Monthly Archives: May 2009

1st	Matthew Norman: “Nick should hand Vince his job.” Here’s why he’s wrong… (24) by Stephen Tall
	How to make the most of Facebook (3) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Just how free are we? (0) by Prateek Buch
	LDV doesn’t do statporn, but if we did (April ’09) (1) by Stephen Tall
	Martin Salter put loyalty to Brown before loyalty to the Gurkhas (2) by Patrick Murray
	A paean to Private Eye (4) by Alex Foster
	Labour mortgage rescue scheme helps one family (1) by Stephen Tall
2nd	Baby P’s death “could and should” have been stopped (0) by Mark Pack
	Should Lib Dems want Labour defectors to join us? (35) by Richard Huzzey
	Slough Conservatives update: six jailed for electoral fraud (4) by Mark Pack
	The Independent View: The Politics of Electoral Reform (23) by Robert Smith
3rd	Labour peer claims £100,000 for unoccupied flat (3) by Helen Duffett
	Forthcoming PPC selections (0) by Mark Pack
	James Purnell accused of abusing expenses rules (8) by Mark Pack
	“People fix society, if you let them” (3) by Helen Duffett
	Opinion: Lib Dems must lead the way in improving scrutiny of council surveillance (0) by Chris Ward
	A look back at the polls: April 2009 (0) by Stephen Tall
4th	Want to hear Chris Huhne speak on ‘Threats to Civil Liberties’? (2) by The Voice
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #114 (1) by Stephen Tall
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable – After a week that showed the Commons at its best and worse, I am ashamed to be a parliamentary eunuch (1) by Stephen Tall
	What must happen for the Lib Dems to overtake Labour? (57) by Stephen Tall
	Ros Scott’s party president report, April 2009 (5) by The Voice
5th	Bumper catchup to 5th May 09 (2) by Alex Foster
	Is Labour managing expectations? Or will 7th June really be that bloody? (9) by Stephen Tall
	How much should a council chief executive be paid? (13) by Stephen Tall
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Caroline Pidgeon – Boris Johnson’s first year is no cause for celebration (0) by The Voice
6th	The problem with poll cards (1) by Mark Pack
	PMQs: education (5) by Alix Mortimer
	And the award for most desperate headline goes to… (4) by Stephen Tall
	What does 4th June hold for the Lib Dems? (56) by Stephen Tall
7th	That petition (or, why Gordon shouldn’t resign) (33) by Alix Mortimer
	News from Sheffield and Ashfield (2) by Alex Foster
	Opinion: Capitalising on Labour’s woes, defending against a rising blue tide (15) by Andrew Lewin
	Campaign focus: Beating the Tories in Harlow (11) by Lorna Dupré
	Labourlist: more trouble at mill? (14) by Alix Mortimer
	BBC Question Time open thread: 7 May 09 (14) by Alex Foster
8th	Millennium’s Credit Crunch Diary… April: Fools and Swines (8) by Millennium Elephant
	Opinion: We Must Stand for Something (26) by Steve Pitt
	Conversations with Nick Clegg (17) by Richard Huzzey
	The LDV Friday meme: Seven reasons I joined the Lib Dems (16) by Stephen Tall
9th	Opinion: Postal Ballot – to save the Post Office we need to revisit the cooperative movement (12) by Prateek Buch
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #115 (1) by Stephen Tall
10th	Opinion: Have the Tories gone mad, or am I missing something? (14) by Joe Taylor
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden (Baker’s) Dozen #116 (0) by Stephen Tall
	Toilets, mice and Lord Rennard (71) by Alix Mortimer
11th	Catchup to 11 May 09 (0) by Alex Foster
	The Independent View: To sign or not to sign? (4) by Kalvis Jansons
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Norman Baker triple bill on MPs’ expenses (5) by The Voice
	New collection of leaflets (23) by Alex Foster
	MPs’ expenses: a bit of a rant, then a question (33) by Stephen Tall
	John Hemming is in a class of his own (3) by Alex Foster
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable – Arthur, Delia and another rotten bubble (9) by The Voice
12th	Brake on agents provacateurs (1) by Alex Foster
	The LDV 2×2 Daily View (12/5/09) (1) by Stephen Tall
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Sarah Teather on those flipping MPs (1) by The Voice
	Work for the party (2) by Alex Foster
	Liberal Vision writes… New site, new vision (5) by Ed Joyce
