Monthly Archives: June 2009

1st	Daily View 2×2: 1 June 09 (2) by Helen Duffett
	Forthcoming PPC selections (1) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg: at home in more ways than one (1) by Helen Duffett
	Voting Tory or UKIP on Thursday is not in Britain’s best interests (6) by Alex Foster
	LDV doesn’t do statporn, but if we did (May ’09) (0) by Stephen Tall
	Conservative voters back electoral reform; public doesn’t want to cut MP pay (2) by Mark Pack
	Postal voting woes in West Sussex (0) by Mark Pack
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable triple-bill (1) by The Voice
	Polly Toynbee: vote Liberal Democrat (16) by Mark Pack
2nd	Daily View 2×2: 2 June 2009 (3) by Helen Duffett
	Swear-word cock-up in Cornwall (3) by Stephen Tall
	Guardian endorses Lib Dems in Euro elections (more or less) (11) by Stephen Tall
	Justice Eady stands up for political freedom of speech (4) by Mark Pack
	Ros Scott writes… Party President’s report to members, May ’09 (26) by Baroness Ros Scott
	LDV election prediction competition: what will happen on 4th June? (23) by Stephen Tall
	Compass want Lib Dems at its conference (14) by Gavin Hayes
	One of the very best Conservative leaflets ever (7) by Mark Pack
	Lib Dem MPs to vote for an early general election (9) by Mark Pack
	William Hague’s sideswipe at Alan Duncan (0) by Mark Pack
	“Taunton Conservative Candidate Forced To Apologise For Slurs Following Police Investigation” (4) by Mark Pack
3rd	Daily View 2×2: 3 June 2009 (2) by Alix Mortimer
	“Some of the Greens’ proposals are staggeringly extreme” (15) by Mark Pack
	Who’s winning the expectations battle? (6) by Stephen Tall
	Gordon Brown and expenses: he has a bit of form (3) by Mark Pack
	David Lammy accused of misleading Parliament (0) by Mark Pack
	Official: Tory councils cost you more (6) by The Voice
	Opinion: what the heck do the Party President and Federal Executive do? (14) by Paul Walter
	Opinion: e-Campaigning in Kent (6) by Alex Perkins
4th	Daily View 2×2: 4 June 2009 (3) by Alex Foster
	The Independent backs the Liberal Democrats (10) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Some notes from the doorstep in a weird election campaign (9) by Joe Taylor
	We would be “suicidal” to do a deal with Labour (17) by Alix Mortimer
	Reasons to vote Liberal Democrat (22) by Mark Pack
	A final look back at the Euro polls (1) by Stephen Tall
	Video: Nick Clegg on the European Elections (0) by Helen Duffett
	LDV election prediction competition: what you’ve said so far (0) by Stephen Tall
	A sure-fire way to bring a smile to your face… (6) by The Voice
	Four confirmed candidates for Speaker so far (3) by Mark Pack
	Belfast’s new Lord Mayor is from the Alliance (0) by Mark Pack
	James Purnell quits and tells Gordon Brown his time is up (3) by Mark Pack
	BBC Question Time – LDV open thread, 4 June ’09 #bbcqt (12) by Stephen Tall
	Ending as I begun: unusual legal advice (0) by Mark Pack
	How small could the Cabinet be? (5) by Mark Pack
5th	Local elections – overnight open thread (59) by The Voice
	Lib Dems gain control of Bristol Council (1) by Mark Pack
	Daily View 2×2: 5 June 2009 (1) by Stephen Tall
	Cabinet reshuffle – open thread (14) by Stephen Tall
	Local elections – Friday open thread (130) by Stephen Tall
	BBC national projected vote share (8) by Alex Foster
	Just when you thought the last 24 hours’ news couldn’t get more bizarre… (39) by Stephen Tall
	Roger Williams MP on World Environment Day (0) by Roger Williams MP
	WED: an uncomfortable vision of the future (9) by Peter Hirst
	WED: Green Lib Dems annual conference (0) by Alex Foster
6th	The Saturday Open Thread (6 Jun ’09): what’s on your mind? (2) by Stephen Tall
