Monthly Archives: March 2009

1st	Gladstone vs Disraeli: BBC4 broadcast on Tuesday (0) by Mark Pack
	More claims that Britian colluded with torture (0) by Mark Pack
	Brent Council backs local Green Zones project – you can too (0) by Helen Duffett
	Opinion: Is the Fuhrerprinzip* the new basis for governing Britain? (4) by Hywel Morgan
	LDV doesn’t do statporn, but if we did (Feb ’09) (0) by Stephen Tall
	Forthcoming PPC selections (0) by The Voice
	Councillor arrested in corruption probe (0) by Mark Pack
	Shock Robert Peston news: he’s human and fallible (2) by Mark Pack
	A look back at the polls: February 2009 (5) by Stephen Tall
	The last 48 hours: what LDV would have said next (Part I) (7) by Stephen Tall
	The last 48 hours: what LDV would have said next (Part II) (2) by Stephen Tall
	Join the campaign to Shred John Prescott’s £1.5m Pension (25) by Stephen Tall
2nd	Waste and recycling collections: the political perils (5) by Stephen Tall
	Millennium’s Credit Crunch Diary… February: Launch the Lifeboats (1) by Millennium Elephant
	Should liberals back Fair Trade: an LDV debate (23) by John Pugh
	PR in an online world: Boris Johnson’s team at work (2) by Mark Pack
	Vince on Sir Fred Goodwin (5) by Stephen Tall
	NEW POLL: How do you solve a problem like Sir Fred? (10) by Stephen Tall
	Government finally agrees to introduce individual electoral registration (2) by Mark Pack
3rd	More future conference venues revealed (2) by Alex Foster
	Lib Dem peers top the rankings in confidential House of Lords report (0) by Mark Pack
	Weekly Catchup to 1/03/09 (0) by Alex Foster
	Three Lib Dem councillors suspended (19) by The Voice
	My Early Day Motion to save the Great British pub! (10) by Bob Russell MP
	Boris Johnson’s taxi extravaganza: the case for the defence is, er…, weak (4) by Mark Pack
	Ros Scott unleashes hell (0) by Alex Foster
	What crime could you commit with some balloons, a blanket and a bar of soap? (12) by Mark Pack
	Should liberals back Fair Trade: an LDV debate (Part 2) (21) by Julian Harris
	Ros Scott’s Presidential report to party members (0) by The Voice
	Tavish makes BBC webcast date (0) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dem MPs call for 5th March Cornish bank holiday (3) by Stephen Tall
	Hancock to take £1,000 a year “tenants’ tax” protest to Parliament (1) by Stephen Tall
	Does anyone really think the Tories have changed? (4) by Stephen Tall
4th	Local government elections timetable: June 2009 (5) by Mark Pack
	Call for contributions (2) by Alex Foster
	Lib Dem Voice at Spring conference (1) by Alix Mortimer
	LDV readers say: no bonuses for bankers (1) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: The Clegg Enigma (68) by David Allen
	Scottish Lib Dems call for end to “chatter about the constitution” (2) by Stephen Tall
	(Deputy) PMQs: Vince tackles Harriet on Fred Goodwin’s pension (1) by Stephen Tall
5th	BNP illustrate “Battle for Britain” using migrant workers (8) by Hywel Morgan
	Chris Davies podcast (0) by Alex Foster
	My favourite Gordon Brown quote (3) by Mark Pack
	Try Twitter at Lib Dem Spring Conference! (0) by Helen Duffett
	Waste and recycling in Waverley – the Lib Dem response (1) by Stephen Tall
	Conservatives support higher Council Tax than the Socialists (0) by Mark Pack
	A reminder of how little some people know about politics (3) by Mark Pack
	@LibDig Pig Number Thirteen (0) by James Graham
	A note of thanks from Nick and Miriam (0) by The Voice
	Opinion: How we made fortnightly bin collections work in Cambridge (9) by Iain Coleman
	BBC Question Time: open thread 5/3/09 (3) by Stephen Tall
6th	Vince warns against inflationary boom following recessionary bust (0) by The Voice
	Scottish Lib Dems win anti-independence vote, call for new Holyrood powers (1) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Modern Liberty is rubbish (26) by Charlotte Gore
	Aunty examines Wikipedia (1) by Alex Foster
	Labour has a little trouble respecting the views of voters (1) by Mark Pack
	Bank chiefs should be disqualified – Clegg (5) by Mark Pack
	Religious groups urge Lib Dems to keep schools faith selection (14) by Stephen Tall
	Riddell me Clegg (4) by Stephen Tall
	Conference: Friday night (3) by Alix Mortimer
	Nick Clegg’s priority this conference (1) by Helen Duffett
7th	Senior Scottish MP in forged letters mystery (0) by Mark Pack
	Howard Dean in under 12secs (0) by Alex Foster
	Conference: Higher education paper (0) by Alix Mortimer
	Conference: Howard Dean’s speech (0) by Alix Mortimer
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #106 (1) by Stephen Tall
