Monthly Archives: October 2009

1st	73% say Marr wrong to ask PM about prescription pills (2) by Stephen Tall
	Some 0.5m Lib Dems read the now-Tory-again Sun (5) by Stephen Tall
	LDV doesn’t do statporn, but if we did (Sept. ‘09) (0) by Stephen Tall
	Daily View 2×2: 1 October (1) by Alex Foster
	YouTube ‘cos we want to: Gordon, Dawkins and Fordham (3) by Stephen Tall
	Lamb slaughters Burnham’s “vague unfunded” hospital parking wish (6) by Stephen Tall
	Because homphobia is gay when it’s against Tories, too (26) by Stephen Tall
	Forthcoming PPC selections (5) by Mark Pack
	BBC Question Time – LDV open thread, 1 October2009 #bbcqt (0) by Alex Foster
2nd	Daily View 2×2: 2 October 2009 (0) by Helen Duffett
	Ed Davey condems Tory alliance with “extreme right wingers and homophobes” (5) by Mark Pack
	Electoral Commission heavily criticise report into plans for 2012 London elections (2) by Mark Pack
	Lib Dem social networking web developments coming soon! (6) by Stephen Tall
	Richmond Council pioneers green parking charges (6) by Mark Pack
	NEW: post-conference ’09 LDV members’ survey #ldconf (3) by Stephen Tall
	The leaders’ debate – is it really now game on? (12) by Stephen Tall
	The LDV Friday Five (ish): 2/10/09 (1) by Stephen Tall
3rd	The LDV Saturday caption competition – Jo Swinson (8) by The Voice
	Jim Fitzpatrick accused of abusing Parliamentary expenses (0) by Mark Pack
	Does filesharing help or hinder musicians? (36) by Mark Pack
	YouGov marginals polls: a smattering of details (0) by Mark Pack
	YouGov marginals poll: what it means for the Lib Dems (30) by Stephen Tall
	Nick welcomes Ireland’s Lisbon yes vote, says Tories are “embarrassing themselves” (17) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: A frightening party of selfishness and reactionism (24) by Paul Walter
	Would slavery have been abolished under Farage? (32) by Iain Roberts
	Wikio’s top blogs in the UK: September ’09 (2) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #135 (0) by Stephen Tall
4th	Daily View 2×2: 4 October 2009 (2) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Forget open primaries, and go for STV instead (17) by Geoffrey Payne
	New edition of Liberator (9) by The Liberator Collective
	The Independent View: Time to better regulate the sunbed industry (3) by Sarah Woolnough
	Cameron tested by the choppy waters of welfare, Lisbon and Marr (4) by Stephen Tall
5th	By-election results: 1 October 2009 (4) by John Bridges
	Daily View 2×2: 5 October 2009 (0) by Stephen Tall
	Ros Scott writes… Party President’s report to members, September ‘09 (0) by Baroness Ros Scott
	CommentIsLinked@LDV … A Vince double-bill – ‘Osbornomics’ and single mothers (1) by Stephen Tall
	How to get Lib Dem Voice by email (0) by Mark Pack
	CommentIsLinked@LDV … An Evan Harris double-bill: embryon research and BNP teacher ban (3) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dems choose Dawn to take on Dave in Witney (6) by Stephen Tall
	Twice as many Sun readers vote Lib Dem than Guardian readers (7) by Stephen Tall
	Royal Mail shut down useful community websites (14) by Alex Foster
6th	Daily View 2×2: 5 October 2009 (8) by Richard Huzzey
	Bad systems, not tired people get election counts wrong (16) by Mark Pack
	Haggis, Neeps and Liberalism #9 (8) by Bernard Salmon
	Foster on online pay-per-view for England World Cup match: football’s “making a fast buck” at fans’ expense (11) by Stephen Tall
	LDV post-conference members’ survey (1): Nick Clegg approval ratings (2) by Stephen Tall
	Iain Dale for Home Secretary? (10) by Richard Huzzey
	Vince – Osborne’s policies are “Lib Dem Lite” (8) by Stephen Tall
	Should Banksy graffiti be removed? Sutton lets the public decide (4) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #137 (0) by Stephen Tall
