Monthly Archives: April 2009

1st	Exclusive: party research into effectiveness of bar charts leaked (7) by The Voice
	Clegg ‘annoyed’ not to be meeting Obama (16) by Stephen Tall
	Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Shirley, Simon, Chris and David (3) by Stephen Tall
	LDV doesn’t do statporn, but if we did (March ‘09) (2) by Stephen Tall
	What is it about London Conservatives and expenses? (3) by Mark Pack
	Political leadership (1) by Alex Foster
	Forthcoming PPC selections (1) by Mark Pack
	Ex-Lib Dem Postmaster joins UKIP (8) by Richard Huzzey
	Is anger against the bankers distracting politicians from “real help now”? (14) by Richard Huzzey
	Pickles ‘n’ Python: the remix (2) by Stephen Tall
2nd	How much are Britain and the USA in love? (0) by Richard Huzzey
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #110 (0) by Stephen Tall
	PMQs: Cameron agrees with Clegg (but does it matter?) (0) by Alix Mortimer
	What can the party do to encourage better e-campaigning? (4) by Rob Blackie
	Six ways to get more people watching your YouTube videos (updated) (7) by Mark Pack
	Wild rumour and gossip from the streets of London (9) by Alix Mortimer
	Opinion: Dangerous and intimidatory police tactics made G20 violence inevitable (24) by Andrew May
	A question for Daniel Finkelstein on the G20 protests (8) by Stephen Tall
	Jeremy Browne: A year on from “Apocalypse Now” (0) by Helen Duffett
	Jonathan Fryer’s Diary of a Euro-candidate (0) by Jonathan Fryer
	Boris Johnson walks out of a House of Commons inquiry (4) by Mark Pack
	Vince sells out (7) by Stephen Tall
	UPDATE: Tom Brake inside the kettle! (7) by Alix Mortimer
3rd	Taking action on RIPA – what Oldham has done (2) by The Voice
	Sharing on the internet made easy: Shareaholic (3) by Mark Pack
	Teenager arrested for handing in a mobile phone (16) by Helen Duffett
	Viewing MPs’ travel expenses on a map (1) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: The morning after (16) by Colin Lloyd
	Maggie Clay passes away (27) by Mark Pack
	Chris Grayling – should I have defended him? (2) by Alix Mortimer
	First Plaid and Labour vote for cuts, then they oppose them… (7) by Mark Pack
	Ed Davey on Lisbon treaty: “I’ve read all the key parts” (2) by Stephen Tall
	The silence of Da Fink (2) by Stephen Tall
	LDV members’ survey (1): 80% support for Nick’s tax stance (2) by Stephen Tall
4th	Leeds councillor rejoins the party (7) by Mark Pack
	“Women Erased in Israel, Flogged in Pakistan and Restricted in Afghanistan” (1) by Mark Pack
	LDV members’ survey (2): booze, recession and Afghanistan (8) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Gin-swigging Geldof joins chorus of calls for free trade (4) by Julian Harris
	Brian Coleman and road safety: Partingdale Lane update (2) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: The Rubber Chicken Circuit and Lib Dem policy on factory farming (3) by Nick T
	Jury Team: so far, it’s a flop (20) by Mark Pack
5th	Why would watching someone swim fast inspire you to mow your lawn? (0) by Mark Pack
	Update on G20 death inquiry (4) by Alix Mortimer
	Should BBC licence fee-payers foot £150k ‘Sachsgate’ fine? (25) by Stephen Tall
	A look back at the polls: March 2009 (10) by Stephen Tall
	LDV members’ survey (3): yes to assisted suicide, and to incitement to gay hatred ban (5) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #111 (2) by Stephen Tall
	Catchup to 5th April 2009 (1) by Alex Foster
6th	Do you belong to a suspicious group? It’s hard not to… (15) by Helen Duffett
	Miriam attacks stem cell waste (0) by The Voice
	Do we really work the longest hours in Europe? (0) by Mark Pack
	Quite possibly the daftest political comment of the weekend (6) by Mark Pack
	LDV members’ survey (4): big increases for Lib Dem and Nick Clegg approval ratings (0) by Stephen Tall
	New edition of Liberator (7) by The Liberator Collective
	Nick’s pick of the greatest Parliamentary speeches in the last century (2) by Stephen Tall
	NEW POLL: who is the best living Lib Dem orator? (19) by Stephen Tall
7th	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable bumper catch-up edition (5) by The Voice
	What happened to those new parties? (4) by Mark Pack