	Local elections ’09: the LDV verdict (37) by Stephen Tall
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: James Graham – The party of potholes (2) by The Voice
	The Great Expectations Game (29) by Stephen Tall
	Nick Clegg in conversation with Iain Dale (1) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #119 (0) by Stephen Tall
	How can you help Liberal Democrat Voice? (10) by The Voice
7th	Daily View 2×2: 7 June 2009 (2) by Mark Pack
	Millennium’s Credit Crunch Diary… May: Not Just Moral Bankruptcy (2) by Millennium Elephant
	How to make the most of Facebook, part 2 (1) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #120 (2) by Stephen Tall
	Are you on your way to the Forum? (0) by Stephen Tall
	Euro election results ’09: Sunday night open thread (3) by Stephen Tall
	European elections: rolling results news (84) by The Voice
8th	It’s not just MPs who’ve got problems with their expenses (1) by Mark Pack
	Daily View 2×2: 8 June 2009 (3) by Helen Duffett
	Come and debate #MPexpenses: a triumph for journalism? (3) by Stephen Tall
	Euro elections ’09: the LDV verdict (35) by Stephen Tall
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable – Oil – the next shock waiting in the pipeline (0) by The Voice
	Opinion: Losing at the Bridge Table (14) by David Allen
	How the Euro results prove PR works (25) by The Voice
	Opinion: Time for a U-turn on Lisbon Treaty (31) by Darrell Goodliffe
	Adrian Sanders apologises over leaked document (14) by Helen Duffett
9th	Daily View 2×2: 9 June 2009 (0) by Helen Duffett
	Why Labour must wish they were led by Ming Campbell (2) by Stephen Tall
	Children added to DNA database daily (1) by Helen Duffett
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Nick Clegg – Governments that can’t be scrutinised will always turn oppressive (0) by The Voice
	Opinion: The insipid political class we breed (92) by S
	Hemming advises couple: move abroad to prevent new-born child being taken into care (6) by The Voice
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Ross Finnie – Devolution ‘mistakes were made’ (0) by The Voice
	Guardian publishes full list of Euro election results (12) by Alex Foster
	Official: the best (and worst) Lib Dem Euro results (17) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Liberal Democrats should show their Pride (13) by Dave Page
10th	Judgement Day for Boris Johnson’s first year in office (3) by Helen Duffett
	Daily View 2×2: 10 June 2009 (1) by Alix Mortimer
	What newspapers do Liberal Democrat voters read? (12) by Mark Pack
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Nick Clegg – The torch of progress has passed to us (0) by The Voice
	DLT: Social Liberalism (6) by Dictionary of Liberal Thought
	PMQs: social housing and repossession (4) by Alix Mortimer
	NEW POLL: should the Lib Dems support AV? (36) by Stephen Tall
	What Nick said to Gordon about political reform (0) by The Voice
	Opinion: Under-representation of BME members in the Lib Dems (29) by Afzal Shaikh
	YouTube ‘cos we want to: Brown, brown and Steen (2) by Stephen Tall
11th	Things that can go wrong with your election leaflet, part 94 (2) by Mark Pack
	Daily View 2×2: 11 June 2009 (1) by Alex Foster
	Opinion: Avoiding cynical electoral reform (11) by David Parkes
	Nick takes ‘The Toynbee Test’ (8) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: The office of citizen (3) by Rob Hart
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Sirs Ming & Alan publish their Speaker manifestos (0) by Stephen Tall
	LDV readers say: Frank Field for Commons Speaker (4) by Stephen Tall
	Revisiting Jo Swinson and the Telegraph’s #mpexpenses stories (6) by Stephen Tall
