Monthly Archives: August 2011

1st	Could you edit The Guardian? Take a simple test (33) by Mark Pack
	“From hero to zero and back again” – Vince Cable profiled in the Independent on Sunday (8) by Nick T
	Scottish Women Lib Dems launch WiLD new blog (10) by Helen Duffett
	Opinion: London 2012 Paralympics – A real legacy for people with disabilities? (12) by Greg Judge
2nd	Chris White writes: We are not ‘customers’ on the railways (22) by Chris White
	Opinion: God Bless America? (13) by Paul Walter
	LibLink: Simon Hughes – Make university an option for all (16) by Nick T
	Lord Ashdown emails Lib Dem members in Horn of Africa appeal (0) by Helen Duffett
3rd	Explaining Cameron’s Coalition: politics as seen through the eyes of MORI polls (2) by Mark Pack
	LibLink \| Charles Kennedy MP’s views on the AV referendum, health reforms and Murdoch (2) by Helen Duffett
	Vince Cable scraps Labour plans to block websites, outlines widespread changes to our copyright law (9) by Paul Thompson
	The Independent View: What is Big Society Capital – big, new or just Big Society nonsense? (0) by Tim Groves
	Nick Harvey MP writes: A hard look at defence spending (17) by Nick Harvey
4th	Councillor Warren Swaine apologises for offensive tweet (12) by The Voice
	Opinion: Digital Economy Act – The fight isn’t over (2) by Duncan Stott
	New comms team in place at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (3) by The Voice
	Opinion: Why Sir Cyril was wrong (3) by David Hennigan
	Petition launched to retain the ban on the death penalty (22) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: What the US debt ceiling crisis can teach Britain on coalition and compromise (14) by Greg Judge
	Julian Huppert MP writes: Hargreaves and site-blocking: a good start (4) by Julian Huppert
	Martin Shapland writes: A petition to retain the ban on capital punishment (35) by Martin Shapland
5th	Brentwood & Ongar Conservatives apologise for false claims (2) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Don’t make Guido’s day (30) by Simon McGrath
	Opinion: Overplaying the power of the “people’s petitions” (5) by James Fearnley
	Lib Dems gain council seat in David Laws’s constituency (4) by The Voice
6th	Opinion: A Liberal idea for welfare reform (35) by David Thorpe
	Decriminalising drug possession: an idea whose time has come? (15) by Stephen Tall
	Vince: This isn’t a banking crisis, this is a debt crisis (2) by The Voice
	David Laws set for ministerial return in autumn? (34) by Stephen Tall
	The LDV Friday Five (Late Edition): 6 August 2011 (1) by Stephen Tall
	News in Brief: Ming savages Danny, ‘Parenting Matters’, and Don Foster on “rodents with wings” (8) by Stephen Tall
7th	A very unusual use for a Conservative Party membership card (5) by Mark Pack
	‘Nick Clegg is chasing women’, says the Indy (10) by The Voice
	LDV doesn’t do statporn, but if we did (July 2011) (4) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: CentreForum’s parenting report is a step in the right direction (15) by Caron Lindsay
	LDVideo: Understanding how opinion polls work, Yes Minister-style (0) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #233 (1) by Stephen Tall
8th	How you can help Liberal Democrat Voice (1) by The Voice
	Media reform in the UK (4) by The Voice
	Mike Tuffrey writes… London isn’t working – and the Mayor is asleep on the job (6) by Mike Tuffrey
	Opinion: Tottenham points to wider policing problems (16) by Richard Clare
	Welcome to the new bloggers… (0) by Ryan Cullen
	Tune in to Iain Dale’s Lib Dem night tonight on LBC, featuring Nick Clegg, Simon Hughes and others (0) by Nick T
9th	Brian Paddick writes: Lessons from the Tottenham riots (11) by Brian Paddick
	Media ownership: what have Liberal Democrats said? (1) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Frankensteinomics (22) by David Allen
