Monthly Archives: January 2009

1st	Happy New Year from LDV! (1) by Stephen Tall
	Whitehall prepares for policy talks with the Lib Dems (0) by The Voice
	Opinion: January Reshuffle – Big Surprises and the Liberal ‘Big Beasts’ (Part II) (15) by Letterman
	The 12 Op-Eds of Xmas (Day 8) (1) by Joe Otten
	Forthcoming PPC selections (0) by The Voice
	LDV Awards 2008: Political Journalist/Broadcaster and Political Programme of the Year (1) by Stephen Tall
	Ooops, small outage (4) by Ryan Cullen
2nd	Secure your passwords in Firefox: a security tip for the new year (11) by Mark Pack
	LDV still doesn’t do statporn, but if we did… (Dec ’08) (0) by Stephen Tall
	Ros Scott writes… A New Year’s Message from the Party President (0) by Baroness Ros Scott
	Lembit and Nick in Grauniad’s most well-read top 10 (5) by Stephen Tall
	The 12 Op-Eds of Xmas (Day 9) (0) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg – Lib Dem stealth bomber? (4) by Stephen Tall
	LDV Awards 2008: Liberal Voice and Defining Moment of the Year (3) by Stephen Tall
	A look back at the polls: December ’08 (14) by Stephen Tall
3rd	The top five local Liberal Democrat websites in 2008 (3) by Mark Pack
	Conservatives continue to take money from peer who broke his tax promise (1) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg, Jo Swinson in the news (1) by Mark Pack
	Openness and transparency in statistical releases (2) by Alix Mortimer
	The 12 Op-Eds of Xmas (Day 10) (0) by Laurence Boyce
	NEW POLL: if offered the job by Gordon, should Vince accept the post of Chancellor? (37) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg “deleted” (5) by Alex Foster
4th	The five blogs nicest to the Lib Dems in 2008 (0) by Mark Pack
	Latest pension scandal to rock government (4) by Alex Foster
	Christmas Catchup (2) by Alex Foster
	The 12 Op-Eds of Xmas (Day 11) (0) by Alix Mortimer
	How much have you paid Alesha Dixon? (1) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Are we really going to learn anything at all from this mess? (10) by John Ward
	Reasons to like Twitter… (2) by Helen Duffett
5th	Tell us, dear LDV readers: what gets you up in the mornings? (23) by Stephen Tall
	Someone’s attacked you online; should you respond? (5) by Mark Pack
	Enough is enough (5) by Alex Foster
	Opinion: We mustn’t forget Burma (2) by Jonathan Fryer
	The 12 Op-Eds of Xmas (Day 12) (2) by Chris Rennard
	Clegg: time for “big, permanent and fair tax cuts”, not Tories’ “fake giveaway” (14) by The Voice
	LDV readers say: yes to Church of England disestablishment (4) by Stephen Tall
6th	Baker: “innocent train-spotters” hassled under anti-terrorism laws (3) by Stephen Tall
	Help make The Voice even bigger and better in 2009 (0) by The Voice
	Paddy’s advice to Nick: “Be patient” (16) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Are we going into a climate trance? (11) by Neil Stockley
	News from Scotland: Save Our Forests (3) by Andrew Reeves
	Sarah Teather: Blair’s US award “tainted” (4) by Helen Duffett
	Tory candidates put on watch (3) by The Voice
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #98 (0) by Stephen Tall
7th	How is our defence team doing? (1) by Mark Pack
	Happy 42nd birthday, Nick! (2) by The Voice
	Nick Clegg: We must stop arming Israel (13) by Mark Pack
	Oil prices: understanding the past, predicting the future (5) by Tim Leunig
	Opinion: Why I am so passionately pro-European (13) by Professor Patricia Leighton
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Brian Paddick – Equality in the police has improved (1) by The Voice
	Is the ‘Curse of Lembit’ back? (2) by The Voice
	Nick on paternity leave, Lib Dem poll ratings, and Lembit and Brian (10) by Stephen Tall
	Key Lib Dem policy committee votes to keep party’s pledge to scrap student tuition fees (44) by The Voice
	Brian Paddick writes… I’m not a celebrity: should I have got me in there? (19) by Brian Paddick
	Campaigning you can do in the warm (6) by Alix Mortimer
	Lib Dig Pig #5 (4) by James Graham
8th	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable – Confiscating savings from the poor is both stupid and cruel (1) by The Voice
	Norman Lamb wins freedom of information battle (1) by Mark Pack