	BBC Question Time – LDV open thread, 11 June ‘09 #bbcqt (5) by Alex Foster
	My favourite piece of post-election spinning (8) by Mark Pack
12th	EXCLUSIVE: Ros Scott announces no permanent replacement for Rennard as Lib Dem Chief Exec ’til 2010 (14) by Stephen Tall
	Daily View 2×2: 12 June 2009 (0) by Stephen Tall
	The Independent View: Restore trust to reform democracy (4) by Rick Muir
	Oxford Tories suspended over ‘racist jokes’ (14) by The Voice
	Opinion: The Alternative Vote – a staging post towards STV (19) by Harry Hayfield
	Opinion: Talk of PR makes me all of a dither (16) by Ed Maxfield
	Is Gordon Brown Labour’s Lloyd George? (6) by Stephen Tall
	YouTube ‘cos we want to: Jeremy, David and Paddy (3) by Stephen Tall
13th	The LDV Saturday Open Thread (13 Jun ‘09): what’s on your mind? (6) by Stephen Tall
	Kettering Tory MP Philip Hollobone in ‘clean coal’ directorship row (5) by Stephen Tall
	Why I’ve lobbied my MP over the choice of Speaker (1) by Mark Pack
	GriffinWatch: exposing the BNP (14) by Nick T
	Opinion: Reconsidering political reform (14) by Leo Watkins
14th	Daily View 2×2: 14 June 2009 (1) by Mark Pack
	Congrats to Fiyaz Mughal OBE (3) by The Voice
	Lib Dems call on George Osborne to pay capital gains tax (4) by Mark Pack
	And the winners are… (0) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Replacing Labour in four easy steps (24) by Costigan Quist
	LDV Weekend Meme: five favourite political TV dramas (14) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #121 (4) by Stephen Tall
15th	Daily View 2×2: 15 June 2009 (1) by Helen Duffett
	Death by bar chart? Tories plotting to kill in Norwich North (49) by Helen Duffett
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable – My lost appendix – and what it taught me about the NHS (2) by The Voice
	Opinion: Genuine chance for Lib Dem breakthrough (9) by Mark Hanson
	Radio Alert – Phone Clegg (1) by Alex Foster
	Speaker’s Conference on Parliamentary Representation: have your say (0) by Helen Duffett
	Clegg on Iraq inquiry: “nothing short of a fully public inquiry – held in the open – will satisfy soldiers’ families.” (7) by Stephen Tall
16th	How good was Obama’s campaign? (12) by Mark Pack
	Daily View 2×2: 16 June 2009 (1) by Richard Huzzey
	Open Thread – Nick Clegg’s #bbcradio4 phonein (4) by Alex Foster
	Opinion: Bold new leadership and a united strategic front (7) by Kasch Wilder
	Digital Britain: Lib Dems to oppose BBC licence fee top-slicing (11) by Stephen Tall
	Lords vote to ban tax exiles and non-doms from donating to political parties (14) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg: Lib Dems won’t replace Trident (39) by Stephen Tall
	Liberal Youth in the spotlight (32) by The Voice
17th	NEW POLL: was Clegg right to ditch Trident? (21) by Stephen Tall
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable – This recession is very far from over (4) by The Voice
	Daily View 2×2: 17 June 2009 (1) by Alix Mortimer
	PMQs: banking system (4) by Alix Mortimer
	Good wishes to Matthew Taylor and his family (0) by The Voice
	Lib Dems reveal civil servants paid £26m in bonuses (2) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Wanted – A Liberal Plan for Europe (25) by Gordon Frankland
	YouTube ‘cos we want to: Tory leaders special (10) by Stephen Tall
18th	Daily View 2×2: 18 June 2009 (1) by Alex Foster
	Haggis, Neeps and Liberalism #5 (1) by Stephen Glenn
	Burnley Lib Dems call for Kitty Ussher to quit and trigger by-election (3) by The Voice
	Osborne claimed £47 for DVD of his own speech on … value for taxpayers’ money (13) by Stephen Tall
	Gidley and Carmichael back Bercow for Speaker (3) by Stephen Tall
