Monthly Archives: January 2015

1st	The General Election year is here – let’s make it a good one (131) by Caron Lindsay
	Five posts to sum up June 2014 (2) by Caron Lindsay
	Willie Rennie’s New Year Message (9) by The Voice
	The 12 most-read LDV posts of 2014 (Day 8) (10) by The Voice
2nd	Cadan ap Tomos selected to fight Cardiff West in the General Election (0) by The Voice
	Five posts to sum up July 2014 (0) by Caron Lindsay
	Charles Kennedy MP writes…Our challenge for 2015 is to make positive case for UK political reform (5) by Charles Kennedy
	Malcolm Bruce: People will realise the positive impact Lib Dems have made in Government and will want more of us there (41) by NewsHound
	The 12 most-read LDV posts of 2014 (Day 9) (1) by The Voice
	Five posts to sum up August 2014 (2) by Caron Lindsay
3rd	LibDemVoice Fantasy Football League: how it stands after Week 20 (0) by Stephen Tall
	Five posts to sum up September 2014 (5) by Caron Lindsay
	Some better news for Alex Folkes (16) by Caron Lindsay
	The 12 most-read LDV posts of 2014 (Day 10) (0) by The Voice
	Five posts to sum up October 2014 (0) by Caron Lindsay
	Vince Cable must be doing something right. (12) by Newspuppy
	When Molly from Sherlock met Miriam (1) by Caron Lindsay
4th	Crockart: Liberal Democrats have recalibrated the tax system in favour of low and middle income earners (17) by The Voice
	Five posts to sum up November 2014 (1) by Caron Lindsay
	Caron’s Sunday Selection: Must-read articles from the Sunday papers (6) by Caron Lindsay
	LDV’s Sunday Best: our 7 most-read articles this week (0) by The Voice
	The 12 most-read LDV posts of 2014 (Day 11) (0) by The Voice
	Five posts to sum up December 2014 (0) by Caron Lindsay
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #405 (0) by Caron Lindsay
	Christine Jardine attracts cross-party support in her quest to become MP for Gordon (25) by The Voice
5th	What’s on in our parliaments this week? 5-9 January 2015 (5) by The Voice
	Opinion: What it will take to win in 2015 (34) by Helen Flynn
	Martin Horwood MP writes…Pavement politics (20) by Martin Horwood
	Nick Clegg’s press conference today (22) by The Voice
	The 12 most-read LDV posts of 2014 (Day 12) (0) by The Voice
	Opinion: Make your city a global success in six easy steps – part 1 (11) by Iain Roberts
	Opinion: 120 days to save the country (22) by Stephen Phillips
	LDVideo: Nick Clegg on buoyant form, saying: Liberal Democrats needed to govern responsibly and fairly (51) by Caron Lindsay
	++Breaking: Clegg gets tough with Theresa on terror measures (14) by Caron Lindsay
6th	Opinion: We need to stand up for Liberal Democrat distinctiveness on economic policy (42) by Paul Pettinger
	Clegg says Lib Dems would spend extra £8bn on NHS (37) by The Voice
	You’d think these important party elections were a secret or something (10) by The Voice
	Opinion: A life after caring (4) by David Warren
	Opinion: Could there be a National Government by the end of the year? (42) by Sally Pearson
	While we’re talking about deadlines…. (3) by The Voice
	The tale of Taylor Swift, Twitter and the Liberal Democrat MP (11) by Newspuppy
7th	48 good things Nick Clegg has done (8) by Caron Lindsay
	Vince Cable and Danny Alexander to be confirmed as Election Spokesmen for Cabinet jobs they have been doing for the last five years (42) by Caron Lindsay
	Our next post will be reserved for new and infrequent commenters (57) by Paul Walter
	Offering “heart and spine” – should we be mentioning the “c” word in the election campaign? (23) by Paul Walter
	Shirley Williams talks about the new film based on the life of her mother, Vera Brittain (4) by Paul Walter
	LibLink: David Laws – Tories will cut schools spending by a quarter (34) by Newsmoggie
	Charlie Hebdo – in sympathy and solidarity (29) by The Voice
	Opinion: Why not limit MPs to four terms in Parliament? (38) by David Faggiani
	Nick Clegg on the Charlie Hebdo horror: “barbaric attack on freedom of speech” (43) by The Voice
	LibLink: Edward McMillan Scott – The embarrassing link between Cameron and Germany’s anti-Islamic movement (9) by NewsHound
8th	The place to go for all things Education – LDEA’s new website (13) by Cara Jenkinson
	TTIP and the NHS: Separating fact from fiction (40) by Nick T
	Tim Farron writes… Never has the political market been so crowded in the UK. Never has there been more space for a Liberal Party. (13) by Tim Farron MP
	Call Clegg review: “You cannot have freedom unless people are free to offend each other” (15) by Caron Lindsay
