Monthly Archives: November 2008

1st	Clegg warns of ‘stress epidemic’ (1) by The Voice
	Rwandans set to vote in UK elections? (5) by Mark Pack
	News from the Congo (0) by Mark Pack
	Book industry learns from where the music industry got it wrong (2) by Mark Pack
	Something for the Weekend: Hail to the Chief (1) by Will Howells
	What you’ve been LibDigging this week (0) by Stephen Tall
	A look back at the polls: October (45) by Stephen Tall
2nd	US Presidential election: Facebook is the winner (0) by Mark Pack
	YouGov poll result trivia corner (1) by Mark Pack
	Conservative economic policy trivia corner (4) by Mark Pack
	Euro News (1) by Alex Foster
	LDVUSA: your chance to enter the Presidential election prediction competition (33) by Stephen Tall
	Starbucks becoming biggest purchasers of Fair Trade coffee‏ (4) by Helen Duffett
	Opinion: Forging ahead (15) by Darrell Goodliffe
	EXCLUSIVE: Roger Helmer and Zac Goldsmith emails reveal fault line over green policies (110) by Mark Pack
3rd	Weekly Catchup, 3 Nov (0) by Alex Foster
	Which websites will you be checking on Tuesday night? (9) by Richard Huzzey
	Mike German writes… my time as Welsh leader (0) by Mike German
	LDVUSA’s election night guide (12) by Alex Foster
	Official: Lib Dem voters more intelligent than Tory and Labour voters (Nationalist, BNP and UKIP voters least intelligent of all) (18) by Stephen Tall
	LDV still doesn’t do statporn, but if we did… (2) by Stephen Tall
	“UKIP rejects BNP electoral offer” (4) by Alex Foster
	Last chance to predict the US Presidential result (and win an LDV mug!) (0) by Stephen Tall
	Combating Conservative electoral dirty tricks (4) by Mark Pack
4th	An Endorsement (1) by Richard Huzzey
	More on mobile phones and polling (0) by Alex Foster
	Learning lessons from the US elections: four legal differences you need to know (8) by Mark Pack
	So, just what are they voting on today? (2) by Alex Foster
	Conservatives back themselves into an economic cul-de-sac (2) by Mark Pack
	California’s Proposition 8 (4) by Alex Foster
	Pupil ‘bonuses’ “totally unjust”, says Laws (10) by Stephen Tall
	Jenny Randerson AM launches Welsh Lib Dem leadership bid (1) by The Voice
	LDVUSA – join us here live from 11pm (19) by Stephen Tall
	Presidential trivia (3) by Alex Foster
	LDVUSA Election Nite 2008 live-blog (8) by Stephen Tall
5th	South Norfolk Conservative councillor convicted (5) by Mark Pack
	Congratulations President-elect Obama (15) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg welcomes Obama’s election (0) by The Voice
	Obama’s acceptance speech (7) by Stephen Tall
	Two surprises of US election night (25) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg on NHS top-up payments (2) by The Voice
	PMQs: Nick tackles Gordon on Obama’s tax cutting policy (15) by Alix Mortimer
	Possible good news from Minnesota (3) by Alex Foster
	LDVUSA: Presidential Prediction competition results (unofficial) (13) by Stephen Tall
	How many light bulbs does it take to change a President? (3) by The Voice
6th	Obama heads to the West Wing (6) by Richard Huzzey
	Foster: swearing on TV should be toned down (24) by Alix Mortimer
	Is the SNP a shoo-in for Glenrothes? (Or is Labour lowering expectations?) (9) by Stephen Tall
	Blears on blogging: bad timing and bad analysis? (9) by Stephen Tall
	Staying in the loop (5) by Mark Pack
	Democrats may still get to magic 60 (10) by Terry Gilbert
	1.5% bank rate cut; Vince vindicated, again (2) by Stephen Tall
	The central communications database (6) by Alix Mortimer
	Home Secretary to be cloned? (1) by Helen Duffett
	South Norfolk Tories receive poetic justice (2) by The Voice
	Our Man In Chicago: Paul Elgood reports back on that election night (0) by Paul Elgood
	BBC Question Time: open thread (14) by Stephen Tall
7th	Massive drop in Conservative support for George Osborne (1) by Mark Pack
	Glenrothes: thank you (11) by The Voice
	What does Glenrothes mean for the Lib Dems? (29) by Stephen Tall
	Find out more about Alan Beith and Sharon Bowles (4) by The Voice
	Telegraph: Obama’s victory speech co-written by Lib Dem (13) by Stephen Tall
