Monthly Archives: May 2011

1st	Would you invite a man who says “let me be a Hitler tenfold” to a special event? (17) by Mark Pack
	The Big Society: the answer’s in the book (2) by Mark Pack
	You shouldn’t support the arts by supporting artists – Labour MP (15) by Mark Pack
	Greens would pick up most Lib Dem 2nd preferences under AV: LDV members survey (14) by Stephen Tall
	New edition of Liberator out (6) by The Liberator Collective
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #219 (1) by The Voice
2nd	What Lib Dem members think about immigration (Part I) (5) by Stephen Tall
	Video: The answer is AV. The answer is YES! (3) by The Voice
	Visions of fairness: what the voters say they want (4) by Mark Pack
	Deraa, not Abbottabad, is where the future is being shaped (5) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg’s statement on the death of Osama Bin Laden (10) by Helen Duffett
	Opinion: Are we open for business or shutting up shop? (9) by Simon de Deney
	Opinion: The Lib Dems should work with unions (21) by Adam Bell
	“Take AV seriously: it has advantages over PR” (27) by Nick T
	Three-quarters of Lib Dem manifesto becoming government policy – independent research (1) by Mark Pack
	LibLink: Chris Huhne – AV referendum: why progressives must unite to vote yes (67) by Nick T
3rd	What Lib Dem members think about immigration (Part II) (11) by Stephen Tall
	How MPs in safe seats pile up outside earnings (8) by Mark Pack
	The Independent View: What the Chilcott Inquiry has missed – the role of oil in the Iraq war (2) by Greg Muttitt
	Opinion: End unpaid internships with MPs? Sure – just show us the money (8) by Tom King
	#Yes2AV: Dan Snow presents the second referendum broadcast (6) by Helen Duffett
	Pollwatch – State of the Parties: Lib Dems 11%, Labour 40%, Tories 36% (May 2011) (13) by Stephen Tall
	Overwhelming public support to end sexism in Royal succession (5) by Mark Pack
	LibLink: Vince Cable – No wonder the Tories are so scared of AV (26) by Nick T
	Lord McNally: General Election costs “broadly the same” under AV, no plans for counting machines (9) by Helen Duffett
4th	What Lib Dem members think of the Coalition now (1) by Stephen Tall
	Armando Iannucci and Stephen Fry argue for AV (2) by Mark Pack
	Sarah Ludford MEP writes: Passengers should be able to opt out of body scanning (6) by Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP
	LibLink: Mark Pack – The Lessons from Beethoven String Quartets for Modern Public Services (2) by Nick T
	The Independent View: Is it time to rethink postal voting? (14) by Stuart Wilks-Heeg
	Pollwatch – State of the Leaders: Clegg -30%, Cameron -8%, Miliband -11% (May 2011) (7) by Stephen Tall
	What will the impact be of Thursday? (14) by Mark Pack
	LibLink – Chris Rennard: AV myths are behind MPs’ opposition (6) by The Voice
	“Thursday is decision day” – Charles Kennedy’s eve of poll message to members and supporters (0) by Helen Duffett
	Homophobic smears hit Leicester South by-election (43) by Mark Pack
5th	How to vote – and what to do once you’ve voted (4) by Mark Pack
	What Lib Dem members think about the party and its leadership (11) by Stephen Tall
	Interview: Nick Clegg’s year in the eye of the storm (10) by Nick T
	EXCLUSIVE: How party members rate the performances of leading Lib Dems (3) by Stephen Tall
	Don’t use AV to vote in today’s AV referendum (1) by Helen Duffett
	What will happen in today’s elections? Your thoughts, please… (12) by Stephen Tall
	How you can help Liberal Democrat Voice (0) by The Voice
	The LDV election results open thread (29) by The Voice
6th	Ouch! Lib Dems suffer first anti-government backlash in 80 years (80) by Stephen Tall
	Liberal Democrat candidate dies on polling day (3) by Helen Duffett
	The other big policy dispute coming along (6) by Mark Pack
	How to get Lib Dem Voice by email (0) by Mark Pack
	LibLink: Mark Pack – It’s back to 1993 for the Liberal Democrats (48) by NewsHound
	The LDV Friday Five: 6 May 2011 (0) by The Voice
	Black Friday for Lib Dems: it’s worse than we thought (87) by Stephen Tall
	A short film for political anoraks (5) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg’s email on the election results (116) by Nick Clegg MP
7th	Victory in Bedford and second place in Leicester South (10) by Mark Pack
	Lessons from two Egyptian revolutions compared (1) by Mark Pack
	Mike Tuffrey the choice of members for Lib Dem London mayoral candidate: LDV survey (6) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Time for a New Deal (25) by Bill le Breton