	Graham Watson running to be President of the European Parliament (0) by Mark Pack
	Terrorists target Alan Sugar – or freelance journalist goes undercover and winds up polite letter-writers? (2) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: How the Liberal Democrats should fight the European elections (18) by Willie Rennie
	+++ Clegg reshuffles Shadow Cabinet (24) by The Voice
	Y Barcud Oren #2 (6) by Gareth Aubrey
9th	Nick Clegg’s reshuffle: how did the press pack do? (0) by The Voice
	Opinion: Tuition fees are not a panacea (10) by Alex Church
	Liberal Democrats win Hull by-election (4) by Mark Pack
	Get Your Obama Merchandise Here (1) by Richard Huzzey
	How to get your picture to appear next to your comments (7) by Mark Pack
	Three Conservative activists expelled over Madeleine McCann fancy dress costume (21) by Mark Pack
10th	Will Obama take the green road to recovery? (0) by Richard Huzzey
	How to backup your photos from Flickr (2) by Mark Pack
	In today’s Vince Cable news… (7) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: A Tax-Cut-And-Spend Policy? (88) by David Allen
	Lib Dems are top choice of voluntary sector workers (8) by The Voice
	Final call for Lib Dem bloggers: Orwell Prize 2009 for blogs (1) by The Voice
	Are you on your way to the Forum? (1) by Stephen Tall
11th	Clegg on Harry (9) by The Voice
	More flack for George Osborne in the Sunday papers (4) by Mark Pack
	YouGov Euro poll: Lib Dems at 15% (12) by Stephen Tall
	Government secrets may be revealed earlier (1) by Helen Duffett
	Opinion: A degree is no longer about education, it’s about investment (1) by Alan Muhammed
12th	Conservative Portsmouth councillor quits amidst claims of hate campaign (8) by Mark Pack
	How would you make the positive case for Europe? (11) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Boris Johnson’s transport strategy – a flailing mass of contradictions (2) by Edwin Loo
	DLT: John Maynard Keynes 1883-1946 (2) by Dictionary of Liberal Thought
	Lib Dem MPs on Twitter (3) by Alex Foster
	Councillors’ Census shows diversity is still lacking (4) by Helen Duffett
	Catchup, 12 Jan 09 (0) by Alex Foster
	What do you make of LabourList.org? (7) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: The West must take some responsibility for the current crisis in Gaza (20) by Andrew Baldwin
	Clegg: Lib Dem Social Mobility Commission “shatters the idea that Britain in 2009 is a free and fair society” (4) by The Voice
13th	David Cameron backs down on plans to cut MPs (0) by Mark Pack
	Political polling back to early 1990s levels (0) by Mark Pack
	Congratulations to Brian (0) by The Voice
	Book now for cheap Conference rates (4) by Alex Foster
	Lamb reveals 50 Health civil servants earn £100k+ (9) by The Voice
	Opinion: Israel has no option but to defend itself against Hamas and Iran (41) by Matthew Harris
	A reminder of how insufferably ridiculous Tories can be (9) by Stephen Tall
	NEW POLL: What’s the liberal response to immigration? (38) by Stephen Tall
14th	Councillor used pseudonym to praise own work (5) by Mark Pack
	PMQs: banks, boom and bust (9) by Alix Mortimer
	Lib Dig Pig #6 (0) by James Graham
	LDV readers say: a big no to Vince becoming Gordon’s chancellor (6) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Why not try democracy for a change? (3) by Stephen Marshall
	David Heath announces private member’s bill to end fuel poverty (3) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #99 (1) by Stephen Tall
	Success for Mike Tuffrey’s campaign to help the unemployed (3) by Mark Pack
	Labour MP: Dyslexia is a myth invented by education chiefs to cover up poor teaching (19) by Mark Pack
	Causes of the credit crunch: if you’re going to try to blame David Bowie, you really should also blame fifteenth century knights (5) by Mark Pack
15th	Postal vote fraud allegations against Bradford Conservatives come to court (5) by Mark Pack
	Graham Watson: what sort of President does the European Parliament need? (0) by Graham Watson
	Where drinking meets thinking… (11) by James Graham
	Dr Pack gets third degree (1) by Alex Foster
	In praise of ConservativeHome (3) by Stephen Tall
	Online trouble for the Conservatives (4) by The Voice