8th	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Bridget Fox – ‘Barack Obama lit up my bonfire night’ (0) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dem Presidential contest: result due 3pm today (0) by The Voice
	Lib Dem Presidential Contest: Result (28) by Helen Duffett
	LDV party president polls – not so very far off (4) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dem Party President result – Chandila responds (22) by The Voice
	What next for Lembit? (20) by Stephen Tall
	Lembit to Ros: “I’m with you all the way” (36) by Richard Huzzey
	Labour wants to increase number of public services provided by faith-based groups (26) by Mark Pack
	The Other Party Elections (17) by Richard Huzzey
9th	Should you get a lottery ticket for voting? (11) by Mark Pack
	Labour accused of setting up anonymous Tory attack blog (4) by Mark Pack
	Never mind about Parliament, Hazel: what about actually giving real power to real people? (6) by Stephen Tall
	Should we have more directly-elected Mayors? (17) by Mark Pack
	Cameron and Osborne disagree over economic policy (2) by Mark Pack
10th	Warning: don’t believe the American Presidential election turnout myth (20) by Mark Pack
	Ros Scott’s Presidential acceptance speech – the movie (2) by Helen Duffett
	Michael Brown goes on trial (6) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg: Britain should talk to Iran (6) by The Voice
	Jonathan Fryer’s Diary of a Euro-candidate (0) by Jonathan Fryer
	DLT: Henry George Foundation (2) by Dictionary of Liberal Thought
	Nick Clegg vs Daniel Finkelstein on tax (21) by Mark Pack
	London Liberal Democrats Autumn Conference – still time to register (0) by Helen Duffett
	London Lib Dems: Talk to your neighbours! (0) by Helen Duffett
11th	Lester: Paul Dacre and Graham Dudman have got it wrong (2) by Mark Pack
	Lib Dem MP urges charity fines for mobile phone menace MPs (2) by Stephen Tall
	Beith: church disestablishment “not necessary” (58) by Stephen Tall
	LDVUSA: How Obama made it happen (0) by Steven Gauge
	Government opens up new risk to our personal data (1) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Time to end the ‘war on terror’ and bring all our troops home (9) by Darrell Goodliffe
	Lynne Featherstone vs Hazel Blears (2) by Mark Pack
	What connects Norman Baker, Eartha Kitt, the assassination of JFK and a public meeting in Islington in 1981? (1) by Mark Pack
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: James Graham – ”Change’ in the valleys’ (0) by Stephen Tall
	Brian Paddick to enter I’m A Celebrity (26) by Stephen Tall
	Peter Mandelson invents the Post Office (1) by Helen Duffett
12th	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Jonathan Calder – ‘Tory MP: Ferry political prisoner’ (3) by Stephen Tall
	Nick Clegg on global cooperation and tax policy (14) by Mark Pack
	What nutter writes Tory tax policy? (11) by Alex Foster
	Electoral registration reform: public backs rest of the world over Labour by more than two to one (7) by Mark Pack
	FT: Tories to ditch Osborne in favour of Hague? (10) by Stephen Tall
	Doing the Database Rag (1) by Helen Duffett
	Lib Dem tax policy: the media’s starting to listen, so now will the public get to hear about it? (8) by Stephen Tall
	PMQs: Nick tackles Gordon on “big, permanent and fair” tax cuts (27) by Alix Mortimer
	Quote of the day (0) by Alex Foster
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #89 (0) by Stephen Tall
13th	Baby P (485) by Mark Pack
	Den Dover expelled from the Conservatives (9) by The Voice
	That twenty billion… (18) by Alix Mortimer
	How how much does negative tabloid coverage of politicians matter? (8) by Mark Pack
	Post Office keeps contract to run card account (7) by Helen Duffett
	Baby P: CPS confirms information was withheld from the police by Haringey Council (6) by Mark Pack
	BBC Question Time: open thread (16) by Stephen Tall
	Hackney Council backtracks on library book ban (9) by Mark Pack
	E-voting: abandoned by the Dutch, delayed in the UK (0) by Mark Pack
14th	Sky: Credit to Lynne over Baby P case (1) by Stephen Tall
	How many people visit political websites? (1) by Mark Pack
	Campaigning for a Manchester congestion charge, YouTube style (6) by Mark Pack
	“Constantly ahead of the curve” – Clegg on the Lib Dems (37) by The Voice