	Christmas in Bermondsey the Simon Hughes way: “Our big city is made up of little villages, little communities and we all have to look after each other” (5) by The Voice
	Ming Campbell’s response to the Charlie Hebdo shootings worries me (104) by Caron Lindsay
	Vince Cable writes… Osborne’s deep cuts are damaging and ideological (35) by Vince Cable
	Je suis Charlie (14) by The Voice
9th	Opinion: Deliberately offending people might be necessary (117) by Mark Wright
	Êtes-vous Charlie? (133) by The Voice
	Opinion: Liberal Democrats are the only party which can be trusted to get the European question right – we should say so (17) by Bryan Cartledge
	LibLink: Nick Clegg We must always be free to criticise ideas, even religious ones (48) by NewsHound
10th	LibDemVoice Fantasy Football League: how it stands after Week 20 (0) by Stephen Tall
	Farron: Publish Chilcot Report within a week (8) by The Voice
	Ruwan Kodikara becomes Nick Clegg’s “Head of Media and Brand” (30) by Caron Lindsay
	Trouble and strife for Labour in Redcar (4) by NewsHound
	Tweets from the campaign trail – the first major campaign Saturday of 2015 (22) by Caron Lindsay
11th	Opinion: Why we can all be Charlie (118) by Lee Dargue
	You can tell there’s an election coming up.. #1 (16) by Newspuppy
	Je suis encore Charlie (14) by Paul Walter
	LDV’s Sunday Best: our 7 most-read articles this week (1) by The Voice
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #406 (1) by Caron Lindsay
	Caron’s Sunday Selection: Must-read articles from the Sunday papers (1) by Caron Lindsay
	Featherstone and Hughes defend Coalition record on civil liberties in letter to Independent on Sunday (6) by The Voice
12th	Lynne Featherstone writes on violence against women in India and Burma (6) by Lynne Featherstone
	LibLink Special: Martin Horwood’s cartoon column for his local newspaper in tribute to Charlie Hebdo victims (2) by NewsHound
	Opinion: The Trade Union and Workplace Reforms Debate (40) by David Warren
	No ifs, buts or maybes. Liberal Democrats must not support Counter Terrorism and Security Bill in its current form. (12) by Caron Lindsay
	Opinion: How to interrogate a terrorist using diabetic biscuits (9) by Rob Blackie
	LibLink: Paddy Ashdown – We have experienced anarchy like this before. We should not over-react to it (10) by NewsHound
	Lord Dominic Addington writes…Disabled students must have an equal shot at life (4) by Lord Dominic Addington
	Opinion: Make your City a Global success in six easy steps – part 2 (6) by Iain Roberts
	Human Rights Committee criticises Terrorism Bill for plans to block UK citizens and for challenges to academic freedom (4) by Mary Reid
13th	Opinion: A personal view of the Paris tragedy (49) by Fadel Galal
	Opinion: could we have a better leader? (58) by Stephen Phillips
	Simon Hughes and Nick Clegg oppose Cameron’s Snoopers’ Charter plans – or do they? (4) by Caron Lindsay
	Scotland’s Assisted Suicide Bill under further Committee scrutiny (7) by Caron Lindsay
	Government concedes key points on judicial review (1) by Caron Lindsay
	LibLink: Brian Paddick on the Counter Terrorism Bill (3) by NewsHound
	Some personal perspectives on non binary gender identity (16) by Caron Lindsay
	Who’d have thought you’d find THAT in a secret Lib Dem campaign email? (18) by Newspuppy
14th	Our next post will be for new and infrequent commenters (17) by Paul Walter
	Nick Clegg – hero or villain? (35) by Paul Walter
	Opinion: Election debates must be based on clear criteria (30) by Matthew Campbell
	The Independent View: After Charlie Hebdo, we must not sacrifice democratic ideals in the face of fear (14) by Zaheer Rayasat
	Opinion: A south coast main line railway (20) by Nick Perry
	Pub landlord to call time on Farage (22) by Paul Walter
	Playground, panto and poultry – a day in the life of a debate about a debate (13) by Caron Lindsay
15th	Davey: Stop short-termist meddling in the energy markets (12) by Nick T
	The West Wing cast back together again (9) by Caron Lindsay
	Opinion: The case for a mayor for Greater Manchester (25) by Iain Roberts
	Should the SNP and Greens be included in leaders’ debates? (59) by The Voice
	Lord Roger Roberts: May’s Counter-Terror powers could enable her to ban liberalism (5) by The Voice
	WATCH: How Lynne Featherstone secured an extra £23.5 million in NHS funding for local health services (3) by The Voice
	The Hughester gits dan wiv da kids (10) by Paul Walter