	Howard Dean – speech in full (0) by Alex Foster
	Comprehensive conference coverage (0) by Alex Foster
	Conference: Vince Cable (1) by Alix Mortimer
	Conference: Schools paper (22) by Alix Mortimer
	Words alone cannot convey (0) by Alex Foster
8th	Simon Hughes in Harrogate (0) by The Voice
	Conference: Sunday (0) by Alix Mortimer
	Conference: Nick Clegg’s speech (9) by Alix Mortimer
	#ldconf Podcast: our Obama fringe in full (1) by Alex Foster
	Government pledge help for mental health during recession (0) by Richard Huzzey
9th	Conference Catchup (0) by Alex Foster
	Conference: media coverage (11) by Alix Mortimer
	The power of enforced brevity (4) by Mark Pack
	DLT: Liberal Summer School (now Keynes Forum) (0) by Dictionary of Liberal Thought
	Exclusive: 94% of conference attendees took Winslet picture seriously (17) by The Voice
	Why Mark Pack’s awaiting a visit from Special Branch (9) by Helen Duffett
	Opinion: Kicking the Bankers (9) by Geoffrey Payne
	Is Google’s new tracking service a threat to privacy? (2) by Richard Huzzey
	More people use social networks and blogs than use email (3) by Mark Pack
10th	Labour Mayor quits, sort of, following corruption probe (2) by Mark Pack
	Twitter, #ldconf and Heidegger (2) by Alex Foster
	What’s the point of switching to individual electoral registration? (5) by Mark Pack
	Police investigate Tory councillor after comments broadcast on YouTube (3) by Mark Pack
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: James Graham – Reasons for Lib Dems to be cheerful (0) by The Voice
	Makes you proud to be British, part 94 (8) by Mark Pack
	Brian Coleman and large sums of money – again (3) by Mark Pack
	Why Danny Finkelstein is wrong about the Lib Dems and the public sector (2) by Stephen Tall
	Financial Times: if only the Tories could be more like the Lib Dems (2) by Stephen Tall
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable – Keep an eye on the dapper, shy man at the back (0) by The Voice
	Lib Dems in praise of Twitter (0) by Stephen Tall
	Video: Vince Cable MP talks to Lib Dem bloggers about… blogging (1) by Helen Duffett
11th	Things you should know if you’re going to make a sales pitch to me (27) by Mark Pack
	Dept of Transport admits: Hoon withholding information about Heathrow from MPs (3) by Hywel Morgan
	Somehow I think that if this was a Lib Dem council, there would be a whole load of Tory bloggers hurling insults… (2) by Mark Pack
	Haggis, Neeps and Liberalism #2 (8) by Stephen Glenn
	PMQs: France rejoining NATO (6) by Alix Mortimer
	Huhne: police officers with criminal convictions should be sacked. (Question: should they?) (16) by Stephen Tall
	Conservative councillor news (4) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #107 (0) by Stephen Tall
12th	Quite simply, the best headline in a Labour leaflet – ever (12) by Mark Pack
	A surprising result of the economic downturn: the death penalty in the USA (0) by Mark Pack
	An Obama organizer’s beer-fuelled rant to Lib Dem activists (31) by Karin Robinson
	Police investigate Labour’s Lewisham by-election campaign (9) by Mark Pack
	Lib Dems reveal one playing field sold off every day last year (1) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dem councillor in ‘Nazi outfit’ row cleared (5) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dem Cornwall council leader to quit (1) by Stephen Tall
	BBC Question Time: open thread 12/3/09 (23) by Stephen Tall
	Ever wondered what Vince earned for HIGNFY? (8) by Stephen Tall
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Jonathan Calder – Messy but meaningful (9) by The Voice
13th	What would you ask Paddy Ashdown? (8) by Mark Pack
	Mainstream media catches up with concerns over Haringey Chief Exec Ita O’Donovan (0) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Can Google’s dominance be broken? (9) by Mark Pack
	Davey slams Labour’s foreign affairs shame (1) by The Voice
	Opinion: Losing faith in the Lib Dems (107) by Laurence Boyce
14th	Slough Conservatives update: three convicted of electoral fraud (1) by Mark Pack
	Peter Mandelson vs Norman Baker (2) by Mark Pack
	What did Voltaire really say? (2) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Lib Dem councils should scrap their free newspapers (21) by Joe Taylor
15th	City Hall, a lift, a barchart, a photo (1) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Going to the polls after a Labour government (7) by York Membery
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #108 (0) by Stephen Tall
16th	£853 a night – Lib Dems reveal true cost cost of locking up prisoners in police cells (3) by The Voice