	Bob’s ‘Campaign to Save the Great British Pub’ backed by 200+ MPs (4) by Stephen Tall
	Plastic bags: forget the ad campaign, just tax them (6) by Stephen Tall
	How Twitter is fuelling a revolt against communism (8) by Mark Pack
	LDV members’ survey (5): how you rated the Lib Dem shadow cabinet (4) by Stephen Tall
	George Osborne: he was for cracking down on public sector pay before he was ~~against it~~ reviewing it (2) by Stephen Tall
	Ian Tomlinson – video footage emerges (17) by Alix Mortimer
8th	Lib Dems demand criminal inquiry into Tomlinson death (9) by The Voice
	Dawn Butler under fire for not turning up to Parliamentary committee meetings (8) by Mark Pack
	Ian Tomlinson – full Lib Dem blog round-up (11) by Stephen Tall
	‘A flop’? Jury Team responds to Mark Pack (14) by Morus
	What’s going on in Maidenhead? (1) by Adam Bell
	UPDATED: Ian Tomlinson – C4 has footage too (1) by Alix Mortimer
	Jeremy Browne: VAT cut has helped the richest the most (1) by Stephen Tall
	LabourList says accurately quoting TheyWorkForYou = “blatant lies” (16) by Mark Pack
9th	Clegg: make MPs sell second homes to benefit taxpayer (1) by The Voice
	Vince Cable’s The Storm: read and write your reviews here! (9) by Stephen Tall
	“What we have is lessons about sex, but nothing about the consequences of sex” – Shirley Williams (9) by Mark Pack
	Quick’s marching orders: too harsh, or just right? (8) by Stephen Tall
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Tom Brake – Five hours inside a police ‘kettle’ was time to reflect on our lost liberties (1) by Stephen Tall
	One week on, and not a peep from Danny (2) by Stephen Tall
	Nick unveils his Plan for Reform on MPs’ expenses (6) by Stephen Tall
	Police change their tune on G20 CCTV coverage (12) by Mark Pack
	Liverpool Lib Dem loses election law breach appeal (0) by The Voice
10th	Swinson slams eggs-ess packaging (geddit?) (3) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: There Is No Conservative Future in London (9) by Edwin Loo
	Statebook: Labour’s big brother policies meet Facebook (2) by Mark Pack
11th	Damian McBride, Derek Draper and the smears against Tories (8) by Mark Pack
	Y Barcud Oren #7 (0) by Gareth Aubrey
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Brian Paddick – Police leaders must regain control of their subordinates (2) by The Voice
	LDV readers say: mixed response to Hung Parliament scenarios (10) by Stephen Tall
12th	Why those most critical of Ian Tomlinson should be his greatest fans (12) by Mark Pack
	Walk with Brian for equality (0) by The Voice
	Opinion: ‘Dirty tricks’ politics is destroying British democracy (15) by Matt Wood
13th	Michael White on the McBride affair (3) by Mark Pack
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable – All aboard the 7.15 cattle truck to Westminster (0) by The Voice
	The Independent View: Statebook – knowledge is power (1) by Jim Killock
	Chris Huhne Q&A on Ian Tomlinson, MPs’ expenses, his small majority, Robert Maxwell and Nick Clegg’s T-shirt-wearing sexploits (7) by Stephen Tall
	What can politicians achieve? A Review of the Foothills (3) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: A new challenge for people wanting to clear up public life (1) by Mark Pack
14th	Ian Tomlinson’s death and the CCTV puzzler (6) by Mark Pack
	“Reform MPs’ pay once and for all, says Clegg” (0) by The Voice
	Opinion: In praise of Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor (40) by Joe Taylor
	IPCC changes its story (again) over CCTV coverage of Ian Tomlinson (2) by Mark Pack
	‘Smeargate’: That Was The Easter Weekend That Was (5) by Stephen Tall
	Better news from Afghanistan and Pakistan (1) by Mark Pack
	When should a politician say sorry? (2) by Stephen Tall
	Ros Scott’s party president report, March 2009 (2) by The Voice
	Opinion: Some legal aspects of the McBride Affair (14) by Antony Hook
15th	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Nick Clegg – A greater test is to come (3) by The Voice
	Is this really Britain? (4) by Alix Mortimer
	Why do so many council websites get some basics wrong? (18) by Mark Pack
	Are City police trying to nobble CCTV footage? (1) by Alix Mortimer
