen Tall
	Designing better websites with the help of some rap (2) by Mark Pack
	Why the latest BPIX poll is bad news for all parties (6) by Mark Pack
28th	BPIX and the mysterious web registration (4) by Mark Pack
	Keith Vaz faces more allegations over inappropriate contacts (0) by Mark Pack
	Question marks over David Cameron’s donors (15) by Mark Pack
	Tory Chris Grayling misleads the public – Sunday Mirror (4) by Mark Pack
29th	Weekly catchup (3) by Alex Foster
	BPIX: a quick update (0) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: A million doors or a moral vacuum? (15) by Simon Titley
	The demutualised building societies are no more (13) by Mark Pack
	Inspiration for Liberal Democrat women (2) by Helen Duffett
	Compare and contrast: conflicting newspaper headlines (1) by Mark Pack
	Lord Ashcroft under fire over his tax status (3) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #84 (2) by Stephen Tall
	Why Congress voted down the bail out plan (13) by Mark Pack
30th	Will the unthinkable happen on the internet? (13) by Mark Pack
	Vince Cable on the Liberal Democrat Fairer Future Economic Recovery Plan (30) by Vince Cable
	The race for the Lib Dem presidency (11) by Stephen Tall
	What the Conservative Chief Whip gets up to on the internet (0) by Mark Pack
	P.S. to LDV post-conference members’ survey (1) by Stephen Tall
	Gurkhas win court case as Joanna Lumley launches new petition (83) by Mark Pack