	NEW POLL: do you support a minimum price for alcohol? (27) by Stephen Tall
	Are you squandering the votes of 1 in 10 of your supporters? (0) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: The Opportunity of a Lifetime to “Build Anew, to Build Better” (12) by Jock Coats
	In memory of Ron Silver (0) by Stephen Tall
	Catchup to 15/03/09 (3) by Alex Foster
	Poll: 72% back official inquiry into the UK’s role in the invasion of Iraq (1) by The Voice
	Some evidence that Lib Dem supporters are a liberal and coherent grouping (11) by Stephen Tall
17th	Ooops! Someone forgot to double-check a written answer in Parliament (1) by Mark Pack
	‘Sent back by Britain. Executed in Darfur’ (1) by Mark Pack
	MPs decide (eventually) to allow UK Youth Parliament to meet in Commons (12) by Stephen Tall
	Bristol council candidate killed in car crash (1) by Alex Foster
	Opinion: Can we trust in our young people? (30) by Cllr Jenni Clutten
	New voting system proposed: Majority Judgement. (6) by Helen Duffett
	How to prove you’re qualified to be a British citizen (2) by Stephen Tall
	LDV readers say: government should stick by pension promise to Sir Fred (1) by Stephen Tall
	That hoary old Hung Parliament chestnut (12) by Stephen Tall
18th	Tory ‘fictional minister’ broke Parliamentary rules (5) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dems urge Tories not to join with homophobes (3) by The Voice
	Opinion: Can We Win Our Young People? (12) by Gareth Aubrey
	Banks getting taxpayers’ money should not be dodging paying tax (0) by Mark Pack
	Keeping your social network presences under control with NutshellMail (3) by Mark Pack
	PMQs: Stafford Hospital and the “frenzied” target system (7) by Alix Mortimer
	Jeremy Browne writes… Why I voted against the UK Youth Parliament meeting in the Commons (10) by Jeremy Browne MP
	Why David Laws was right (21) by Mark Pack
	Lib Dems help force Labour data sharing U-turn (4) by Stephen Tall
	Daily Mail praises Lib Dem councillor’s day job policy against non-English speakers (27) by Richard Huzzey
19th	Why are you a Liberal Democrat? (7) by Mark Pack
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Nick Clegg – It’s time for a truly different banking system (1) by The Voice
	Former Lib Dem MP raises fear of sword attacker’s move (4) by The Voice
	Y Barcud Oren #6 (0) by Gareth Aubrey
	Opinion: The Member States should each propose one female and one male candidate for the next European Commission (9) by Diana Wallis MEP
	‘Tory new boy apologises for Lib Dem baby rapist comparison’ (1) by Mark Pack
	BBC Question Time: open thread 19/3/09 (Or The Vince & Ken Show) (12) by Stephen Tall
20th	David Lammy demonstrates how not to carry out a public consultation (0) by Mark Pack
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Nick Clegg – Banks’ business is taxpayers’ business (13) by The Voice
	Ministry of Defence under fire following new report into accommodation for the military (1) by Mark Pack
	Labour’s new membership leaflet shows just how unpopular even they think Gordon Brown is (10) by Mark Pack
	Ming wants to trade away poverty – and now you can too (1) by Julian Harris
	Heath’s Fuel Poverty Bill Fails in Commons (9) by Richard Huzzey
	Is this an indictment of MPs … or of journalists? (6) by Mark Pack
21st	The Independent View: A solution – world government (27) by Daniel Furr
	Prime Minister set to quit because of his unpopularity (2) by Mark Pack
22nd	A turnout statistic (21) by Mark Pack
	The puzzle of Francis Maude’s email address (7) by Mark Pack
23rd	Opinion: Development in a downturn (0) by Michael Moore
	The database state and the true cost of Labour’s free lunches (7) by James Graham
	Eating a vegetarian meal = suspicious terrorist activity (53) by The Voice
	The right noises on expenses (1) by Alix Mortimer
	Does the Daily Telegraph know its up from its down? (1) by Mark Pack
	Tories’ double whammy tax bombshell (18) by Stephen Tall
24th	Why does one Labour MP claim £80k more in expenses than another MP living on the same street? (9) by Mark Pack
	Performance standards introduced for Returning Officers in Britain (3) by Mark Pack
	The council that bans you from photocopying pages printed from their website (1) by Mark Pack
	Heath’s fuel poverty bill – what next? (32) by Alix Mortimer
	Dawn Butler MP under fire over her expense claims (8) by Mark Pack
	EDM126 and the dead cat bounce (0) by Alex Foster
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Michael Moore – Stop these broken promises (0) by The Voice
	What’s in a name? (9) by The Voice