	Independent View: Catch21 is helping demystify Parliament (0) by Laura Cronshaw
	Total Politics Blog Awards: voting is now open (0) by The Voice
	Opinion: Mike Hancock has grave concerns for a gay constituent facing deportation to Uganda (6) by Richard Flowers
10th	Nick Clegg on the UK riots: “We’ve all got to work together to make sure this doesn’t happen again” (17) by The Voice
	The flaws in Ed Miliband’s media policy are no cause for rejoicing (2) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Lessons learned the hard way will have to be re-learned following the riots in Tottenham (5) by Ron Aitken
	Opinion: Leading Labour figures guilty of the worst kind of opportunism (84) by David Parkes
	LibLink \| Brian Paddick: Police must show there is no bias against black people (12) by NewsHound
11th	What caused the riots? It’s more than just the economy, stupid. (55) by Stephen Tall
	Local liberal heroes: Daniel Brown (7) by Mark Pack
	LibLink \| Tom Brake MP: Yes, we are bringing an end to the detention of child refugees (1) by NewsHound
	Clegg: “You simply cannot go around breaking the law” (25) by The Voice
	Opinion: The dangers of acting without knowing the facts (13) by Matt Gallagher
12th	Opinion: How the market will decide our energy future (25) by Simon Oliver
	Media reform: the debates elsewhere (0) by The Voice
	Opinion: What just happened? (36) by Paul Walter
	Opinion: abolishing the 50p tax rate makes no economic sense (32) by David Thorpe
	Council by-election results: 11 August 2011 (7) by Helen Duffett
	The LDV Friday Five: 12 August 2011 (0) by The Voice
	Lib Dems win council seat from the Tories in… Eton (8) by Stephen Tall
13th	Jo Swinson MP writes: Determination, courage and kindness in response to riots shows true British society (7) by Jo Swinson MP
	Tim Leunig writes: Why are utility companies hitting the poorest hardest? (27) by Tim Leunig
	LibLink: Mark Pack – Is it simply a question of politicians and pundits always trying to ban technologies they don’t use? (6) by Nick T
	The Independent View: Ben Hammersley writes… Let the Internet be so that good can flourish (8) by Ben Hammersley
	Opinion: A brave tax proposal (16) by Stuart Bonar
	The rightward shift of British and European politics (28) by Stephen Tall
14th	Book review: Andrew Murrison on the military covenant (1) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg’s speech to Liberal Democrat members on the riots (18) by Helen Duffett
	The Independent View: Not in my Name (3) by Faiza Chaudary
	LibLink: Mark Pack – What to watch out for at Liberal Democrat conference (8) by Nick T
	Tim Leunig writes: Riots, Justice and Reconciliation (67) by Tim Leunig
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #234 (0) by The Voice
15th	Opinion: Our flawed drug laws are at heart of riots (43) by Ewan Hoyle
	How to get Lib Dem Voice by email (0) by Helen Duffett
	Searching for the cause of the riots is asking the wrong question (65) by Iain Roberts
	Meral Hussein Ece writes: my contribution in the Lords to the riots debate (3) by Meral Ece
16th	Censoring social media during riots: good news, mostly (4) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: the big society broken record (9) by Mike Dean
	Opinion: UK riots – the mystery of the David Willetts’ rule of post-war baby boom peaks (25) by Stuart Bonar
	LibLink: Simon Hughes – Profits must no longer go to the few at the top (16) by Nick T
17th	Brian Paddick interviewed in the Guardian (2) by Nick T
	Opinion: the battle for the Electoral Reform Society (41) by Simon McGrath
	Opinion: Riots, prisons and us (40) by Sam Phripp
18th	Voting closes on Friday…. (1) by The Voice
	Opinion: Filling the political vacuum (3) by Peter Lesniak
	Brian Paddick writes: What we need to do in the wake of the riots (10) by Brian Paddick
	A different species of politician? Nick Clegg’s biography serialised in the Mail (13) by Nick T
