Monthly Archives: October 2008

1st	A look back at the polls: September (19) by Stephen Tall
	Lembit to star in next ‘Celebrity Big Brother’? (44) by The Voice
	One planet living? (9) by Paul Burall
	Nick Clegg calls on Government to guarantee all bank deposits (9) by Mark Pack
	Vince: it looks like the UK’s in recession (6) by The Voice
	LDV still doesn’t do statporn, but if we did… (2) by Stephen Tall
	David Cameron’s speech (25) by The Voice
	David Cameron: he was for the environment before he ~~was against it~~ forgot about it (12) by Stephen Tall
	Eric Pickles apologises for John Prescott bulimia joke (5) by Mark Pack
2nd	How to solve the US’s economic problems: tax breaks for wooden arrows (7) by Mark Pack
	Gays should vote Tory? DELGA responds (17) by Alex Foster
	Are you using the Liberal Democrat extranet? (1) by Mark Pack
	I saw the news today, oh boy (3) by Alex Foster
	Sir Ian Blair (4) by Alex Foster
	Million more in fuel poverty in 2006 (1) by Alex Foster
	Video: Gurkha Justice (0) by The Voice
	Dee Doocey on Sir Ian Blair’s resignation (2) by Helen Duffett
	NEW POLL: is it time for elected police chiefs? (9) by Stephen Tall
	Question time: open thread (93) by Alix Mortimer
3rd	Cabinet reshuffle: like there’s no tomorrow? (6) by Helen Duffett
	Ruth Kelly will not stand at next General Election (5) by Helen Duffett
	Missed the US VP debate? Then here’s 4 easy steps to catch up (2) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: The Granny State (34) by Charlotte Gore
	No Tories on Facebook shocker (1) by The Voice
4th	Lib Dems react to Mandy news (4) by Alex Foster
	Opinion: time to stop taking money from Councils (4) by Alex Foster
	LDV readers say: Miliband would be most effective Labour leader (1) by Stephen Tall
	Huhne: Freedom of speech trumps EU extradition laws (18) by The Voice
	Your views count in LDV’s Golden Dozen (0) by Alex Foster
	Riso Monkey diary… A day in the life of a Lib Dem organiser (12) by Lib Dem Riso Monkey
	A Liberal Mind in Action: Essays in Honour of Richard Holme (0) by The Voice
5th	Clegg’s office (0) by Alex Foster
	The Presidential Platform (1): Chandila Fernando – the troubleshooter (94) by Chandila Fernando
	An ambitious aquatic analogy of British politics from 2008 onwards (5) by Stephen Gillan
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #85 (2) by Stephen Tall
	New website: LibDig.co.uk (46) by Ryan Cullen
6th	Weekly catchup 6 Oct (2) by Alex Foster
	The Presidential Platform (1): Ros Scott for President (8) by Baroness Ros Scott
	Ludford’s Law (well, Regulations) (4) by Will Howells
	Is 42 days dead? (12) by Stephen Tall
	Mandelson and Osborne: private should mean private (10) by Stephen Tall
	NEW: LDV members’ October survey now live (7) by Stephen Tall
7th	Boris Johnson on trial after Police Commissioner’s departure (0) by Helen Duffett
	Party like it’s 1987? (1) by Helen Duffett
	The Presidential Platform (1): why you should pick Öpik (17) by Lembit Öpik
	Lib Dem shadow cabinet reshuffle – what’s happened (14) by Stephen Tall
	Stephen Williams speaks out on Lib Dem tuition fees policy (19) by Stephen Tall
	The government’s corruption of the electoral process continues apace (11) by Stephen Tall
8th	LDV Media Moron Watch #4 (5) by Alix Mortimer
	LDV members’ survey (1): reshuffle reaction, and time to bring back Charles, Ming and Paddy! (53) by Stephen Tall
	Do you have a Liberal Democrats Account? (4) by Mark Pack
	Q. How many Liberal Democrats does it take to change a lightbulb? (4) by Alix Mortimer
	PMQs: Poverty and the economy (4) by Alex Foster
