Monthly Archives: March 2011

1st	An Early Day Motion to change Early Day Motions (0) by Mark Pack
	The secret to getting 1,000 ward residents to follow you on Twitter (6) by Mark Pack
	Continuing the Welsh Yes Campaign (1) by Mark Cole
	LibLink: Julian Astle – The real threat to the Coalition’s public services reforms doesn’t come from the EU (12) by Nick T
	Opinion: Baroness Williams shows how to disagree with coalition policy with grace (11) by Lisa Harding
	Independent Commission on Banking threatened mass resignation to make Osborne back-off (13) by Mark Pack
2nd	National election expenditure dropped, as 3% of candidates broke law (8) by Mark Pack
	DPMQS: baiting Mister Mañana (16) by Paul Walter
	Forgotten Liberal heroes: Nancy Seear (10) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Cutting Crime in Scotland’s Festival City (0) by Paul Edie
	Opinion: Lib Dems deliver fairness in Reading (6) by Daisy Benson
	LibLink: Olly Grender – Who Da Man ……….. Date (6) by Nick T
	Coalition drops plans to allow Ministers to scrap quangos without consulting Parliament (3) by The Voice
	Don’t let Liberal Youth get away with murder (8) by Helen Duffett
3rd	Britain Votes 2010: another book, but any more information? (0) by Mark Pack
	PMQs: Miliband nukes Cameron (10) by Paul Walter
	Government goes over-the-top in boasting about how it is centralising decisions (6) by Mark Pack
	Poll: What should an elected second chamber be called? (39) by Helen Duffett
	LibLink: Chris Huhne’s micro op-ed in The Sun (2) by Mark Pack
	Everything you ever wanted to know about… Policy and the Parliamentary Party (part 3) (0) by Mark Valladares
	LibLink: Jeremy Browne and Nick Harvey on an International Arms Trade Treaty (6) by Helen Duffett
	Baroness Sal Brinton’s maiden speech (0) by Sal Brinton
4th	Barnsley Central result: Labour win, Lib Dems sixth (195) by The Voice
	Office of Tax Simplification quotes Star Trek and recommends ending relief for a tax rule that no longer exists (2) by Mark Pack
	Economic statistic of the week: retirement ages in the UK (7) by Mark Pack
	Review of London elections calls for changes in law ahead of 2012 (5) by Mark Pack
	Good news for local government as capitalisation budget increased by half (4) by Mark Pack
	Robert Peston casts his eye over George Monbiot’s tax plans (10) by Mark Pack
	Linda Jack writes: Nick Clegg – demonstrating what he’s for (18) by Linda Jack
	The LDV Friday Five: 4 March 2011 (1) by The Voice
	Wales says Yes in referendum on Assembly’s law-making powers (8) by Helen Duffett
5th	The weekend debate: How ethical should our foreign policy be? (8) by Mark Pack
	Who runs the internet? Wikileaks, piracy and censorship (0) by Mark Pack
	Lembit Opik, the TV opening credits parody (7) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg: we’re making the rich pay their fair share of tax (40) by Mark Pack
6th	Six tips for getting your delivery slips right (6) by Mark Pack
	How you can help Liberal Democrat Voice (0) by The Voice
	Live music: government backs Lib Dem peer’s bill (9) by Mark Pack
	Co-operative Party set to benefit as joint candidates allowed to use logos (5) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #211 (0) by The Voice
7th	Get The Voice’s latest headlines in your inbox every day (0) by Mark Pack
	Conference preview: the four best fringe meetings (4) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Liberals shouldn’t be scared of Murdoch (18) by Matthew Green
	Welcome back to Linda Jack as guest editor for the day (0) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Khartoum’s Omar Bashir should not be let off the hook (4) by Rebecca Tinsley
	Opinion: Clegg is right on multiculturalism (16) by Fiyaz Mughal
	LibLink: Dominic Carman – What it’s like to be the most despised man in the town political correctness forgot (and come SIXTH in a by-election) (71) by Nick T