	Shock, horror! Lib Dems to fight Euro elections on pro-Europe platform (5) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg on expenses – but what should he do if Lib Dems are named and shamed? (4) by Stephen Tall
	Assume the position (6) by Alix Mortimer
	Cushions, Sir Menzies? £176.25? (26) by Alix Mortimer
	Lib Dem MPs’ expenses: it could’ve been worse (and might still be) (17) by Stephen Tall
13th	What’s the damage so far? (20) by Alix Mortimer
	The LDV 2×2 Daily View (13/05/09) (1) by Alix Mortimer
	The restoration of Andrew George? (13) by Alix Mortimer
	The Telegraph: descending into gutter reportage (6) by Alix Mortimer
	PMQs: …well what do you think? (4) by Alix Mortimer
	Lib Dem MPs’ expenses – in the cool light of day (15) by Stephen Tall
	Is Alan Duncan the 12th Lib Dem? (12) by Alix Mortimer
	Opinion: Ed Fordham’s Career Choice (3) by Ed Fordham
	Opinion: How much do MPs actually eat? (11) by Hywel Morgan
	Opinion: The gloves are off for the Man in Tights (9) by Benjamin Mathis
14th	The LDV 2×2 Daily View (14/05/09) (0) by Helen Duffett
	The Telegraph should apologise to Andrew George and Alan Reid (54) by Alix Mortimer
	Opinion: The rollercoaster ride of joining the Lib Dems (12) by Mark Thompson
	Big Brother star to stand for Lib Dems in Totteridge (3) by Helen Duffett
	Lib Dem MP expenses – where next (42) by Stephen Tall
	Conversations with Nick Clegg, part deux (2) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg calls on Brown and Cameron to accept Kelly’s recommendations on expenses (1) by The Voice
	Unlock Democracy with VOTE MATCH (3) by Merlene Emerson
	BBC Question Time: open thread 14/5/09 (20) by Stephen Tall
	Attempt by Tories, Labour and BNP to oust Lib Dem fails by one vote (9) by Mark Pack
15th	Y Barcud Oren #8 (0) by Gareth Aubrey
	Tweeting in adversity: Elliot Morley (0) by Mark Pack
	The LDV 2×2 Daily View (15/5/09) (0) by Stephen Tall
	Ros Scott on party reaction to MPs’ expenses (4) by The Voice
	Alan Duncan’s garden gets a makeover (1) by Mark Pack
	Our expenses must be published (16) by Alix Mortimer
	And another thing Clegg should do! (11) by Alix Mortimer
	Speaker to face yellow peril? (0) by The Voice
	Ros Scott on expenses (14) by Mark Pack
	Did Brian Coleman lie to his local newspaper? (0) by Mark Pack
	The BNP supporters who don’t really exist (5) by Mark Pack
	The thing David Cameron wants you to forget when watching his election broadcast (2) by Mark Pack
	Goodnight, Teignbridge (24) by Alix Mortimer
16th	Expenses – where did it all begin? (3) by Alix Mortimer
	Another good week for Nick Clegg (34) by Stephen Tall
	Cash for cushions: the wordcloud (2) by Helen Duffett
	No, Christopher Wren and Isaac Newton were not great MPs (8) by Mark Pack
	More BNP photo problems (1) by Mark Pack
	What has the Telegraph done for the reputation of journalism? (33) by Stephen Tall
	The LDV Friday (ish) meme: political firsts (3) by Stephen Tall
17th	The LDV 2×2 Daily View (17/05/09) (0) by Mark Pack
	Clegg calls for Speaker Michael Martin to quit (10) by The Voice
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Nick Clegg – Voters’ trust in democracy is shattered. We must restore it (9) by The Voice
	European Parliament uses social networks to promote elections (1) by Helen Duffett
	Church of Scotland faces choice between liberal and traditional wings (4) by Caron Lindsay
	The Independent View: My journey to becoming a Liberal Democrat – well, almost (28) by The Voice
	Opinion: Can we fix it? Yes we can! (6) by Layla Moran MP
	Just why did Fraser Kemp need 16 sheets? (11) by Mark Pack
	Open letter to Speaker Martin over #MPexpenses (31) by Alex Foster
18th	The LDV 2×2 Daily View (18/05/09) (1) by Helen Duffett
	E-campaigning mentors needed (0) by Rob Blackie
	DLT: Economic Liberalism (6) by Dictionary of Liberal Thought
	A look at the Euro polls to date (5) by Stephen Tall
	First reactions to the Speaker’s statement on #MPexpenses (14) by Mark Pack
	Dawn Butler’s voting record #MPexpenses (4) by Mark Pack
	Three “saintly” Liberal Democrat MPs #MPexpenses (8) by Helen Duffett
	Dawn Butler’s whirlpool bath (10) by Mark Pack
	The BNP’s made-up statistic (30) by Mark Pack
19th	What they said about the Speaker (0) by Mark Pack