7th	Osborne’s pensions plan would leave women in the lurch – Webb (7) by Richard Huzzey
	Daily View 2×2: 7 October 2009 (0) by Iain Roberts
	Have you done the reader survey yet? (0) by Mark Pack
	Yes, council websites can (2) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Take care with the economic medicine you prescribe (24) by Ed Randall
	LDV post-conference members’ survey (2): ‘savage’ cuts, tuition fees, ‘mansion tax’ and the leadership (2) by Stephen Tall
	Huhne urges Labour – “Restore hero cops’ pensions” (6) by The Voice
	Postcode campaign gears up to save popular web services (6) by Mark Pack
8th	Daily View 2×2: 8 October 2009 (2) by Alex Foster
	Opinion: Why Lib Dems should hot-foot it to Sefton Central (12) by Richard Clein
	Jo Swinson calls Tories’ bluff on engaging the public online (1) by Alex Foster
	How you can help Liberal Democrat Voice (0) by The Voice
	Strange voices of support for Lib Dem tax policy (5) by Alex Foster
	Help people searching for advice on cervical cancer jab (2) by Alex Foster
	David Cameron’s speech: Danny Alexander responds (9) by Mark Pack
	Royal Mail, postcode data and what you can do (1) by Dominic Hargreaves
9th	Tom Watson writes … on the Royal Mail and postcodes (16) by Tom Watson
	Daily View 2×2: 9 October 2009 (4) by Helen Duffett
	The weird farce of Royal Mail parcel deliveries (11) by Mark Pack
	By-election results: 8 October 2009 (4) by John Bridges
	The LDV Friday Five (ish): 9 October 2009 (0) by Helen Duffett
	Councillors in the news: Barnet and Stoke (9) by Mark Pack
10th	The LDV Saturday caption competition – Vince ‘n’ Paddy (13) by The Voice
	Muslims won’t play with the gays! (21) by Andrew Reeves
	Taxpayers’ Alliance admits director doesn’t pay British tax (9) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: If you go down to the woods today… (7) by Bill le Breton
	An introduction to political blogging (2) by Mark Pack
11th	Daily View 2×2: 11 October 2009 (0) by Mark Pack
	Campaigning with Nick and Vince in Chippenham (3) by Duncan Hames MP
	Stephen Gately RIP: New beginning, sad ending (4) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: A Cooperative Coalition (150) by S
	Jon Sopel’s round-up of the best of the Sunday TV shows (0) by Mark Pack
	LDV post-conference members’ survey (3): what you thought of the Lib Dem conference (1) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #138 (0) by Stephen Tall
12th	Time for a Citizens’ Convention (13) by Stephen Tall
	Daily View 2×2: 12 October 2009 (2) by Stephen Tall
	What does the future hold for British political blogging? (5) by Mark Pack
	Y Barcud Oren #12 (2) by Gareth Aubrey
	Nick to pay back £910 #mpsexpenses (4) by Stephen Tall
	Are MPs being treated fairly? (13) by Stephen Tall
	Vince Cable, the free redical, and his “primitive five-grade relationship metric” (6) by Stephen Tall
13th	Daily View 2×2: 13 October 2009 (3) by Richard Huzzey
	Lib Dem MP: Where’s my nearest railway station? In Norway. (9) by The Voice
	Nick Clegg tweets about #trafigura (and #CarterRuck) (10) by Stephen Tall
	Vince attacks Gordon’s public debt “car boot sale” (5) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Our public services are overburdened with pointless regulation (31) by Jamie Bartlett
	Heath and Burstow table urgent Commons questions about Guardian injunction #Trafigura #CarterRuck (6) by Stephen Tall
	The net is mightier than the gag #trafigura (4) by Helen Duffett
	The bigger the cuts, the bigger the team (4) by Mark Pack
	Lib Dem MPs: what the Legg letters said (13) by Stephen Tall
	Let’s all say “Thank you” to #Trafigura with a postcard (3) by Stephen Tall
14th	Daily View 2×2: 14 October 2009 (2) by Iain Roberts
	Lib Dem MPs’ Legg letters: scores on the doors (7) by Stephen Tall