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Bridget Fox – ‘Labour is ditching its policies through panic not principle’ (1) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: The Horn of Africa and Radicalisation (2) by Fiyaz Mughal
	Post Office Card Account: Labour’s hypocrisy (4) by Helen Duffett
15th	Nick Clegg on tax avoidance by supermarkets (6) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #90 (0) by Stephen Tall
16th	After Baby P: what can be done? (61) by Alix Mortimer
	The Gladstone Lecture: what Alan Beith said… (39) by Jon Hunt
	Opinion: Restating the case against capital punishment (22) by Darrell Goodliffe
17th	Weekly catchup, 17 November (0) by Alex Foster
	BNP to seek police authority posts (24) by Alix Mortimer
	Don’t moan about the media – make-up for it instead! (3) by Lynne Featherstone
	NEW POLL: is presumed consent the right way to boost organ donations? (18) by Stephen Tall
	A New Liberal Order (8) by Helen Duffett
	BBC: Clegg’s policies closest to Obama’s (2) by The Voice
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #91 (4) by Stephen Tall
	LDV readers say: keep the BBC licence fee (16) by Stephen Tall
	Osborne set to announce fuel tax increases (16) by Mark Pack
18th	Danny Alexander writes… Help us win the battle of ideas! (3) by Danny Alexander MP
	Reasons to be optimistic about turnout (6) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: The Economy Game (17) by David Allen
	Pilot of ID Cards may cause pilot strike (6) by Richard Huzzey
19th	Clegg proposes ‘government bank’ (27) by Mark Pack
	PMQs: Nick tackles Gordon on bank lending and bonuses (2) by Alix Mortimer
	What should Gordon do – go now, or hold on? (12) by Stephen Tall
	Government department in ‘no lost memory sticks’ shocker (3) by Helen Duffett
	Who do you think’s the best political journalist in Britain? (4) by Stephen Tall
	NEW: November LDV members’ survey now live (0) by Stephen Tall
	Olbermann on California’s Proposition 8 (4) by Richard Huzzey
20th	“The Tories have chosen this moment to self-destruct” (13) by Mark Pack
	What do social workers think should happen following the death of Baby P? (3) by Mark Pack
	Robert Peston on the state of the economy (1) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg: finding information on the internet (4) by Mark Pack
	LDVUSA: Presidential Prediction competition results (OFFICIAL) (3) by Stephen Tall
	In Waltham Forest: ‘Lib Dem fury over sex slur leaflets’ (13) by The Voice
	Business welcome for Clegg’s ‘government bank’ proposal (1) by Stephen Tall
	Forums off for a bit (0) by Ryan Cullen
	BBC Question Time: open thread and live-blog (6) by Stephen Tall
21st	Spoilt ballot papers, US-style (6) by Mark Pack
	Vince Cable endorsed by business leaders (2) by Helen Duffett
	HM Treasury admits it doesn’t know how much money it’s spending: encore (8) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Welcome to Nursery Britain (252) by Matt Michael
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Bridget Fox – ‘It’s Brown, not Islington’s workers, who deserves a P45’ (1) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Because BNP members have rights too (43) by Hywel Morgan
22nd	Met Police accused of breaking the law – but it’s probably good news (3) by Mark Pack
	Watford Conservatives to usher in new candidate? (0) by Helen Duffett
	The Independent View: The hole we are in and how to get out of it (10) by Lucy Parsons
	Opinion: The BNP membership list and the lessons for Lib Dems (32) by Simon Titley
23rd	Yet another Conservative MEP in expenses trouble (2) by The Voice
	Absent Conservative peers assist Labour in Lords votes (1) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #92 (1) by Stephen Tall
24th	LibDemBlogs gets a Welsh version (0) by Mark Pack
	The VAT cut and higher-rate income tax increase: what will be the impact? (8) by Stephen Tall
	Finance and economics: what we have learned, and what still needs to be done – part 1 (9) by Tim Leunig
	Pre-Budget Report – the live(ish) blog (27) by Alix Mortimer
	Pre-budget report: Lib Dem reaction so far (2) by Stephen Tall
	LDV members’ survey (1): big yes to tax cuts in recession (0) by Stephen Tall