	BBC Question Time (15/1/09): open thread (16) by Stephen Tall
16th	Baker & Kramer lead Lib Dem opposition to Heathrow expansion (2) by Stephen Tall
	Vince condemns “long, shabby and disreputable treatment” of Equitable Life policy-holders (2) by Stephen Tall
	Did you have children in 2002? (0) by Alex Foster
	BBC Radio 4 Alert (3) by Alex Foster
	Electoral Commission’s chief praises parties but criticises Government (2) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: We should not be offended by keeping our noses out of other people’s business (11) by Andreas Christodoulou
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Lynne Featherstone – Politics and the internet (1) by Stephen Tall
	LabourList and Labourist: same content, different rules (17) by Mark Pack
	Psst – I’m on the BBC Record Review tonight (2) by Stephen Tall
17th	One day policy conference kicks off with a round of media coverage (1) by Mark Pack
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Henry Porter – Information overload (0) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dems to oppose Labour/Tory attempts to weaken Freedom of Information (1) by Stephen Tall
	15th Lib Dem MP signs up to ‘Airplot’ battle against Heathrow expansion (0) by The Voice
	Do we think? (1) by Mark Pack
	Clegg: only the Lib Dems “can truly change Britain for the better” (7) by The Voice
	Opinion: I’m alright – but is Britain? (1) by John Ward
18th	Conservative peers in the firing line once again (1) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Lib Dems need to attack the Tory record on civil liberties, too (6) by Terry Gilbert
	Lib Dem MP to put down motion against expenses cover-up (4) by The Voice
	Is LabourList a new form of daytime TV? (2) by Mark Pack
19th	Is Ken’s return good news for the Tories? (15) by Stephen Tall
	The Tory reshuffle in full (5) by The Voice
	Opinion: Opposition is only half the fight – we must spell out our plan for Heathrow (4) by Benjamin Mathis
	March 18th: the London Conference is a must! (3) by Jeremy Ambache
	Boris Johnson to keep City Hall’s overseas offices (0) by Helen Duffett
	More on the party’s technology plans: Lynne Featherstone interviewed (2) by The Voice
	Brian on celebrity, Stockwell, peace-making, the police, drugs, racism and education (0) by Stephen Tall
	Another radio update (0) by Alex Foster
	Clegg: I am not like Obama (but we share the same policies and ideas) (6) by Stephen Tall
20th	Introducing the Carnival on Modern Liberty (0) by James Graham
	#MPexpenses – act now! (2) by Alex Foster
	Catchup 20th Jan 2009 (0) by Alex Foster
	LDVUSA: Dreams and Symbols – but what’s next? (1) by Richard Huzzey
	Liberal Democrats gain outright control of Portsmouth Council (6) by Mark Pack
	More Conservative troubles in Bedfordshire (0) by Mark Pack
	Obama’s inauguration speech – what did you think? (15) by Stephen Tall
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable – A desperate attempt to revive a corpse (2) by Stephen Tall
	#MPexpenses – what are the Lib Dems doing? (5) by Alex Foster
21st	#MPexpenses: two parties shift position (7) by Alex Foster
	Clegg: refusing to discuss the euro is a “failure of political leadership” (19) by Stephen Tall
	PM U-turn on #MPexpenses (7) by Alex Foster
	The Elephant Interviews… Vince Cable: the man who knows (4) by Millennium Elephant
	Confessions of a ‘Newbie’ (4) by Mark Thompson
	MPs expenses – yes we can! (4) by Alix Mortimer
	LDVUSA: “The flub”, the post mortem (2) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg leadership donor is new key player at London Evening Standard (4) by Stephen Tall
	PMQs: Nick tackles Gordon on the bank bail-out (1) by Stephen Tall
	When is a new website not a new website? (10) by Mark Pack
22nd	Evan and David: showing what liberalism is all about (21) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dig Pig #7 (0) by James Graham
	Conservative members asked to stump up £2,000 each (2) by Mark Pack
	Donation news round-up: Hain, Straw and UKIP (1) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #100 (0) by Stephen Tall
	BBC Question Time (22/1/09): open thread (15) by Stephen Tall
23rd	UK officially in recession (0) by Stephen Tall