	Davey: Blair must come clean on torture or quit as Mid-East envoy (4) by The Voice
	Jeff Reid selected as Lib Dem PPC for Blyth Valley (1) by The Voice
	Lib Dem councillor reveals Lancashire Town hall uses anti-terror laws to snoop on cleaners (4) by Stephen Tall
	BBC Question Time – LDV open thread, 18 June 2009 #bbcqt (7) by Alex Foster
19th	Which party’s winning on the web? (3) by Helen Duffett
	Daily View 2×2: 19 June 2009 (3) by Stephen Tall
	Reinventing the State reprinted (6) by Richard Grayson
	Did you see the reports about the public getting keener to vote in European elections? (4) by Mark Pack
	Iran: what is unfolding? (18) by Leo Watkins
	LDV at Local Solutions 2009 (3) by Alex Foster
	Lib Dem councillor refuses to apologise for calling mayor a “nob” (7) by The Voice
	Willis challenges Mandelson over student places funding squeeze (2) by The Voice
	Oi, Hilary, put that light out! (4) by The Voice
	Ralf Dahrendorf obituary (6) by Mark Pack
20th	The LDV Saturday Open Thread (20 Jun ‘09): what’s on your mind? (60) by Stephen Tall
	LDV readers say: yes to Alternative Vote over first-past-the-post (13) by Stephen Tall
	Twitter and the rise of new media (8) by Mark Thompson
	Are you on your way to the Forum? (0) by Stephen Tall
21st	Is this the next Speaker of the House of Commons? (5) by The Voice
	Daily View 2×2: 21 June 2009 (1) by Mark Pack
	Clegg on cacti, drugs, Theroux and cross-dressing. Oh, and politics, too (6) by The Voice
	Express reveals god-like Vince is human after all (5) by Stephen Tall
	Taxpayers’ Alliance: MPs should be bad employers (4) by Mark Pack
	Local Solutions 2009 – first responses (1) by Alex Foster
	April Pond selected for Norwich North (21) by The Voice
	Arrested for requesting a policeman’s badge number (9) by Helen Duffett
22nd	Daily View 2×2: 22 June 2009 (0) by Helen Duffett
	NEW POLL: should BNP members be banned from teaching? (24) by Stephen Tall
	Who are you supporting in the race for Commons Speaker? (17) by Stephen Tall
	Local Solutions 2009 – Nick Clegg and Ros Scott (0) by Alex Foster
	Opinion: Should we really be proclaiming that “Labour is finished”? (24) by Andrew Lewin
	Speaker election – it’s Bercow or Young (5) by Stephen Tall
	BREAKING – first #newspeaker results (3) by Alex Foster
	Speaker election round 2 – and it’s still Bercow or Young (2) by Stephen Tall
	Congratulations Speaker Bercow (8) by Stephen Tall
	Sweeping changes to conference motions rules come into force (7) by Mark Pack
	‘The Age of Ming’ – Tue 23 June, BBC Radio 4, 11am (0) by Stephen Tall
	Ian Clement quits as deputy mayor of London (1) by Helen Duffett
23rd	Daily View 2×2: 23 June 2009 (0) by Richard Huzzey
	Local Solutions 2009 – Paul Scriven on the Sheffield story (5) by Alex Foster
	What happens when you change your email address? (1) by Mark Pack
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable – Peril of barking bankers tugging at leash (1) by The Voice
	What do you think of the Tories’ new European Conservatives and Reformists group? (21) by Stephen Tall
	Dear John… Nick Clegg sets out Iraq inquiry stance (2) by The Voice
	LDV readers say: big yes to Nick Clegg’s Trident U-turn (8) by Stephen Tall
	Find Tory David Amess’s £1,500 website and win an LDV prize! (7) by Stephen Tall
	Transparency is for Lib Dems, too (7) by Stephen Tall
	Tory claims for astrology CD (42) by Alix Mortimer
24th	The best Standards Commitee ruling, ever (3) by Mark Pack
	Daily View 2×2: 24 June 2009 (0) by Alix Mortimer
	Local Solutions 2009 – Carbon Reduction Commitment for councils (0) by Alex Foster
	PMQs: when will Brown admit he’s wrong? (5) by Alix Mortimer