	Call Clegg 15 January 15: The Cleggster goes cold on Carlile (14) by The Voice
16th	Have you sorted out how you are getting to Liverpool yet? (8) by Caron Lindsay
	Friday fun: what’s your pet hate? (37) by Caron Lindsay
	Jim Hume MSP writes…No room for complacency on mental health (8) by Jim Hume MSP
	Warning: This post may damage your health – but, it’s ok, Sal Brinton will make it better (30) by Caron Lindsay
	The Greens: the Lib Dem fightback begins (182) by Caron Lindsay
17th	LibDemVoice Fantasy Football League: how it stands after Week 21 (0) by Stephen Tall
	LibLink: Tim Farron: Without the Lib Dems, there would be nothing to stop the Tories neglecting the environment (7) by NewsHound
	Asylum system continues to fail LGBT people (8) by Caron Lindsay
	Norman Lamb praised in Cosmo… (3) by NewsHound
	What do you listen to while leafletting? (18) by Caron Lindsay
	Two deadlines all Scottish members and all Council campaign teams should be aware of (0) by The Voice
	Nick Clegg to be pelted with space hoppers? (3) by The Voice
18th	Nick Clegg pledges to end illiteracy by 2025 by ensuring every child leaves Primary School able to read (31) by The Voice
	Opinion: We need to enshrine children’s rights in law (17) by Kirsten Johnson
	How you can help Liberal Democrat Voice (4) by The Voice
	Clegg: “Liberalism youthful, optimistic philosophy”, Ashdown threatens to eat Murnaghan & Grender reminds us of Labour’s NHS deals with private sector (16) by Caron Lindsay
	LDV’s Sunday Best: our 7 most-read articles this week (0) by The Voice
	Willie Rennie makes fair student finance a Scottish budget priority (8) by Caron Lindsay
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #407 (0) by Caron Lindsay
19th	Julian Huppert, banking on visibility (18) by NewsHound
	The Independent View: The upcoming election in Israel: the dawn of a new progressive era in Israeli politics? (8) by Vittorio Trevitt
	Opinion: Britain’s Greenest Party, the Green Party and Environmentalism (108) by Simon Oliver
	Clegg: “Suicide is preventable, it is not inevitable” (4) by Mary Reid
	Opinion: Why I choose to stand in a seat I cannot win, this time (20) by Anuja Prashar
	Nick Clegg’s speech today on mental health (12) by The Voice
20th	Edinburgh South PPC Pramod Subbaraman explains why he is a Liberal Democrat (3) by NewsHound
	“What I need is what I think the Liberal Democrats are proposing” says Labour’s Peter Mandelson on Mansion Tax (52) by The Voice
	Norman Lamb MP writes… We need to talk openly about suicide and work to prevent it (6) by Norman Lamb MP
	Lord Paul Tyler writes…Devolution Dialogue on Democracy Day (6) by Paul Tyler
	Now, about those secret party elections we told you about the other week… (7) by The Voice
	Lynne Featherstone: Good riddance to Page 3 (32) by Caron Lindsay
	16 and 17 year olds in England and Wales have every right to be disappointed (5) by Caron Lindsay
	Dr Cable, I presume… (14) by Caron Lindsay
	Nick Clegg tells Chilcot: People will think your report is being “sexed down” (24) by The Voice
21st	Our next post will be for new and infrequent commenters (1) by Paul Walter
	The Green party – should we be panicking? (31) by Paul Walter
	Opinion: Deliberately offensive cartoons did not begin in Paris in the last few weeks (65) by John Tilley
	LibLink: Baroness Sally Hamwee – Sending overseas students home is “economic nonsense” (6) by Paul Walter
	Opinion: Tuition fees – grasping the nettle (41) by Jim Murray
	LibLink: Baroness Claire Tyler – Mental health matters (1) by Paul Walter
	Opinion: Should Britain copy Obama’s capital gains proposals? (14) by Adam Corlett
	Julian Huppert MP writes… Carbon and fracking (44) by Julian Huppert
	Julian Huppert writes…We need a strategy to promote walking and cycling (30) by Julian Huppert
22nd	Securing a future for sustained government investment in cycling and walking (8) by Helen Flynn
	Lord Clement-Jones writes…Out and about on the doorstep (4) by Tim Clement-Jones
	Alistair Carmichael MP writes…A proud day as we move nearer to Liberal Democrat vision of home rule for Scotland (18) by Alistair Carmichael MP
	Another Lib Dem website brilliantly topical error message – a pity it’s out of date so quickly (12) by Caron Lindsay
	Opinion: TTIP: a taxpayer funded safety net for the super-rich (57) by David Cooper
	Opinion: Some thoughts on preventing suicide (5) by John Lawrie
	Lord Hugh Dykes writes: Chilcot delay is an utter disgrace (10) by Hugh Dykes