	NEW POLL: what do you make of the Pre-Budget Report? (8) by Stephen Tall
25th	Which country bans election candidates from updating homepages and blogs during an election campaign? (3) by Mark Pack
	Finance and economics: what we have learned, and what still needs to be done – part 2 (3) by Tim Leunig
	Is major change on the way for Ordnance Survey? (1) by Mark Pack
	LDV readers say: Narrow yes to presumed consent for organ donations (0) by Stephen Tall
	LDV’s Welsh Lib Dem leadership platform (0) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg on the economy, the perils of frankness, and Rich Tea biscuits… (0) by Alix Mortimer
	Kirsty Williams AM: why I want to lead the Welsh Liberal Democrats (0) by Kirsty Williams AM
	Symantec, the BBC and hype: an tale of how not to report online crime (2) by Mark Pack
	Neil Trafford passes away (44) by The Voice
	LDV members’ survey (2): what you think are the most important issues facing the UK (3) by Stephen Tall
	Labour tax policy in chaos following publication of plans to increase VAT (9) by Mark Pack
26th	Finance and economics: what we have learned, and what still needs to be done – part 3 (13) by Tim Leunig
	Tessa Jowell: five office redecorations in six years (1) by Mark Pack
	Lack of men in childcare denies young children role models – Clegg (7) by Mark Pack
	PMQs: Nick tackles Gordon on fairness in the tax system (1) by Alix Mortimer
	Lib Dig Pig #1 (0) by James Graham
	Political party borrowing: prepare for a round of misreporting (1) by Mark Pack
	Jenny Randerson AM: why I want to lead the Welsh Liberal Democrats (2) by Jenny Randerson
	Conservatives join Labour in blocking vote on Pre-Budget Report (2) by The Voice
	LDV members’ survey (3): the party presidential election (0) by Stephen Tall
	Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust publishes details of planned donations to the Liberal Democrats (0) by The Voice
27th	Top Conservatives fall out over waste collection policies (2) by The Voice
	Finance and economics: what we have learned, and what still needs to be done – part 4 (17) by Tim Leunig
	Support your local pub (if you’ve still got one) (9) by Don Foster MP
	Political party borrowing: here comes the misreporting (0) by Mark Pack
	Starbucks to use only Fairtrade coffee in Britain (9) by Helen Duffett
	“This economic crisis could drag on for a decade” – Vince Cable (4) by Mark Pack
	Damian Green arrested by police (21) by Mark Pack
	Question Time open thread (3) by Alex Foster
28th	The party’s policy process needs you! (5) by The Voice
	Chris Huhne “shocked and astonished” by Damian Green’s arrest (7) by Mark Pack
	Finance and economics: what we have learned, and what still needs to be done – part 5 (2) by Tim Leunig
	Anonymity and criminal justice (5) by Antony Hook
	Damian Green’s arrest: Nick Clegg’s reaction (16) by Mark Pack
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Bridget Fox – ‘Damian Green case shows we are taking freedom of information for granted’ (0) by Stephen Tall
	Brown found guilty (22) by Alex Foster
	Catchup, 28th November (1) by Alex Foster
29th	Damian Green arrest: Gordon Brown “knew nothing” (3) by Helen Duffett
	LDV members’ survey (4): why are the Lib Dems not doing better in the opinion polls? (7) by Stephen Tall
	Conservatives at odds over Heathrow third runway (1) by Helen Duffett
	Finance and economics: what we have learned, and what still needs to be done – part 6 (11) by Tim Leunig
	David Howarth: ID cards are bad news for Cambridge (1) by Helen Duffett
	Nick Clegg on Damian Green’s arrest (3) by Mark Pack
	Lib Dem Riso Monkey’s Guide to Launching your e-Campaign (1) by Lib Dem Riso Monkey
30th	The most chaotic policy announcement of the week: David Cameron on pensions (7) by Mark Pack
	Number applying for crisis loans leaps by 40% (0) by Mark Pack
	LDV members’ survey (5): when you think the next general election will be (and what you think will happen) (0) by Stephen Tall
	The best start for children, the best deal for families (27) by Susan Kramer
	Shadow cabinet reshuffle leaked… by Nick Clegg (allegedly) (156) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #93 (0) by Stephen Tall