	Giving everyone shares in the banks: Stephen Williams’s proposals examined (24) by Mark Pack
8th	Conference preview: consulting on the future, inequality and digital policy (2) by Mark Pack
	Youth Justice: Linda Jack’s guest editor day (5) by Linda Jack
	Youth Justice: the prison governor’s view (1) by Paul Tidall
	Youth Justice: on raising the age of criminal responsibility (4) by Tim Bateman
	Youth Justice: the lawyer’s view (0) by Geoff Payne
	Youth Justice: the magistrate’s view (2) by John Howson
	Youth Justice: the minister’s view (0) by Lord Tom McNally
	Youth Justice day: thanks and farewell (0) by Linda Jack
9th	Conference preview: two of the coalition’s most controversial policies (2) by Mark Pack
	Chris White writes: Liberty, Equality, Happiness – and most of all the Environment (14) by Chris White
	Huhne and Clegg launch government’s Carbon Plan (4) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Its time for a well informed response on Diversity (13) by Martin Shapland
	LDV readers prefer “Senate” as name for elected second chamber (15) by Helen Duffett
	The two crucial email numbers I didn’t mention (0) by Mark Pack
	Independent View: Health Bill doesn’t have to be a poisoned chalice, just put patients first (2) by Paul Hodgkin
	Opinion: NHS reforms need careful examination (39) by Felix Greaves
	Sarah Teather MP writes: Seeking your views on Special Educational Needs proposals (26) by Sarah Teather
	PMQs: Libya sits on Hague’s head like a baseball cap (19) by Paul Walter
10th	Conference preview: Improving the diversity of our MPs (10) by Mark Pack
	Putting community politics back into election campaigns (2) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: a British Bill of Rights should include judicial review of legislation (13) by Nigel Roberts
	Councillor sacked, councillor arrives, councillor departs (9) by Mark Pack
	Paul Burstow writes: I will be listening to members on NHS at #ldconf (12) by Paul Burstow
	Opinion: Are the Government in danger of recreating the GLC by the back-door? (0) by Laura Willoughby
	Opinion: Time to put party first (40) by Jonathan Hunt
	Dinti Batstone writes: diversity opportunity at #ldconf (9) by Dinti Batstone
	Fred Goodwin gets super-injunction that even stops him being called a banker (9) by Mark Pack
11th	More of the Liberal Democrat manifesto in practice (14) by Helen Duffett
	Conference preview: party strategy (7) by Mark Pack
	Simon Wright writes… Make the Green Investment Bank a real bank and transform the economy (2) by Simon Wright MP
	A whistlestop tour of Scottish Conference (2) by Caron Lindsay
	Chris Huhne writes… The economics of low-carbon (5) by Chris Huhne MP
	Sheffield LibDem conference: preview round-up (3) by Mark Pack
	This week’s by-election results: Burnley and Southwark (3) by Helen Duffett
	The Independent View: How the Stephen Williams plans for the banks would work (3) by Toby Fenwick
	The LDV Friday Five: 11 March 2011 (0) by The Voice
	Interview: Nick Clegg – I told Cameron he was talking complete bilge (25) by Nick T
	Tim Farron’s speech at the Liberal Democrat conference rally (19) by The Voice
	What’s in the bag? (5) by The Voice
	Lib Dem candidate jailed after killing cat (21) by Mark Pack
12th	Will money for cancer drugs be available for alternative medicine asks astrology MP (5) by Mark Pack
	Dee Doocey writes… Getting Olympic ticketing right (2) by Dee Doocey
	Rolling news from conference: Saturday morning (1) by Mark Pack
	Disability Living Allowance and NHS motions: the aftermath (15) by Mark Pack
	PODCAST: (almost) the full NHS debate (1) by Alex Foster
	LibLink: David Hall-Matthews – Barnsley: a Lib Dem communication failure (40) by Nick T
	Public sector pensions: cuts amount to 7% (41) by Mark Pack