	Where does defeat for AV leave the dream of electoral reform? (43) by Lucy Smith
	LibLink: Julian Astle – Chris Huhne’s Third Way (5) by Nick T
	The Independent View: How to implement full Lords reform, now that the referendum is lost (49) by Rupert Read
	Tavish Scott resigns as Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader (17) by Caron Lindsay
8th	What next after Thursday? (11) by Mark Pack
	The Independent View: Iain Dale on Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems (54) by Iain Dale
	Opinion: Sense prevails on public services? (2) by Alex Marsh
	Opinion: Lib Dems promoting human rights abroad (6) by Jonathan Baldie
	LibLink: Evan Harris – The myth of Lib Dem ‘betrayal’ (23) by Nick T
	Clegg, Cable and Hughes on ‘What next?’ for the Lib Dems (19) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #220 (0) by The Voice
9th	Learning the lessons from last week #1: The missing policies (19) by Mark Pack
	Meet the Lib Dem bloggers: Andrew Reeves (2) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Don’t reform the House of Lords; scrap it (33) by Matt Wood
	The Independent View: Good News for Lib Dems in Devon and Cornwall boundary changes? (9) by Jackie South
	Opinion: Lib Dems must prove coalitions work (18) by Sam Cannicott
	LibLink: David Allen Green – What the Liberal Democrats should do next (20) by Nick T
10th	Learning the lessons from last week #2: Lib Dem voters don’t want out of the coalition (55) by Mark Pack
	PCC rules against Daily Telegraph’s sting operation (5) by The Voice
	Opinion: Equidistance is as important now as it ever was in opposition (8) by Martin Shapland
	Opinion: Lib Dems should not shelve House of Lords reform (14) by Andrew Jones
	LibLink: Julian Astle – Is Nick Clegg’s time as Lib Dem leader coming to an end? (36) by Nick T
	Opinion: A Scottish candidate’s view (23) by Keith Legg
	Adrian Sanders writes: Social Animals and Elephants in the Room (15) by Adrian Sanders
	Think tank slams government, but it’s one for the ‘good news’ files (8) by Mark Pack
	David Laws: questions for him, questions for political journalists (34) by Mark Pack
11th	Learning the lessons from last week #3: Grassroots campaigns don’t win national elections (41) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg’s speech – “One year on: The Coalition and Liberal Politics” (31) by Helen Duffett
	Opinion: a reboot worked for Star Trek. It can work for the Lib Dems too (13) by Lee Dargue
	Opinion: Hackney debates NHS (0) by Prateek Buch
	In Defence of Politicians: Peter Riddell’s new book (0) by Mark Pack
	The Independent View: What now for any progressive alliance? (20) by Neal Lawson
	PMQs: The bread rolls fly thick and fast (4) by Paul Walter
12th	Learning the lessons from last week #4: The party’s local government base matters (3) by Mark Pack
	Do Lib Dem members think the Coalition will collapse early? And what the public thinks about Nick Clegg… (14) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: surveying the wreckage (25) by David Hennigan
	Independent View: Help residents recognise their councillors (7) by Matt Boyes
	Statement from David Laws (63) by The Voice
	House of Lords waters down fixed-term Parliaments legislation (9) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: It’s all my fault! (46) by David Boyle
	Opinion: Putting the Localism Bill in a Social Liberal context (12) by Kelly-Marie Blundell
	Major restructuring in the Campaigns Department (21) by Mark Pack
13th	Learning the lessons from last week #5: You can’t be distinctive with someone else’s vocabulary (5) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: 5 reasons the AV referendum lost (46) by James King
	Opinion: why the coalition will never bring us votes (27) by Jonathan Hunt
	LibLink: Chris Huhne – No reform now means bigger reform later (14) by Nick T
	Chris Fox writes: Changing the way we support campaigning (18) by Chris Fox
14th	What you think of Lib Dem Voice’s comments policy… your chance to comment! (58) by Stephen Tall
	Learning the lessons from last week #6: Talking to yourself is not enough (3) by Mark Pack
	The Independent View: Lib Dem green credibility in crisis (24) by Andy Atkins
	Opinion: the end of the vision, pt 1 (8) by Mark Wright
	LibLink: Podcast – Mark Pack on the coalition’s first year (0) by Nick T
15th	Learning the lessons: round-up (0) by Mark Pack
	The Sunday papers on Lords, environment and Chris Huhne (39) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: the end of the vision, pt 2 (20) by Mark Wright