	Opinion: Nick and Chris, please stay behind after class (3) by Alix Mortimer
	Respec’ to Da Fink: Comment Central apologises to Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems (6) by Stephen Tall
	Hillsborough (0) by Alix Mortimer
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Jonathan Fryer – What Hope for the Middle East? (0) by The Voice
	Opinion: We will continue to reward failure in our banks, until we reform severance pay (6) by George Turner
	The Lib Dems’ ‘Smeargate’ silence: well-judged or a missed opportunity? (26) by Stephen Tall
16th	LabourList, meet the Electoral Commission; Electoral Commission meet LabourList (8) by Stephen Tall
	Tributes paid to Clement Freud (1) by Mark Pack
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: David Howarth – Who are the police protecting? (1) by The Voice
	Huhne on Green arrest: “monumental shambles” by senior civil servants (4) by The Voice
	Opinion: Don’t Drain Us! (0) by David Morton
	DNA Database Scientist Slams Labour’s Register of the Innocents (1) by Richard Huzzey
	The Elephant Interviews… Mr Chris Huhne, Fighting for Freedom (2) by Millennium Elephant
	NEW POLL: what’s your view on nuclear power? (27) by Stephen Tall
	“Tourist” sounds a bit like “terrorist”: be very afraid! (10) by Helen Duffett
17th	Meanwhile, in local news… (1) by Mark Pack
	A big shout out to da Hertforshire Lib Dems as wicked ‘Six to Fix’ rap goes massive (19) by Stephen Tall
	Vince calls for investigation into FSA’s “appallingly bad job” (2) by The Voice
	DLT: Classical Liberalism (2) by Dictionary of Liberal Thought
	Huhne attacks RIPA snoopers’ charter: “the Government’s surveillance society has got out of hand” (1) by The Voice
	Lib Dem PPC wishes to oust Labour rival: shock! horror! (5) by Stephen Tall
	LDV readers say: Paddy is the greatest living Lib Dem orator (1) by Stephen Tall
	Ian Tomlinson did not die of a heart attack (7) by Alix Mortimer
	Are you on your way to the Forum? (1) by Stephen Tall
18th	Fixed elections and political policing (0) by Alix Mortimer
	A small victory on council snooping (1) by Alix Mortimer
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #112 (1) by Stephen Tall
	No longer living next door to Alice (9) by Stephen Tall
	Paul Staines: not the Messiah, just a very naughty boy (11) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: ‘Chris Ward likes this…’ (12) by Chris Ward
	Opinion: The Great Home Care Scandal (5) by Geoffrey Payne
19th	A quick word on the polls (13) by Alix Mortimer
	Opinion: On Immigration and Being Yellow (both ethnically and politically) (9) by Edwin Loo
	Why not write for Lib Dem Voice? (11) by Stephen Tall
20th	Police intelligence on protestors shared with energy company (5) by Alix Mortimer
	Reform of political donations: within the gift of the Lib Dems? (6) by Stephen Tall
	Dee Doocey: “Surveillance cuts both ways” (0) by Helen Duffett
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable – My Budget to revive Britain’s ailing economy (3) by The Voice
	Lib Dems to raise the personal tax allowance (32) by Alix Mortimer
	Can we click it? (Yes, we can) – Politics and the internet (5) by Helen Duffett
	The Independent View: Preventing child on child violence in our communities (1) by Emma-Jane Cross
21st	Can the Lib Dems come second in June Euro elections? (9) by Stephen Tall
	“Liberal Democrats – a party ahead of the pack” (And Other Media Stories) (4) by Stephen Tall
	Who is up for election in June? (1) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Now that the ‘Old Economic Model’ is broken, a question for you… (14) by Geoffrey Payne
	Opinion: Cameron’s proposals to reform democracy are nothing more than a mouse fart (12) by Paul Walter
	Clegg on Brown’s MPs’ expenses reforms: “Bringing the Brussels gravy train to Westminster is not the way to fix our expenses system.” (4) by Stephen Tall
	What ‘Smeargate’ tells us about media news reporting (5) by Stephen Tall
22nd	MEP charged with fraud (0) by Helen Duffett
	New figures show over a third of councils are failing in the fight against electoral fraud (1) by Mark Pack
	Laws on the Sats’ fiasco: “The issue now is whether ministerial heads should be rolling” (0) by The Voice