9th	LDV members’ survey (2): what you think of the other parties (2) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg in the Indy: Britain needs tax cuts – not just a bank bailout (23) by The Voice
	Exciting times for Welsh Lib Dems (4) by Alex Foster
	Lib Dems lead way on electronic sheep-tagging (3) by The Voice
	Party elections 2008 – who’s standing for what (8) by Stephen Tall
	Because even a stopped clock is right twice a day (1) by Stephen Tall
	BBC Question Time: open thread (10) by Stephen Tall
10th	LDV members’ survey (3): big post-conference boost for Clegg leadership (7) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg: we need global response to global crisis (2) by The Voice
	Who is Oedipus Snark? (5) by Stephen Tall
	Post-turtle – Palin to significance (2) by The Voice
	Is it time for the Tories to ditch George Osborne? (15) by Alix Mortimer
	The Presidential Platform (2): Ros Scott for President (34) by Baroness Ros Scott
11th	Extraordinary McCain video (11) by Alex Foster
	Race officially starts for Welsh Lib Dem leadership (19) by The Voice
	The Atheist Bus campaign (47) by Alex Foster
12th	Prime Minister nearly blind (3) by The Voice
	LDV members’ survey (4): how you will vote in the race for party president (7) by Stephen Tall
	Is there anything more the party can do to turn the polls around? (102) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #86 (0) by Stephen Tall
13th	Vince: from Dr Doom to Mr Hope (2) by The Voice
	DLT: Henry George 1839-97 (33) by Dictionary of Liberal Thought
	LDV members’ survey (5): what you think of the Lib Dem shadow cabinet (0) by Stephen Tall
	42 Days defeated in House of Lords (3) by Stephen Tall
	The financial crisis: what will be the impact on Labour? (2) by Stephen Tall
	Former Tory PPC for Watford receives suspended prison sentence for hate campaign (9) by The Voice
14th	Sal Brinton on the sentencing of her former Tory opponent (6) by Sal Brinton
	The Sustainable Communities Act – at last an opportunity for liberal local government! (1) by Seth Thevoz
	Clegg: time for Government to cut taxes now (14) by The Voice
	Welcome back to Gavin Webb (4) by The Voice
	Are the Tories playing the expectations game? (6) by Stephen Tall
15th	Ten people who predicted the financial meltdown (36) by Alix Mortimer
	What we missed… (1) by Alix Mortimer
	John Cleese on Sarah Palin (6) by Alex Foster
	PMQs: Cable tackles Harman on unemployment and interest rates (4) by Stephen Tall
	Alexander: “Government is swiftly ditching its toxic policies” (1) by The Voice
16th	Should a Lib Dem be the next Commons speaker? (17) by Stephen Tall
	Has Obama sealed the deal? (And is that a good thing?) (14) by Stephen Tall
	BBC Question Time: open thread (11) by Stephen Tall
	Boris Johnson says get elected to make your voice heard in City Hall (4) by Helen Duffett
17th	Lembit: time for Lib Dems to stop the conspiracy against me (81) by Stephen Tall
	Steve Webb’s cream cake triumph (0) by Alex Foster
	Nick Clegg, Joanna Lumley, Gurkhas (2) by Alex Foster
	Why don’t liberals talk about morality? (38) by James Graham
	The Barack and John Show (1) by Richard Huzzey
	NEW POLL: should we have a televised leaders’ debate in the UK? (7) by Stephen Tall
18th	LDV readers say: police chiefs should not be chosen by the public (0) by Stephen Tall
	Nick Clegg “sidelined”? Erm, not quite Sam (13) by Stephen Tall
	Don’t forget to send in your Golden Dozen nominations (7) by Stephen Tall
	ComRes financial crisis poll: public not so impressed by Gordon’s (think Dave would have handled it worse) (37) by Stephen Tall