	Opinion: We the people, to form a more perfect union… (8) by Antony Hook
	Riso Monkey Diary… The Riso That Binds (4) by Lib Dem Riso Monkey
	Clegg: Lib Dems can overtake Labour (3) by Stephen Tall
	Iain Dale’s EXCLUSIVE Norwich North story: less than meets the eye (24) by Stephen Tall
	Heath on the Iraq inquiry (0) by Stephen Tall
	How solid is the Tories’ ‘extreme and ragbag’ Euro grouping? (8) by Stephen Tall
	Boris Johnson in expenses hot water (5) by Mark Pack
25th	Daily View 2×2: 25 June 2009 (2) by Alex Foster
	LDV interviews … Carl Minns (2) by Mark Pack
	Lib Dems force government climbdown on MPs’ pension increases (0) by Stephen Tall
	FT editorial: Lib Dems’ “ultimate selling point is they are not like the other parties” (13) by Stephen Tall
	Local Solutions 2009 – Julia Goldsworthy and Paul Scriven (0) by Alex Foster
	Chris Fox appointed Lib Dems’ interim chief executive (5) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Meeting Vince Cable (sort of) (1) by Mark Thompson
	Adonis declares end of the road for road-pricing (5) by Stephen Tall
	Coming later tonight – new format to LDV #bbcqt open thread (1) by Stephen Tall
	Brown’s five Iraq inquiry U-turns explained (2) by Stephen Tall
	BBC Question Time – LDV open thread, 25 June 2009 #bbcqt (17) by Stephen Tall
26th	Brian Coleman runs up another huge taxi bill (2) by Mark Pack
	Daily View 2×2: 26 June 2009 (2) by Stephen Tall
	What’s the right way to respond to #MichaelJackson’s death? (11) by Stephen Tall
	End Mental Health Discrimination: Repeal Section 141 (6) by Patrick Murray
	Live from Norwich – ICM poll shows close result and Clegg stands by Lib Dem campaign (33) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg marks Armed Forces Day with 5-point plan to improve service conditions (5) by The Voice
	YouTube ‘cos we want to: Bercow, New Labour and Obama (11) by Stephen Tall
27th	The LDV Saturday Open Thread (27 Jun ‘09): what’s on your mind? (2) by Stephen Tall
	Police investigate Aberdeen Lib Dem councillor (4) by The Voice
	Pugh sticks up for posties sacked for not wearing cycle helmets (11) by The Voice
	Opinion: RIPA – Lib Dems are leading the way in improving scrutiny of council surveillance (0) by Cllr Terry Stacy
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #122 (0) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Liberal Youth in the headlights (10) by Rich Wilson
28th	Daily View 2×2: 28 June 2009 (0) by Mark Pack
	Rupert Read and the false allegations (103) by Mark Pack
	LDV Weekend Meme: fantasy liberal cabinet (27) by Stephen Tall
29th	Greater Manchester Lib Dem PPC defects to Labour (62) by Stephen Tall
	Daily View 2×2: 29 June 2009 (0) by Helen Duffett
	Inexperienced officers in protest frontline – never again, say MPs (4) by Helen Duffett
	Bexley Conservatives throw out Ian Clement (0) by Helen Duffett
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Vince Cable – Our next test of courage: to cut public sector pensions (3) by The Voice
30th	The mess enveloping the law over local election candidates (10) by Mark Pack
	Norwich North poll date set for 23 July (1) by Stephen Tall
	Daily View 2×2: 30 June 2009 (0) by Richard Huzzey
	Clegg on Brown’s mini-manifesto: “a hotch-potch of unrelated Whitehall schemes” (5) by Stephen Tall
	CommentIsLinked@LDV: Paddy Ashdown – The Cold War is over. We must move on, fast (7) by The Voice
	How are Lib Dem councillors using Twitter/Facebook? (5) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: To STV, and beyond … (20) by Adam Bell
	Huhne: scrap ID cards and put 10,000 bobbies on the beat. Three reasons why he’s wrong (7) by Stephen Tall
	The Electoral Commission gets it wrong on turnout (12) by Mark Pack