	All North West terror suspects released without charge (1) by Helen Duffett
	Budget ’09 open thread (11) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg: Pick and mix budget fails on all counts (4) by Stephen Tall
	Former Tory A-lister defects to the Liberal Democrats (0) by Helen Duffett
	Nick attacks Brown’s “spectacular step in the wrong direction” on MPs’ expense (2) by Stephen Tall
23rd	Opinion: 6 lessons to be learned from the G20 policing (4) by Cllr Greg Foxsmith
	Why are voters switching parties? (13) by Helen Duffett
	LDV interviews … Keith Moffitt, leader of Camden Council (2) by Mark Pack
	Why is Labour accepting the help of someone “willing to use homophobia to get elected”? (13) by Mark Pack
	The Independent View: It is our politicians – not the public – who need convincing of the need for spending cuts (23) by Lucy Parsons
	Nick Clegg answers questions on the Budget (4) by Mark Pack
	Police who hide ID numbers face the sack (3) by Helen Duffett
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #113 (3) by Stephen Tall
	BBC Question Time: open thread 23/4/09 (1) by Stephen Tall
24th	Interview with Paddy Ashdown (1) by Alex Foster
	Not carrying mobile phone = suspicious activity (11) by Helen Duffett
	TheyWorkForYou goes Irish (0) by Mark Pack
	Haggis, Neeps and Liberalism‏ #4 (4) by Andrew Reeves
	Opinion: We Must Fight Against the End of Our Internet (9) by Huw Dawson
	Nick Clegg to lead attack on Labour’s Gurkha betrayal in Parliament (3) by Tim Prater
	Conservative councillor arrested over fraud allegations (6) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Why the Liberal Democrats should propose a Flat Tax (38) by Joe Bourke
25th	CommentIsLinked@LDV (3) by The Voice
	Opinion: What’s happening to our honey bees? (1) by Cllr Patrick Smith
	Opinion: How the Prospect of a Hung Parliament could bolster a Liberal Democrat Election Campaign (28) by Andrew Lewin
	Lib Dem PPC defects to Tories (31) by Richard Huzzey
26th	Jo Swinson writes… Experiences of a Female MP: Overcoming the Ultimate Old Boys Club (8) by Jo Swinson MP
	Eastleigh Labour PPC defects to Liberal Democrats‏ (22) by Helen Duffett
27th	What does Labour’s internal election briefing say? (5) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: He’s just not that into you (Or Why the Rt Hon. Oliver Letwin MP has to go) (18) by Kasch Wilder
	Will Lib Dem MPs be shamed in July’s receipts apocalypse? (10) by Richard Huzzey
28th	Government afraid of technology offers to protect the public (2) by Helen Duffett
	When spinning misleads: The Times and the Equality Bill (0) by Mark Pack
	Successful wind farm to be nuked? (15) by Helen Duffett
	Taxpayers helping to fund Tories’ Cornwall electioneering (2) by Stephen Tall
	Labour’s ‘Big, Mad Database’ – something practical you can do to stop it (12) by Stephen Tall
	Nick Clegg spells out his dedication to reforming expenses system (0) by Richard Huzzey
29th	Supermajority back on the cards? (8) by Alex Foster
	If the leader of the free world only needs a small TV… (0) by Mark Pack
	Bloggers unanimous: Gurkha champion Clegg aced PMQs (3) by Alex Foster
	Lib Dem Gurkha motion won by 21 votes (13) by Alix Mortimer
	Chris Huhne wins quote of the day (3) by Stephen Tall
	Vince and Field join forces to urge Labour and Tories to tackle UK borrowing (1) by Stephen Tall
	Brown Routed By Gurkhas: Reaction (Updated) (8) by Richard Huzzey
	Sarah Teather on sex and politics (11) by The Voice
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Ming Campbell – Gurkhas undaunted, Brown defeated (0) by The Voice
30th	Lib Dem PPC quits over website (6) by Stephen Tall
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable – I like optimists, but I don’t buy Mr Darling’s miracle (0) by The Voice
	As if swine ‘flu weren’t bad enough… (1) by The Voice
	Opinion: We need a proper public debate on the future of protest policing in our country (3) by Andrew May
	The Economist on the Gurkhas: “a deserved victory for the Lib Dems and their leader Nick Clegg” (1) by Stephen Tall
	David Heath on MPs’ expenses (1) by Stephen Tall
	BBC Question Time: open thread 30/4/09 (9) by Stephen Tall