19th	Is Libertarianism bankrupt after the banking crisis? (71) by Richard Huzzey
	That Colin Powell Endorsement (3) by Richard Huzzey
20th	Six months on, what shape is Boris Johnson’s mayoralty in? (6) by Mike Tuffrey
	Forecasters say “UK recession has begun” (1) by Helen Duffett
	The Independent View: New clauses on abortion – a once-in-a generation opportunity for MPs (7) by Ann Furedi
	Opinion: Smoking and Liberty (95) by Darrell Goodliffe
	The polls: what, and who, to believe? (26) by Stephen Tall
21st	Oleg Deripaska and Conservative hypocrisy (31) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #87 (4) by Stephen Tall
	The Independent View: Keep your good name safe – lock the fraudsters out (7) by Phil Booth
	Opinion: A Truly Liberal Vision for the Liberal Democrats (148) by Mark Littlewood
	Would President Obama call Paddy Ashdown to serve? (4) by Richard Huzzey
	More trouble for George Osborne (3) by Mark Pack
	This is what happens when you forget that private means private, George (3) by Stephen Tall
	Michael Howard slates John Redwood over financial regulation (4) by Mark Pack
22nd	Wake up to President Obama/McCain with the Welsh Lib Dems (1) by The Voice
	Opinion: Fighting the Euro-elections on European Issues (20) by Jonathan Fryer
	One in four trainee teachers struggles with simple spelling (13) by Mark Pack
	The Independent View: Broke Britain, not Broken Britain – have banks and the Government swindled the next generation? (4) by Dale Bassett
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: James Graham – ‘Party like it’s 1909’ (0) by The Voice
	Twittering away (0) by Mark Pack
	Atheist bus campaign: quick update (17) by Alex Foster
	PMQs: Nick tackles Gordon on pensioner fuel poverty (0) by Stephen Tall
	YouGov poll: Vince would be the best Chancellor for Britain right now (55) by Stephen Tall
23rd	Liberator’s Party President questionnaire (20) by Simon Titley
	Danny Alexander writes… our plan to fix the economy (19) by Danny Alexander MP
	Big Ben on Youtube (0) by Alex Foster
	Huhne refers Osborne to Electoral Commission; Baker refers Osborne to Parliamentary Standards Commissioner (4) by Stephen Tall
	BBC Question Time: Open Thread (14) by Stephen Tall
24th	Chris Huhne on how Cameron is getting it wrong on the economy (2) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg calls for change in electricity pricing (3) by Mark Pack
	Mike Smithson on why Lib Dem poll ratings vary so much (6) by Stephen Tall
	Full-body scanning at airports (1) by Mark Pack
	Labour cuts the number of days Parliament will sit to lowest figure since 1979 (5) by Mark Pack
	Phil Woolas claims he didn’t say what he did say, except he also says he did say it (4) by Mark Pack
	The Elephant Interviews… at last in Sheffield! (2) by Millennium Elephant
	Nick Clegg attacks Policy Exchange for “offensive” and “underhand” briefing (88) by Mark Pack
	Tories gain control of Harrogate after Lib Dem defection (4) by The Voice
	Lib Dem MPs divide on embryology bill free vote (19) by Stephen Tall
25th	Labour-run council edits out opposition councillor from its magazine (6) by Mark Pack
	Riso Monkey diary… Listening to EARS (20) by Lib Dem Riso Monkey
	BBC decides news reports should be true after all (1) by Mark Pack
	The impact of mobile phones on opinion polling (2) by Mark Pack
	Give holocaust-deniers ridicule, not martyrdom – Huhne (11) by Richard Huzzey
	Opinion: First they came for the Icelanders (6) by Richard Huzzey
26th	Three Electoral Commission investigations that could cause trouble for the Conservatives (UPDATED) (3) by Mark Pack