	Nick Clegg’s irrelevance to loss of AV vote (22) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #221 (1) by The Voice
16th	Brian Coleman tops lists of expense claims, again (10) by Mark Pack
	Forgotten Liberal heroes: Desmond Banks (3) by Mark Pack
	David Rendel on opposing the Coalition’s formation: “I felt very lonely indeed” (1) by Stephen Tall
	Paula Keaveney writes: The Leading of Liverpool (10) by Paula Keaveney
	John Pugh writes: is an apology in order? (60) by John Pugh
	Government takes action over ‘vulture funds’ (6) by Mark Pack
17th	Hundreds of tales of heartbreak and two numbers (6) by Mark Pack
	The progressive minority (22) by Mark Pack
	The Yes2AV campaign: an insider’s perspective (19) by Mark Pack
	Video: Lynne Featherstone on International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (6) by Helen Duffett
	Dinti Batstone writes… If not now, when? (13) by Dinti Batstone
	Interview: Willie Rennie – The Liberal Democrats are not easily led…. (7) by Caron Lindsay
	David Cameron’s support for an elected House of Lords (2) by Nick T
	Green government, reforming government: the liberal influence (5) by Nick Clegg MP
18th	House of Lords reform: taking a look at the details (15) by Mark Pack
	Tom McNally writes: we must not let the best be the enemy of the good (11) by Lord Tom McNally
	LibLink: Shirley Williams – The line the Lib Dems won’t cross on the NHS (1) by Nick T
	In other Chris Huhne news… good news for the environment (2) by Mark Pack
	The perils of taking one month’s economic figures in isolation (1) by Mark Pack
	Two Lib Dem Welsh Assembly Members step down on technicality (7) by Helen Duffett
	LibLink \| Alan Beith: “Road safety is not an optional extra” (1) by Helen Duffett
	Julian Huppert MP writes on Trident: We don’t need to keep fighting the Cold War (19) by Julian Huppert
19th	PMQs: Broadcast the Prime Ministerial Test Card (5) by Paul Walter
	Political Communication in Britain: the latest 2010 election book (0) by Mark Pack
	There is a corner of a foreign field that is forever… ELDR Council (0) by Mark Valladares
	Mike Tuffrey interviewed at The Guardian (0) by Nick T
	Even Boris Johnson is moved to criticise Brian Coleman’s latest expense claims (0) by Mark Pack
	Legal expert says Lib Dem Welsh AMs’ election is void (12) by Helen Duffett
20th	So, why do you like Vince Cable? (13) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Cease this injustice (4) by Jonathan Baldie
	Opinion: we need an enquiry in the AV referendum (20) by Simon McGrath
21st	We’re back… (7) by The Voice
	Opinion: Clegg’s conundrum (57) by Scott Hill
	Independent View: Time for Lib Dems to ditch STV (52) by Anthony Butcher
	Revealed: The Liberal Democrats’ new HQ (29) by Helen Duffett
	Chris Huhne election expense allegations: nothing to see here, move along (31) by Mark Pack
22nd	NHS reforms will be altered significantly and in a Lib Dem direction – Paul Burstow (17) by Mark Pack
	LibLink: Tyler versus Steel on Lords reform (5) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: However unfair it is, Chris Huhne should step down (105) by Simon McGrath
	Opinion: Clegg should hit the ejector button (69) by Scott Hill
	LibLink: Vince Cable warns that people underestimate our economic problems (3) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #222 (0) by The Voice
23rd	Fate of John Dixon and Aled Roberts hangs in the balance (6) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Can we campaign on Lords reform? (13) by Rob Blackie
	Nick Clegg’s speech on the green economy (6) by Helen Duffett
	Stephen Williams MP writes: Backbench committees and the louder Lib Dem voice (5) by Stephen Williams
	Opinion: A child dies every 20 seconds from lack of clean water (0) by Antony Hook
	Was Lib Dem MP John Hemming right to name Ryan Giggs as superinjunction footballer? (66) by Stephen Tall
	And the prize for the daftest comment about Chris Huhne goes to… (12) by Mark Pack
24th	I appear to be in a minority in frowning on blackmail (40) by Mark Pack
	Lord Stoneham defends Goodwin disclosure (2) by The Voice
	John Hemming MP writes: This country has allowed too much secret justice to develop (46) by John Hemming MP
	The Independent View: Where is the promised aid money being spent? (4) by Joanne Crouch
	Tim Farron writes: Enough doom and gloom, we have the greatest opportunity in the history of our party (44) by Tim Farron MP
	Boris Johnson’s funny money (1) by Mike Tuffrey
	LibLink \| Sarah Teather: Q&A on special needs provision (0) by Helen Duffett
	Good question from Jo Swinson, good answer from Nick Clegg (15) by Mark Pack