	Opinion: What is an economic liberal? (87) by Geoffrey Payne
	Tony McNulty: “Benefit thieves will not get away with it” (1) by Stephen Tall
25th	Good news! It only takes three hours to learn how to fight the war on terror (8) by Mark Pack
	The curious comparison of the seven North London MPs (2) by Hywel Morgan
	PMQs: tax cuts and Mervyn King (4) by Alix Mortimer
	Is Dawn Butler panicking? (5) by Mark Pack
	Should we be worried that MI5 think John Reid is still Home Secretary? (2) by Mark Pack
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable – The Storm … how to survive it (and how to prevent its return) (0) by The Voice
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Norman Baker – Iraq war inquiry is essential (0) by The Voice
	Lib Dems back government over vote on gay hatred (4) by Stephen Tall
	Video: LDV, ConHome and LabourList debate online campaigning (2) by Helen Duffett
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #109 (0) by Stephen Tall
26th	Conservative MEP Caroline Jackson threatens to quit party (3) by Mark Pack
	How to get something removed from Google Street View (8) by Mark Pack
	News from the war on terror frontline: when anglers become terrorists (22) by Mark Pack
	Mark Pack to leave Lib Dems for new appointment (15) by Stephen Tall
	Ed Davey calls for “full independent judicial inquiry” over Binyam Mohamed (0) by Mark Pack
	Join Jeremy Browne for a live webchat on Liberal Democrat finance plans (0) by Helen Duffett
	BBC Question Time: open thread 26/3/09 (19) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dem peer reveals online Barclays tax documents (9) by Stephen Tall
	Brown and Queen discuss succession question raised by Dr. Evan Harris (0) by Richard Huzzey
27th	Missed BBC QT? Then catch up now with the Eric Pickles’ slow-mo car crash (16) by Stephen Tall
	Nine out of ten people spied on by local authorities are innocent (1) by Mark Pack
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Nick Clegg – We need to know why we went to war (0) by The Voice
	Clegg: no overall cut in taxes now, except for low- and middle-income earners (15) by Stephen Tall
	Eric Pickles’ QT cock-up – the eerie silence of the right-wing blogs (13) by Stephen Tall
	Evan: Labour has dealt serious blow to reform of the monarchy (3) by The Voice
	Vince reviewed on tonight’s BBC2 Newsnight (1) by The Voice
	NEW: April ’09 LDV members’ survey now live (3) by Stephen Tall
28th	Opinion: The Air We Breathe (1) by Merlene Emerson
	NEW POLL: Should the Lib Dems back the seat winners or the vote winners? (31) by Stephen Tall
	Tories the late starters in Islington two-horse race (1) by The Voice
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: David Steel – The night Labour self-destructed (1) by The Voice
	More Euro troubles for Conservatives as donor backs UKIP (0) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: The row over MPs’ expenses disguises the real problem (14) by Joe Taylor
29th	Minister tackling offshore tax havens … uses an offshore tax haven himself (0) by Mark Pack
	Haggis, Neeps and Liberalism #3 (13) by Fraser Macpherson
	Porn on expenses – nothing to hide, Jacqui Smith? (32) by Alix Mortimer
	Catchup to 29/03/09 (2) by Alex Foster
30th	The Politics of Globalisation after ‘The Third Way’ (3) by Alison Holmes
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Chris Huhne – Scalpel-sharp intelligence is needed to slash knife crime (2) by The Voice
	LDV readers say: No to a minimum price for alcohol (16) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: The FSA’s mortgage credit proposals v. Land Value Tax (27) by Jock Coats
	“G20 summit is no time for playing politics” – Nick Clegg (2) by The Voice
	At last, it’s the Eric Pickles cock-up on YouTube (8) by Stephen Tall
	Nick Clegg attacks Policy Exchange for “offensive” and “underhand” briefing – UPDATED (6) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg – urgent leaders meeting needed NOW to overhaul MPs’ expenses (6) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Hannan Lifts Channel Fog – but there’s much more to be done (2) by Antony Hook
31st	On being a councillor (2) by Alex Foster
	What can you trust on Wikipedia? (2) by Mark Pack
	ALDC’s “Local Solutions” conference – book now! (0) by Alex Foster
	Stop executions of gay Iraqis (1) by Alex Foster
	Millennium’s Credit Crunch Diary… March: Tax and Chocolate (4) by Millennium Elephant
	Opinion: Asquithians and Provincials – On The Same Page (22) by John Pugh
	Conservative Party faces investigation over controversial donations from Said family (1) by Mark Pack