	The MPs who blocked expenses reform last summer (6) by Mark Pack
	How the Canadian pollsters performed (4) by Mark Pack
	Speaker Michael Martin to resign (4) by Helen Duffett
	Tony Greaves writes… Abolish postal voting on demand (25) by Tony Greaves
	LDV readers say: 85% wanted Michael Martin to quit (4) by Stephen Tall
	NEW POLL: who do you think should be the next Speaker? (33) by Stephen Tall
	Tim Montgomerie writes about www.nothingbritish.com (30) by The Voice
	Another BNP fakery scandal (7) by Mark Pack
	LDV members’ survey – MPs’ expenses special – now live (4) by Stephen Tall
20th	Ben Chapman’s rise and fall mirrors the rise and fall of Labour (4) by Mark Pack
	Daily View: 2×2 (7) by Alix Mortimer
	More Lib Dem saints #MPexpenses (9) by Alix Mortimer
	PMQs: change the whole system (7) by Alix Mortimer
	If you want to be outraged about something other than MP expenses… (4) by Mark Pack
	Phil Willis latest Lib Dem MP named by Telegraph (19) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: the worst outcome of MPs’ expenses, a victory for the far right? (5) by George Turner
	“Touché, Mr Speaker!” (It’s pronounced ‘Touchy’) (3) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Pushing for PR (12) by Daniel Russell
	LibDemBlogs.co.uk needs your help to keep running (7) by Richard Huzzey
21st	Where I disagree with ConHome over the BNP’s Buckingham Palace Invitation (18) by Richard Huzzey
	LDV Members’ Survey – MPs’ expenses (1): what you said about Chris Rennard (18) by Stephen Tall
	Daily View 2×2: 21 May 09 (7) by Alex Foster
	Lib Dem cleared of postal vote fraud allegations (0) by Mark Pack
	Chris Rennard to stand down as Lib Dem chief executive after 4th June elections (29) by The Voice
	Clegg: Labour U-turn “a great victory for the Gurkhas” (2) by Stephen Tall
	Ros Scott writes about Chris Rennard’s resignation (15) by Baroness Ros Scott
	Barbara Alexander RIP (2) by The Voice
	Liberal Reformers (or, the revolution will be blogged) (17) by Alix Mortimer
	LDV Members’ Survey – MPs’ expenses (2): what you think of it all (0) by Stephen Tall
	Mark Reckons on BBC Radio 4’s ‘More or Less’ (2) by Stephen Tall
	Question Time – open thread, 21/05 #bbcqt (15) by Alex Foster
22nd	Daily View 2×2: 22 May 09 (0) by Stephen Tall
	Beith and Swinson latest Lib Dems named in expenses row (30) by Stephen Tall
	Ordinary voters have lost touch with Conservative MPs (5) by Helen Duffett
	Ros Scott: Lib Dem internal code of conduct on expenses (36) by Alix Mortimer
	Lynne Featherstone asks: who should be the next Speaker? (3) by Helen Duffett
	Papering over the crack of the elephant in the room (46) by Stephen Tall
	New edition of Liberator (0) by The Liberator Collective
	LDV Members’ Survey – MPs’ expenses (3): the political impact (2) by Stephen Tall
	Recommended reading for Labour MPs (2) by Mark Pack
23rd	A puzzler for any procedural pedants (5) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Nonsense on stilts from Darling (1) by Ed Randall
	YouTube ‘cos we want to: MPs’ expenses special (1) by Stephen Tall
	Bring back Nads! (1) by Stephen Tall
	Campaign focus: Don’t forget the locals (1) by Anders Hanson
	This is what happens when journalists lower their standards #mpsexpenses (20) by Stephen Tall
	In other election news … breakthrough for female representation in Kuwait (0) by Mark Pack
	Haringey Labour increase their allowances by stealth (2) by Mark Pack
	LDV Members’ Survey – MPs’ expenses (4): Lib Dem MPs’ claims (43) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #117 (1) by Stephen Tall
	An unusual election poster (7) by Mark Pack
24th	Daily View 2×2: 24 May 09 (2) by Mark Pack
	LDV Members’ Survey – MPs’ expenses (5): how Nick Clegg’s performed (0) by Stephen Tall
	Weekly catchup to 23/05/09 (1) by Alex Foster
	Which party leads online? (26) by Mark Pack
	Jo Swinson’s expenses: why you should write an email today (3) by James Graham
	A Conservative, a Facebook profile, an expulsion (3) by Mark Pack
	How much should an MP spend on a website? (9) by Mark Pack
25th	What they said about the Commons (2) by Mark Pack
	Daily View 2×2: 25 May 09 (3) by Helen Duffett
	LDV Members’ Survey – MPs’ expenses (6): your views about the Speaker (1) by Stephen Tall