	EVENT: LDV’s Conference fringe – tonight, 8pm (1) by Alex Foster
	Diversity motion passes (11) by Alex Foster
	Ten comments on Saturday at party conference (14) by Mark Pack
	PODCAST: Q&A with Business, Innovation and Skills team (2) by Alex Foster
	PODCAST: Nick Clegg Q&A (7) by Alex Foster
13th	Conservative party in Hornsey & Wood Green packs up (0) by Mark Pack
	Tim Farron to lead Lib Dem Yes to Fairer Votes campaign (20) by Mark Pack
	Emergency motion: tougher action on banks and bonuses (1) by Mark Pack
	The party strategy debate: rolling highlights (1) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg’s conference speech (134) by Mark Pack
	PODCAST: Nick Clegg’s speech in full (0) by Alex Foster
	PODCAST: Diversity debate in full (0) by Alex Foster
	PODCAST: Who controls the internet? (2) by Alex Foster
	Roundup – Conference on LibDemVoice (0) by Alex Foster
	Animals explain the problem with first past the post (7) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #212 (1) by The Voice
14th	Who gets a postal vote in the AV referendum? (1) by Mark Pack
	Meet the Lib Dem bloggers: Alex Folkes (2) by Mark Pack
	Conservative Peer in court over parliamentary expenses (1) by The Voice
	Chris Rennard writes… Why David Owen is wrong on the AV referendum (32) by Chris Rennard
	LibLink: Paddy Ashdown – It is time for Europe to back a no-fly zone in Libya (9) by Helen Duffett
	Tony Greaves writes… The health and social care bill. The party has spoken. What happens now? (58) by Tony Greaves
	Lynne Featherstone launches Government campaign to tackle homophobia in sport (2) by Helen Duffett
	In other news… (17) by Mark Pack
15th	It’s not only in Parliament where diversity is hotly debated (2) by Mark Pack
	How leaflets used to look: Clapham 1955 (1) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: It’s time for a no-fly zone (27) by Rob Blackie
	UNISON still hasn’t properly completed its general election expense return (0) by Mark Pack
	Can politicians ever aspire to a real work/life balance? (24) by Stephen Tall
	Libel Reform Bill published (2) by Mark Pack
	In other news… (1) by Mark Pack
16th	LibLink: Nick Clegg – We will end the libel farce (3) by Nick T
	The four best books on the British general election of 2010 (3) by Mark Pack
	The booklets that will be going through letterboxes for the AV referendum (14) by Mark Pack
	Interview: Life with Lord Ashdown is no Werther’s Originals advert (3) by Nick T
	Three cheers for Ed Miliband (shame about his party) (30) by Stephen Tall
	Evan Harris writes… The Draft Libel Bill – A good start, but much still to play for (2) by Evan Harris
	Paul Burstow writes… Labour shouldn’t play party politics with the NHS (61) by Paul Burstow
17th	Charles Kennedy to join Ed Miliband on a pro-electoral reform platform (5) by Mark Pack
	LibLink: Richard Grayson – NHS reforms: Listen to your party, Nick, or the voters will punish you (26) by Nick T
	Online politics: get your content by following the ‘little and often’ rule (0) by Mark Pack
	Should local councils still have to run long, wordy adverts in local newspapers? (9) by Mark Pack
	LDVideo: Spring Conference speeches by Tim Farron and Nick Clegg (5) by Helen Duffett
	Lord Mike Storey’s maiden speech (0) by Mike Storey
	Lord Falconer, wrong again (6) by Mark Pack
	PMQs: Will the LibDem motion on the NHS make any difference? – Will it ‘eck as like (13) by Paul Walter
18th	Economic statistic of the week: 0.3% (30) by Mark Pack
	How should the official opposition operate? (1) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: our growing military impotency is restricting our foreign policy (28) by Alex Paul Shantz
	Tim Farron’s speech at the Lib Dems’ YES! to Fairer Votes campaign launch (2) by Helen Duffett
	Tim Farron writes… Join the Lib Dems YES! to Fairer Votes campaign (6) by Tim Farron MP