	#Trafigura – the Hansard transcript (13) by Stephen Tall
	Vince’s 5-point spending cuts plan (4) by Stephen Tall
	The Obama grassroots campaign: glass half empty or glass half full? (5) by Mark Pack
	CommentIsLinked@LDV … Nick Clegg: Sir Thomas Legg must re-open MPs’ expenses files (18) by The Voice
	Nick’s Commons statement on Afghanistan (2) by The Voice
	Millennium’s Credit Crunch Diary… September: Party Games (7) by Millennium Elephant
	Tory councillors suspended: Tony Arbour and Bertha Joseph (1) by Mark Pack
15th	Daily View 2×2: 15 October 2009 (1) by Alex Foster
	Haggis, Neeps and Liberalism #10 (0) by Callum Leslie
	The Lib Dem Legg letters – the missing 30 (8) by Stephen Tall
	The Independent View: Road to recovery (2) by Lucy Parsons
	How do you get people to do things? (4) by Mark Pack
	Lib Dem Bloggers Unconference – sign up now (11) by Alex Foster
	More Hansard quotes about #Trafigura (0) by Alex Foster
	Glasgow North East Lib Dems launch by-election campaign (1) by The Voice
	Unemployment: Lib Dems on the bleak national picture (3) by Stephen Tall
	Do university tuition fees deter the poorest? (22) by Stephen Tall
16th	Daily View 2×2: 16 October 2009 (2) by Helen Duffett
	David Owen: Lib Dems should “campaign for a role in a government of national unity” (6) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Après les conférences (6) by David Lawson
	Five of the seven top seats for graduate population have LibDem MPs (4) by Mark Pack
	Bedford mayoral election … Lib Dems’ Dave Hodgson ahead on 1st preferences (3) by Stephen Tall
	Bedford Mayoral Election … Lib Dems’ Dave Hogdson WINS! (31) by Stephen Tall
	The LDV Friday Five (ish): 16/10/09 (4) by Stephen Tall
	Members of the public who believe Lib Dem MPs behaved worst over expenses? ZERO PER CENT (12) by Stephen Tall
17th	What’s the best blogging platform for new bloggers? (13) by Mat Bowles
	Chris Huhne writes … Geert Wilders is best ignored (24) by Chris Huhne MP
	MPs expenses: some MPs still don’t get it (3) by Mark Pack
	The Legg letters: the 24 21 Lib Dem MPs staying silent (5) by Stephen Tall
	The LDV Saturday caption competition – Bedford mayoral sensation (15) by Stephen Tall
	Jan Moir: the dilemma for the PCC (and what you should say in your complaint) (17) by Mark Pack
	Lembit: it’s time to pull out of Afghanistan (8) by Stephen Tall
	Jenny Randerson: Wales should have its own stock exchange (5) by Stephen Tall
	How you can help the Lib Dems in Glasgow North East (1) by Andrew Reeves
18th	Daily View 2×2: 18 October (0) by Mark Pack
	Sunday Times: “Liberal Democrat Baroness Barker silent on location of home” (5) by Stephen Tall
	Clegg: Tories “should come clean” on attempts to airbrush Kaminski’s far right past (4) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Why we should all be 40% taxpayers! (8) by Joe Bourke
	A little Sunday fun (3) by Alex Foster
	US elections ’09 – a preview (7) by Paul Elgood
	The inside story of how the Lib Dem general election manifesto will be drawn up: coming soon (3) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #139 (0) by Stephen Tall
19th	Daily View 2×2: 19 October 2009 (1) by Stephen Tall
	LDV’s weekend round-up (17-18 Oct ’09) (0) by The Voice
	CommentIsLinked@LDV … Chris Huhne: The implicit media prejudice against the Lib Dems (7) by The Voice
	What Mrs Cameron actually wore (4) by Alex Foster
	Will you support the Reheat Britain campaign? (16) by David Cox
	The police get a bit of a surprise when they try to stop someone taking photos (8) by Mark Pack
	LibLink … Vince Cable: Loaded, yet STILL bankers are not doing their job lending to help businesses expand (1) by The Voice
	Kirsty on Lembit: “His approach to politics is different to mine.” (10) by Stephen Tall