	Spotlight turns back to Peter Mandelson (0) by Mark Pack
	Praise for Don Foster’s stance on computer games (4) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #88 (1) by Stephen Tall
	Tebbit backs Lib Dem Euro policy (23) by Stephen Tall
27th	Former Conservative Party chairman calls for extra state funding of political parties (2) by Mark Pack
	Catchup, 27th October (0) by Alex Foster
	SNP plans to make local income tax, er.., a bit local (3) by Mark Pack
	“The erotics of Lib Dem economic debate is a topic insufficiently explored” (1) by Mark Pack
	Wouldn’t it be nice if this was the future of political advertising? (3) by Mark Pack
	ICM and the Liberal Democrats (4) by Mark Pack
	No to e-voting, yes to e-voting (2) by Mark Pack
	Lib Dems are best at Maths (1) by The Voice
	When a resignation is not quite what it seems (3) by The Voice
	A tiny example of what’s wrong with the way our legislation is written (5) by Mark Pack
28th	NEW POLL: time to scrap the BBC licence fee? (103) by Stephen Tall
	Glenrothes update (0) by Alex Foster
	Opinion: Why Lib Dems should go on the National Climate March (6th Dec) (1) by Daniel Jones
	Myths about party membership (6) by Mark Pack
	US political yard signs: raising the stakes (2) by Helen Duffett
	YouTube take action against youth violence in films on its site (0) by Mark Pack
	Global Peace and Unity Conference: Pakistan news agency report (26) by Helen Duffett
	House of Commons debates combining local and European elections in 2009 (0) by Mark Pack
	SNP by-election candidate says he doesn’t want to be an MP for more than five years (0) by Mark Pack
29th	So, that’s why the Royal Mail is struggling… (0) by Mark Pack
	Car manufacturer vs hedge funds (0) by Mark Pack
	“People don’t have campaign headquarters anymore. They have websites now.” (5) by Helen Duffett
	Comment formatting 101 (16) by Alex Foster
	How will Chandila, Lembit and Ros improve Lib Dem membership? (9) by Richard Huzzey
	How I’ll improve Lib Dem membership – Lembit Opik (6) by Lembit Öpik
	How I’ll improve Lib Dem membership – Ros Scott (2) by Baroness Ros Scott
	How I’ll improve Lib Dem membership – Chandila Fernando (8) by Chandila Fernando
	Peter Mandelson refuses four times to answer key question over Oleg Deripaska (0) by Mark Pack
	PMQs: Nick tackles Gordon on wasteful public spending (5) by Stephen Tall
	Nadine Dorries and Sarah Palin (2) by Alex Foster
	LDV readers give overwhelming yes to televised leaders’ debates (3) by Stephen Tall
30th	Liberal Democrat Council intervenes as Labour Council bans “controversial opinions” from library (6) by Mark Pack
	Westminster Conservatives switch to UKIP (0) by Mark Pack
	What should you do when you find something interesting on the internet? (5) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Time for a New Start (82) by David Allen
	Hello Guardian journalists! (5) by Mark Pack
	Andrew Gilligan: sockpuppeting? (5) by Helen Duffett
	BBC Question Time: open thread (11) by Stephen Tall
	Twitter, hashtags, electoral fraud and the US Presidential election (0) by Mark Pack
31st	Brand & Ross: there’s nothing more to see here, folks (20) by Stephen Tall
	Attorney General to investigate CIA and MI5 (0) by Mark Pack
	Three ways bloggers regularly beat traditional journalists when it comes to reporting standards (2) by Mark Pack
	“A scandal of mammoth proportions” – Vince Cable on Barclays Bank (12) by The Voice
	E-voting FAIL? A scary thought. (2) by Helen Duffett
	KB Linker – our keyword list (0) by Alex Foster
	The curious case of Nadine Dorries’s website traffic (14) by Mark Pack