	Delighted of Tunbridge Wells: Lib Dems gain from Tories in by-election (7) by Helen Duffett
	Two major tax reforms the government should see through (10) by Mark Pack
	The LDV Friday Five: 18 March 2011 (0) by The Voice
	Nick Clegg on Libya: “This is not Iraq” (58) by The Voice
19th	The weekend debate: Old versus young at work (9) by Mark Pack
	Parmjit Singh Gill selected for Lib Dems in Leicester South (12) by Helen Duffett
	Weekend voting: not ruled in, not ruled out (0) by Mark Pack
	Sarah Harding writes… Fairer Votes: young people are leading from the front (8) by Sarah Harding
	LDV Saturday caption competition: “The Webb’s Wonders” Edition (5) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Pirate Party Perspective (25) by Loz Kaye
	LDVideo: The People Say Yes to AV (‘No Politicians’ Edition) (0) by Stephen Tall
	LibLink: Julian Astle – Not finking straight (1) by Nick T
20th	Devolving power to local government: the record in government (4) by Mark Pack
	John Howson’s review of education policy (12) by John Howson
	Charles Kennedy writes… Why Vote Yes – A chance for change we cannot miss (10) by Charles Kennedy
	LibLink: Tim Leunig – Land auctions will help give us the homes we need (10) by Nick T
	Opinion: How 295 losers could have been winners (26) by Mark Thompson
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #213 (0) by The Voice
21st	LibLink… Danny Alexander: We are on course to deliver all four of our manifesto priorities (16) by Helen Duffett
	UN says attack on Ivory Coast civilians may have been a war crime (4) by Mark Pack
	Paddy Ashdown writes… Why Vote Yes: Take Courage – make change (18) by Paddy Ashdown
	Opinion: Nottingham Labour council repeatedly investigates and clears itself (1) by Tony Sutton
	Google says to politicians: get on Twitter (3) by Mark Pack
	Lembit Opik: vote for my libertarian agenda (18) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Are hyper-injunctions compatible with the Human Rights Act? (2) by Niklas Smith
	Parliament debates Libya: what Liberal Democrat MPs have been saying (31) by Mark Pack
22nd	Voters, not politicians, will choose the future alignments of British politics (3) by Mark Pack
	Jeremy Browne writes… Britain can’t afford to avoid radical change (45) by Jeremy Browne MP
	Shirley Williams writes… Why Vote Yes – So that voters aren’t taken for granted (7) by Shirley Williams
	Meet the Lib Dem bloggers: Daisy Benson (1) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: the Lib Dems should have have more influence over the environment, food and rural affairs (1) by Paul Walter
	In other news… the NHS, human rights and levels of spending (2) by Mark Pack
	Two wins for the Lib Dems in government: human trafficking and visas (5) by Mark Pack
	It’s sooooo old fashioned to wait to hear a speech before you decide you disagree with it (18) by Mark Pack
23rd	LDVideo: Danny Alexander on the Government’s priorities for the budget (2) by Helen Duffett
	Senior Labour councillor moves to the Liberal Democrats (6) by Sara Bedford
	The Independent View: Why I’m voting Yes to AV – Simon Woolley (2) by Simon Woolley
	Forgotten Liberal heroes: Lady Louise Glen-Coats (5) by Mark Pack
	The Budget: discussion thread (17) by The Voice
	Parmjit Singh Gill withdraws as Lib Dem candidate for Leicester South (7) by Helen Duffett
	Dominic Carman writes… Why I want to be the Liberal Democrat London mayoral candidate for 2012 (88) by Dominic Carman
	LibLink: Julian Astle – Coalition’s economic gamble still stands (5) by Nick T
	The Budget: the Liberal Democrat influence (23) by Mark Pack
24th	Julian Huppert writes… Winning the fight on student visas (9) by Julian Huppert
	Independent View: the Broken of Britain campaign against Welfare Reform Bill (35) by Rhydian Fôn James