	Cross-party smackdown for Home Secretary (3) by Alex Foster
19th	Come help Simon Wright in Norwich South on Sept 3rd (6) by George Kendall
	Lib Dem Blog of the Year Awards 2011 – nominations now open (0) by Helen Duffett
	The LDV Friday Five: 19 August 2011 (0) by The Voice
20th	Mike Hancock welcomes Ugandan gay deportation case deferral (1) by Stephen Tall
	Nick Clegg: The Biography published today – is it worth reading? (3) by Mark Pack
	Read Lib Dem Voice on your Amazon Kindle (3) by Alex Foster
	5 posts to read before casting your Electoral Reform Society council vote (10) by Stephen Tall
	LDVideo \| Election archive special… the 1960-70s (3) by Stephen Tall
21st	At his best and his worst: 5 thoughts on Tony Blair’s analysis of the UK riots (15) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Privacy and investigative journalism – a balancing act (1) by Prateek Buch
	Chris Rennard writes… Can we tell what will happen in four years? (22) by Chris Rennard
	LDVideo \| Election archive special… the 1980s (2) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #235 (0) by The Voice
22nd	Shirley Williams revisits her childhood haunts (1) by Helen Duffett
	Dee Doocey writes: Riots – a case for reason and not posturing (14) by Dee Doocey
	So you think you know how to improve campaigning? Come to Conference Dragons’ Den (12) by Mark Pack
	Nick Clegg: Learning the lesson of Iraq, planning the peace (10) by Helen Duffett
	Local Government Association Lib Dems announce election results (1) by Helen Duffett
23rd	Mike Tuffrey writes… Policing: not just a numbers game (7) by Mike Tuffrey
	Local liberal heroes: Monroe Palmer (3) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Time to give inheritance tax the chop (105) by Former Organiser
24th	Reminder: Lib Dem Blog of the Year Awards 2011 – nominations now open (0) by Helen Duffett
	Campaigning In Your Community: new book out (3) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Rebalancing taxes – eliminating the carbon externality (20) by Simon Oliver
25th	The Independent View: Vince needs to consider his legacy (21) by Laura Chappell
	Brian Paddick writes: Building a better future for Londoners (3) by Brian Paddick
	Opinion: #HandsOffTwitter (3) by Richard Morris
	Video: Nick Clegg says, “We are not going to start cutting people off from social networks” (0) by Helen Duffett
	LibLink \| Nick Clegg: “Human beings need human rights – in Britain as well as Libya” (16) by Helen Duffett
26th	The Independent View: Social media – no longer an easy target (0) by Peter Bradwell
	Alex Wilcock writes… Tory boy throws toys out of pram: not exactly Man Bites Dog (19) by Alex Wilcock
	Liberal Democrats moving HQ : the future’s bright (12) by Helen Duffett
	The LDV Friday Five: 26 August 2011 (0) by The Voice
	Council by-election results: 25 August 2011 (1) by Helen Duffett
27th	Opinion: Tracey Emin – a litmus test of individualism (13) by Ed Long
	Opinion: Why millionaire graduates should stop whingeing about fees (85) by Jonathan Hunt
	LDVideo \| Election archive special… 1992 (1) by Stephen Tall
28th	Ken Livingstone: mine won’t be a grassroots funded campaign (25) by Mark Pack
	LDVideo \| Election archive special… 1997 (0) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #236 (0) by The Voice
30th	Have you nominated your Lib Dem Blog of the Year? (0) by Helen Duffett
	Opinion: Free our children to play tipcat (18) by Stuart Bonar
	The countdown to Connect has begun (18) by The Voice
31st	Did journalists really not misuse one of the UK’s largest databases of personal contact details? (11) by Mark Pack
	Chris White writes: It’s nice to be hated again (24) by Chris White
	“Prime Minister David Cameron’s Liberal Democrat deputy has quietly emerged as the more successful Whitehall operator” (8) by Mark Pack