	Y Barcud Oren #3 (0) by Gareth Aubrey
	How should you moderate blog comments? (5) by Mark Pack
	Is David Cameron a progressive? Discuss… (6) by Stephen Tall
	British politics and the internet: why I disagree with Seth Reznik (5) by Mark Pack
	Think before you Facebook (10) by Stephen Tall
	Another day, another survey showing Vince Cable to be the British Obama* (2) by Stephen Tall
	Congratulations to Peter Welch… (4) by Stephen Tall
24th	Bus prices go up – Transport for London runs posters saying they’ve gone down (3) by Mark Pack
	Stormin’ Norman on the warpath again (0) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: How Islington’s Liberal Democrat Council is responding to the recession (4) by James Kempton
	Foster brands BBC “disgraceful” for refusal to air charity appeal for Gaza (5) by Stephen Tall
25th	Lords’ cash for questions probe – which party failed the test? (7) by Alix Mortimer
	Yes, but is it progressive? (37) by Alix Mortimer
	Recession, recession, everywhere? (6) by Mark Pack
	Progressive London: a front to elect Ken Livingstone? (12) by Mark Pack
26th	In the news… (6) by Mark Pack
	Peter Black AM writes… Early days (2) by Peter Black AM
	Liberal techie wizards, please form an orderly queue* (9) by Alix Mortimer
	Modern Liberty: my part in the war on hypocrisy (15) by Alix Mortimer
	Do your MEPs turn up to meetings? (3) by Mark Pack
27th	Why you should Google your suppliers (0) by Mark Pack
	How to defeat a long-serving government: lessons from Australia (3) by Mark Pack
	‘Expel peers who have broken the law’ – Nick Clegg (2) by Mark Pack
	Progressive London: hello over there! (3) by Mark Pack
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Chris Huhne – Cleaning up the house (0) by The Voice
	Ken Clarke lays into Conservative policy, again (2) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #101 (1) by Stephen Tall
28th	Top Lib Dem donor short-selling bank shares (18) by Stephen Tall
	More news, fewer places to look (5) by Mark Pack
	Who has more power? A council chief exec, council leader or a local MP? (8) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Time for outdated economics to be put to bed (11) by Kev O'Connor
	Another Conservative councillor switches in Portsmouth (0) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg on tour (0) by Mark Pack
	PMQs: tax liabilities of their noble lordships (6) by Alix Mortimer
	Confusing letter-writers with terrorists: the PCC investigates (3) by Mark Pack
29th	Labour backs Heathrow expansion – Norman and Susan lead Lib Dem opposition campaign (0) by Stephen Tall
	Scottish Lib Dems offer to “get round the table” with SNP over budget (0) by The Voice
	Norman Lamb and the ‘prince of grime’ (1) by The Voice
	Lib Dig Pig #8 (1) by James Graham
	What sort of recession is this anyway? A view from Southend (3) by Peter Welch
	Derek Conway: should the police investigate him for fraud? (3) by Mark Pack
	Ouch! Someone doesn’t like Steve Hilton (4) by Mark Pack
	Guest post: Peter Luff MP on an innovative online consultation (0) by The Voice
	Opinion: Going forward (39) by Simon Titley
	London Assembly: Lib Dems teach Tories a lesson on value for money (0) by Helen Duffett
	BBC Question Time (29/1/09): open thread (7) by Stephen Tall
30th	A Romance with Labour? Say No to Hugs (22) by Richard Huzzey
	Liberalism in a word (10) by Richard Huzzey
	Lembit: “Time to talk to al-Qaeda” (6) by The Voice
	Duwayne Brooks to stand for Lib Dems in Lewisham (1) by The Voice
	Opinion: With Darfur still burning, the question that must be asked – has the Liberal hand lost its touch in times of crisis? (9) by S
	Six new Liberal Democrat councillors (2) by Helen Duffett
	The Democrats could get a super-majority yet (6) by Richard Huzzey
	Are there more ex-SDP members on the Tory front-bench than the Lib Dem front-bench? (13) by The Voice
31st	Are you on your way to the Forum? (0) by Stephen Tall
	Henry Porter: “Labour is about as conservative as my grandmother” (0) by Stephen Tall
	See if you can spot the flaw in The Scotsman’s reasoning (3) by Stephen Tall
	Is this what “making government work better” means? (2) by Mark Pack
	New from US campaigning (0) by Alex Foster