	Simon Hughes writes… Why Vote Yes: Believe in better democracy (28) by Simon Hughes MP
	Opinion: Framing the social mobility debate (4) by Lee Savage
	PMQs: PIP or pip-squeak? (2) by Paul Walter
25th	Libya intervention passed to NATO’s leadership (5) by Mark Pack
	Economic statistic of the week: do you know how well off you are compared to others? (10) by Mark Pack
	Gordon Birtwistle MP writes… My response to the Budget (8) by Gordon Birtwistle MP
	Another 52 killed in the Ivory Coast (1) by Mark Pack
	Clegg warns against banks that are too big to fail (12) by Mark Pack
	This week’s by-election results: Lewisham and Torfaen (5) by Helen Duffett
	Tim Farron writes… One chance: let’s make it count #LibDemYES (4) by Tim Farron MP
	The LDV Friday Five: 25 March 2011 (0) by The Voice
26th	The weekend debate: Does the Prime Minister’s pay make a useful yardstick? (7) by The Voice
	Lord Qurban Hussain’s maiden speech (0) by Qurban Hussain
	Opinion: Why Lib Dems should reject the doctrine of liberal interventionism (42) by David Thorpe
	Who are the heirs of the SDP? (23) by Chris Nicholson
	Independent View: Earth Hour 2011 – Sign up and switch off! (1) by wwf
	LDVideo: Earth Hour (0) by The Voice
	Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate quits to stand as an independent (22) by Mark Pack
27th	Who likes which party? What MORI’s data reveals (15) by Mark Pack
	Lembit4London right to reply (25) by Ed Joyce
	Opinion: We need a more Resilient Energy source (3) by Simon Killane
	How awful do events have to be in a country before they get attention? (22) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #214 (2) by The Voice
28th	Dominic Carman withdraws from Lib Dem London Mayoral candidate race (7) by Helen Duffett
	Opinion: Why Mike Tuffrey should be our candidate for Mayor of London (8) by Mark Pack
	Would an infinite number of monkeys be able to write an accurate story for the Telegraph? (19) by Stephen Tall
	Educational Maintenance Allowance: more details of replacement emerge (47) by Mark Pack
	Brooke, Horwood and Huppert join the list of Liberal Democrat co-chairs (1) by Mark Pack
	Independent View: Website blocking should not be on the cards (2) by Jim Killock
	Read LDV on your Amazon Kindle (0) by Alex Foster
	In other news… Son of mansion tax, Tory councillor switches to Lib Dems and more (13) by Mark Pack
29th	Educational Maintenance Allowance: how hard is it for the new policy to be better? (22) by Mark Pack
	The problem with poll cards, 2011 vintage (1) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: How to respond to the hate (36) by George Kendall
	How to blog as a councillor: examples from Ealing and Nottingham (0) by Mark Pack
	Stephen Gilbert writes… “Supporting People Funding” – for the most vulnerable in our society (7) by Stephen Gilbert MP
	Simon Hughes writes… Educational Maintenance Allowance: a grown-up replacement (8) by Simon Hughes MP
	Time for “No” campaign to disclose its donors (4) by Helen Duffett
30th	Government gives £16m to help with Ivory Coast refugee crisis (2) by Mark Pack
	Party looks to the US for new election database software (15) by Mark Pack
	Electoral Commission imposes voting limits to avoid repeat of polling station queues (9) by Mark Pack
	Julian Huppert writes… The future of universal jurisdiction (7) by Julian Huppert
	Tories run into a treble spot of Scottish bother (8) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: ‘l’iberalism and ‘L’iberalism (16) by James Firth
	In other news… electoral reform, bribery, sexy IT and paperwork problems (2) by Mark Pack
31st	PMQs: Handbags and put-downs (16) by Paul Walter
	Nick Clegg lays down five principles of intervention – but doesn’t explain the Ivory Coast (40) by Mark Pack
	Ten WordPress plugins to help make your blog shine (6) by Mark Pack
	The Prime Ministers who never were (6) by Mark Pack