25th	Dealing with the political weather: three lessons to learn (18) by Mark Pack
	The Independent View: The richest 1% will soon have a record share of our national income (30) by Danny Dorling
	Well, this is one way to avoid people leaving your email list (3) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: What is worrying Labour and the Tories? Part 1 (9) by Chris Nicholson
	Liberal Democrats setting the pace on the green agenda – Simon Hughes updates party members (8) by The Voice
	“Chris Huhne has achieved more in a year than most top politicians manage in a lifetime” (12) by The Voice
	DPMQs: Groundhog limbo dancing (2) by Paul Walter
	Chris Huhne’s election expenses: once again, nothing to see here, move along (60) by Mark Pack
26th	Who joins the BNP and who votes BNP? (3) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: The PCC are to blame for the Ryan Giggs fiasco (25) by Joe Taylor
	Opinion: Why do we allow new-born babies to be circumcised? (43) by Richard Clare
	Nick Clegg’s speech on NHS reform (21) by Helen Duffett
	Opinion: What is worrying Labour and the Tories? Part 2 (16) by Chris Nicholson
	Collette Dunkley appointed as Liberal Democrats’ Marketing Director (11) by Helen Duffett
	Shaffaq Mohammed writes: From a boy in Kashmir – to Leader of Sheffield Lib Dems (3) by Shaffaq Mohammed
	Chris White writes: I have just received an email from Simon Hughes (9) by Chris White
	What Guido Fawkes didn’t tell you about the Eastleigh meeting last night (38) by Mark Pack
	Even the Daily Mail has nice things to say about Nick Clegg’s NHS speech (9) by Mark Pack
27th	Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield convicted of expenses fraud (2) by Mark Pack
	Glympse: a glimpse of the next wave of political technology innovation (5) by Mark Pack
	LibLink \| Vince Cable: “I can see another financial bomb going off” (9) by The Voice
	Better news for Chris Huhne; more bad news for Guido (15) by Nick T
	Mark Valladares writes: ELDR Council, Dresden 2011: it was the best of times, it was the wurst of times… (1) by Mark Valladares
	Opinion: The Lib Dems should pursue more populist policies (39) by Zadok Day
	The LDV Friday Five: 27 May 2011 (0) by The Voice
	LibLink: Julian Astle – The report every school reformer should read (8) by Nick T
	Electoral Commission rejects expenses complaint against Chris Huhne (1) by Mark Pack
28th	LibLink: Mark Pack – Lib Dems Must Not Ditch Commitment To Political Reform (1) by Nick T
	The Independent View: Alternatives to Trident replacement must include the possibility of no nuclear weapons (13) by Kate Hudson
	Opinion: Taking a battering in the polls was the best thing that could happen to us (42) by Andy Thompson
	Tidy up the loose ends about that cycle route meeting (6) by Mark Pack
	Praise for Green Investment Bank plans (0) by Mark Pack
	Lib Dems appoint three senior Campaigns heads (15) by Helen Duffett
29th	Timetable for selecting London Mayor candidate published (3) by Mark Pack
	Chris Rennard: Fill in the blanks of the Big Society (8) by Nick T
	You! Yes, you! Ever thought about being a Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate? (26) by Mark Valladares
	Opinion: Constitutional reform? Time to look at it another way (41) by Ed Maxfield
	Lord McNally fully backs reforming the Lords (3) by Mark Pack
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #223 (0) by The Voice
30th	Where’s the list of the ten worst benefit administration blunders? (10) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: The need for a radical manifesto (50) by George Potter
	LibLink \| Lynne Featherstone: “Cross-departmental nagging is my strong point” (0) by Helen Duffett
	The Cameron-Clegg Government: or the perils of publishing a book early in the Parliament (2) by Mark Pack
	Liberal Youth: appealing to Lib Dems everywhere (0) by Thomas Hemsley
	The Independent On Sunday: Chris Huhne is a tenacious fighter for an important cause (11) by Nick T
31st	Lib Dem donation figures in full (Q1, 2011) (10) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Themes for a radical manifesto (22) by George Potter
	Former Conservative peer Lord Taylor sentenced to 12 months for expenses fraud (5) by The Voice
	One cartoon, years of political experience (6) by Mark Pack
	Nick Harvey profiled in Total Politics (1) by Nick T
	Paul Burstow MP writes: Continuing to support Cancer Networks (7) by Paul Burstow
	Site news: comments in reversal (47) by The Voice
	Liberal Democrat peers: oh dear (21) by Mark Pack