	RIP Sir Ludovic Kennedy (0) by Stephen Tall
	“We can’t turn back the tide of internet piracy, says TV boss” (6) by Mark Pack
	UKIP faces £367,697 bill after court rules magistrate wrong to levy small ‘fine’ (41) by Mark Pack
20th	Daily View 2×2: 20 October 2009 (0) by Richard Huzzey
	What the media didn’t tell you about the Bedford Mayor election (0) by Mark Pack
	The inside story of how the Lib Dem general election manifesto will be drawn up (10) by Mark Pack
	Revealed … Nick Clegg’s preferred biscuit of choice (8) by Stephen Tall
	LibLink … Vince Cable: Flash a red light on reckless lending (0) by The Voice
	Where are the the think tank bloggers? (8) by Stephen Tall
	+++ Parliamentary authorities clear Lord Rennard of breaking expense rules (28) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg – “Parliament houses a shooting gallery but not a creche” (7) by The Voice
21st	Daily View 2×2: 21 October 2009 (0) by Iain Roberts
	Lib Dem website comes close second in policy search tests (4) by Mark Pack
	Lib Dem Voice has a new co-editor (0) by Stephen Tall
	LibLink … Chris Huhne: Why I will debate with Nick Griffin (3) by The Voice
	Evan secures Parliamentary debate on Trafigura and libel laws (0) by The Voice
	Cabinet Office: correspondence chaos update (4) by Mark Pack
	Andrew Lewin selected for Lib Dems in Hertford and Stortford (4) by Helen Duffett
	Rennard’s expenses clearance: Party needs to learn some lessons in transparency (29) by Stephen Tall
	Video: Simon Hughes on the Liberal Democrats’ 10:10 campaign motion (4) by Helen Duffett
	LibLink … Paddy Ashdown: Afghanistan’s future lies in strengthening its tribal structures, not in its corrupt government (1) by The Voice
	Vince: Equitable Life defeat a blow to policyholders who lost half their pensions (2) by Stephen Tall
	NEW POLL: How should the Lib Dems increase their number of female MPs? (60) by Stephen Tall
	Conservative Bedford woes (3) by Mark Pack
22nd	Daily View 2×2: 22 October 2009 (0) by Alex Foster
	Mansion Tax: FT praises, Government doesn’t reject (3) by Mark Pack
	Open Rights Group call to action (1) by Jim Killock
	Nick Griffin’s verdict on Chris Huhne (8) by Stephen Tall
	LDV readers say: Yes to Vince’s ‘Mansion Tax’ (0) by Stephen Tall
	Simon Hughes on the Labour MPs “failing to match climate rhetoric with real action” (3) by The Voice
	BBC Question Time – LDV open thread, 22 October 2009 #bbcqt (18) by Alex Foster
23rd	Daily View 2×2: 23 October 2009 (1) by Helen Duffett
	BBC1 Question Time: your Lib Dem blogs reader (5) by The Voice
	What did you make of Chris Huhne’s Question Time performance? #bbcqt (31) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: A Liberal Line on Immigration (61) by Patrick Murray
	LibLink … Chris Huhne: Griffin is trying to peddle hatred against Muslims (0) by The Voice
	Tory frockgate unravels further (8) by Alex Foster
	The LDV Friday Five (ish): 23/10/09 (3) by Stephen Tall
	Vince – this “could yet become the deepest recession on record” (8) by The Voice
24th	Where to get ideas for blogposts (6) by Mark Thompson
	LDVideo – Nick, Nick and Nickers (2) by Stephen Tall
	The LDV Saturday caption competition – egging on the BNP’s Nick Griffin (5) by The Voice
	Labour’s Dawn Butler’s “strange” complaint: BBC should have invited me on before BNP’s Griffin (9) by The Voice
	Opinion: Why vote Liberal? (24) by Adam Gillett
	Tory councillor defects to Lib Dems in Somerset (1) by The Voice
25th	Daily View 2×2: 25 October 2009 (3) by Mark Pack
	Welcome to Iain Roberts (4) by Mark Pack
	LibLink … Vince Cable: Economic recovery? It’s vanished into a yawning gap between a rich capital and the rest of the country (10) by The Voice
	Is it time for the Scottish Lib Dems to back an independence referendum? (20) by Stephen Tall