	Blogging the revolution: Let a group of ordinary voters fix the expenses mess (4) by Antony Hook
	Scientology goes on trial in France (21) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Why the sensible candidate is now the outmoded one (39) by Rich Wilson
26th	Daily View 2×2: 26 May 2009 (13) by Richard Huzzey
	Cometh the hour, cometh PR? (18) by Alex Foster
	‘Tory bungs £22k for a leaflet’ (2) by Mark Pack
	Interesting use of YouTube (0) by Alex Foster
	An easy way for by-election candidates to communicate with voters (3) by Mark Pack
	Conservatives expel branch chair for saying vote UKIP (6) by Mark Pack
	Labour councillor switches to Lib Dems on Merseyside (4) by Mark Pack
27th	Daily View 2×2: 27 May 2009 (6) by Alix Mortimer
	Guardian mostly apologises to Jo Swinson (0) by Mark Pack
	David Boothroyd in Wikipedia sockpuppeting brouhaha (12) by Mark Pack
	Lib Dems tackle UKIP head on (3) by Alex Foster
	At least the trains are running on time (Or are they?) (7) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg to clamp down on Lib Dem Lords’ allowances (15) by Stephen Tall
	Lewes Lib Dem councillor defects to Tories (6) by Stephen Tall
	The loans that aren’t loans are no more (0) by Mark Pack
	Lib Dem MEPs’ ‘reform and transparency’ rankings (1) by Stephen Tall
	Those Lib Dem donation figures in full (Q1, 2009) (12) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg unveils 100-day plan to abolish Lords and reform voting (20) by The Voice
28th	Daily View 2×2: 28 May 2009 (0) by Alex Foster
	Clegg’s 100 Day Action Plan to save Britain’s Democracy IN FULL (25) by Stephen Tall
	Change politics for good: PPB preview (8) by Mark Pack
	UKIP and BNP having trouble with facts (12) by Alex Foster
	David Cameron forgets how many houses he has (3) by Mark Pack
	Dawn Butler does it again (1) by Mark Pack
	How not to do postal votes (3) by Mark Pack
	Voters sceptical about Cameron’s talk of reform (3) by Helen Duffett
	Chris Fox writes … Help Nick Reform British Politics (11) by Chris Fox
	LDV accounts published (7) by Alex Foster
	The latest goings on in Barnet (0) by Duncan Macdonald
	Question Time – open thread, 28/05 #bbcqt (13) by Alex Foster
29th	Good news from Brent as Labour agree to stop Sarah Teather smears (2) by Mark Pack
	Daily View 2×2: 29 May 2009 (2) by Stephen Tall
	Conservative candidate in bigamy revelation (19) by Mark Pack
	Royal Marine congratulates Nick Clegg (16) by Mark Pack
	Postal vote printers mess up in Cornwall (7) by Mark Pack
	Has the BNP been telling the truth about its website? (4) by Mark Pack
	David Amess hides in a hairdressers (3) by Mark Pack
	In five minutes: where we stand on Europe (0) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #118 (1) by Stephen Tall
	Get the party’s European manifesto on your iPhone (1) by Mark Pack
	How well is Cameron dealing with MPs’ expenses? (6) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg: quitting MPs should say goodbye to their golden goodbyes (21) by The Voice
30th	Open thread: what’s on your mind? (22) by The Voice
	Wikipedia bans Church of Scientology (4) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: The G20 protests – two months on, what lessons have been learned? (1) by Andrew May
	The LDV weekend meme: worst canvassing experiences (10) by Stephen Tall
	YouTube ‘cos we want to: McKay, Vince and Nads (1) by Stephen Tall
	That Staggers / Clegg interview in full (3) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Forget ‘flipping,’ moats and duck houses – this constitutional crisis is a glorious opportunity (3) by Prateek Buch
31st	Poll Position for the Lib Dems? (10) by Richard Huzzey
	Daily View 2×2: 31 May 09 (4) by Mark Pack
	The Observer says: vote Liberal Democrat (11) by Mark Pack
	Have you got your virtual window poster up? (0) by Mark Pack
	Vince Cable rejects Telegraph speculation of deal with Labour (2) by Mark Pack
	A look back at the polls: May ’09 (0) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Strange bedfellows? (0) by Daniel Russell
	Opinion: Pay close attention to an independent voice on UK economic policy (6) by Ed Randall
	What’s the significance of today’s Observer editorial? (21) by Mark Pack
	Nine months on, Daily Telegraph catches up on our Glenda Jackson story (1) by Mark Pack