	Sopel on Sunday: best of the Sunday political shows (0) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #140 (1) by Stephen Tall
	Tories’ St Austell & Newquay candidate in ‘D*h*d!!!’ smear storm (8) by Stephen Tall
26th	Daily View 2×2: 26 October 2009 (0) by Stephen Tall
	Nick Harvey condemns “poor taste” Jimmy Carr (22) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Metro Mayors for UK’s largest cities (12) by The Voice
	David Lammy and Quentin Davies provoke warning from Treasury over ministerial behaviour (0) by Mark Pack
	What is slavery? (12) by Richard Huzzey
	British Muslims for Secular Democracy plan counter demonstration (4) by The Voice
	Mark Littlewood resigns Lib Dem membership for IEA Director job (179) by Richard Huzzey
	John Stuart Mill symposium – Saturday 14 November, LSE, London (0) by Duncan Brack
	Better late than never (5) by Stephen Tall
27th	Daily View 2×2: 27 October 2009 (0) by Richard Huzzey
	More financial power for cities (3) by The Voice
	Illegal file-sharing: what does the public think? (9) by Mark Pack
	Novel post office campaign (1) by Alex Foster
	Richmond Lib Dems apologise for “liar liar pants on fire” website photo (0) by The Voice
	Mike Collins selected as Lib Dems’ Cotswolds candidate (4) by The Voice
	Upick Opik? Not if you’re Hansard (3) by Stephen Tall
	Neil Matthews quits as Folkestone’s Lib Dem candidate (11) by The Voice
28th	Speaker Bercow tells Nick: no inquiry into MPs’ ‘flipping’ or CGT evasion (6) by Stephen Tall
	Daily View 2×2: 28 October 2009 (2) by Iain Roberts
	Building the houses we need in Britain’s cities (14) by The Voice
	Ros Scott’s Report of the Lib Dem Federal Executive held (26th October 2009) (4) by Baroness Ros Scott
	Dodgy dealings at the G20? (2) by The Voice
	Biscuitgate proponents left with custard on face (10) by Alex Foster
	Opinion: Here comes the giant ‘house-swap’ (16) by Susan Gaszczak
	NEW POLL: would you support Tony Blair as the first President of the EU? (48) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dem council leader quits over ‘Astragate’ affair (9) by The Voice
29th	Daily View 2×2: 29 October 2009 (2) by Alex Foster
	Opinion: Campaigning for F1 (11) by Andy Darley
	More power for cities over skills budgets (2) by The Voice
	Filesharing plans ignore legal rights, claims Foster (6) by Iain Roberts
	Scientology convicted of fraud in France (0) by Mark Pack
	Watford’s liberal Lib Dem Mayor – what Iain Dale didn’t report (36) by Stephen Tall
	Glasgow North-East by-election update (7) by Andrew Reeves
	LibLink … Norman Baker: Devil in detail of MP expenses rules (1) by The Voice
	Coming soon … Paddy’s novel (6) by The Voice
	Sara Bedford on the Watford play areas ‘Flat Earth News’ day (7) by Stephen Tall
	Your Caroline Righton reader (2) by Mark Pack
	LibLink … Ed Davey: The Wrong Brit for the Wrong Job (7) by Mark Pack
30th	The Tory councillors who labelled their Lib Dem opponents “morons” refuse to apologise (21) by Stephen Tall
	LibLink … Vince Cable: We rage at bankers, and the state-backed casino rolls on (4) by The Voice
	Daily View 2×2: 30 October 2009 (1) by Helen Duffett
	Welcome to the new bloggers… (0) by Mark Pack
	The ban on MPs employing their relatives: two Lib Dems protest (18) by Stephen Tall
	The Kaminski row: 2 must-read articles (3) by Stephen Tall
	David Nutt: why was he sacked? (53) by Mark Pack
	The LDV Friday Five (ish): 30/10/09 (2) by Stephen Tall
31st	Blogging style and etiquette (3) by Jonathan Calder
	The LDV Saturday caption competition – Nick Clegg’s desk job (22) by The Voice
	Times: Tavish Scott expected to see off Lib Dem rebellion on opposition to referendum (12) by Stephen Tall
	Mike Crockart selected for Edinburgh West (4) by Mark Pack