23rd	Brent Central’s Ibrahim Taguri appointed as Liberal Democrat Race Equality Champion (10) by The Voice
	The Independent View: Progressive and pro-European voters must unite against Tory-UKIP chaos (68) by Lord Matthew Oakeshott
	Willie Rennie warns SNP over ID database (0) by Caron Lindsay
	Debates plan disadvantages the Liberal Democrats (52) by Caron Lindsay
	ALDC’s by-election report – 22 January 2015 (13) by ALDC
	Julian Huppert’s Green opponent in trouble for Twitter transphobia (4) by Caron Lindsay
	Welsh Lib Dems get good media coverage for new website launch (5) by The Voice
24th	Shirley Williams on A life in politics (11) by The Voice
	LibLink: Tim Farron: Only way to make blue go green is to add yellow (5) by NewsHound
	Flags at half mast – the right way to mark the passing of an illiberal despot? (37) by Caron Lindsay
	A sign of the trouble Labour faces in Scotland? (13) by Caron Lindsay
	Nick Clegg takes questions on Men’s Health UK’s Facebook page (9) by Caron Lindsay
	UKIP’s official health spokesperson: “I have no experience in health whatsoever” (23) by Caron Lindsay
	Daily Mail tells us a 20 year old story on Jo Swinson’s equalities report (1) by Caron Lindsay
25th	Opinion: Let’s look at the harm caused by Page 3 (61) by Alice Thomas
	LibLink: Jo Swinson: Shared parental leave will deliver the flexibility that couples want (0) by NewsHound
	LibLink: Michael Moore: The Smith Commission has delivered (5) by NewsHound
	Opinion: A liberal postcard from Athens (27) by Stephen Harte
	Surely it’s time for the Liberal Democrats to part company with Alex Carlile (100) by Caron Lindsay
	LDV’s Sunday Best: our 7 most-read articles this week (1) by The Voice
	Burns Night Special: John Knox’s Address to the Haggis, 2015 General Election Version (4) by Newspuppy
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #408 (0) by Caron Lindsay
	Three things you need to know about the new powers going to Scotland (8) by Caron Lindsay
26th	Opinion: The case for a “Great Reform Pact” (82) by Mike Biden
	Opinion: Enablement For All (2) by Kirsten Johnson
	Paddy Ashdown’s voice (14) by Mary Reid
	How the Daily Mirror works (8) by Mary Reid
	Julian Huppert writes … On shoehorning the Snooper’s Charter into the Counter Terrorism Bill (7) by Julian Huppert
	Norman Lamb writes … Tackling conversion therapy in the NHS (12) by Norman Lamb MP
27th	100 Days until polling day (63) by The Voice
	The left cheers Syriza while Miliband equivocates (68) by Joe Otten
	Clegg calls for gay victims of the Nazis to be remembered in national Holocaust memorial (21) by NewsHound
	BAME Training Weekend offer (1) by LDHQ Diversity team
	Julian Huppert writes… Clamping down on Tax Dodging (12) by Julian Huppert
	‘Open up!’ – Digital democracy in the House of Commons (15) by Mary Reid
	Catherine Bearder writes… 100 days to stop the Tories or Labour neglecting the environment (10) by Catherine Bearder
	++ Tessa Munt quits as Vince Cable aide over fracking (18) by Paul Walter
	Is there any chance you might have noticed that there’s 100 days till the General Election? (9) by Caron Lindsay
28th	A quiet word in defence of Alex Carlile (14) by Paul Walter
	Our next post will be for new and infrequent commenters (1) by Paul Walter
	Opinion: A good reason to vote LibDem in May (6) by Stephen Phillips
	Lord William Wallace writes… Make national voter registration day part of your campaign (7) by Lord William Wallace
	Sal Brinton: “We aren’t dead” (17) by Paul Walter
	Opinion: Achievable electoral reform for 2015 (50) by Adrian Pellas-Rice
	Liberal Democrats winning here……or at least….erm….purring here (4) by Newsmoggie
	Open Doors: All 3 versions of the first Lib Dem broadcast of the year (74) by The Voice
29th	Opinion: Insulation not fossil fuel subsidies (46) by Cara Jenkinson
	Opinion: Housing – yes, we can (21) by Chris White
	You can’t really imagine Ed Miliband and David Cameron joking with each other over Twitter… (8) by Caron Lindsay
	Opinion: Time to dump the 4 hour A & E target (17) by Catherine Royce
	A first glance at the agenda for Spring Conference (4) by The Voice
	Some notes on Nick Clegg’s Breakfast TV performance this morning (18) by Caron Lindsay
	Liberal Democrats campaign all year round – even in the snow (7) by Caron Lindsay
30th	International Office promotes women’s and LGBT rights in the Balkans (1) by Harriet Shone
	Opinion: Open doors and open minds (9) by Sam Phripp
	Nick Clegg on The Last Leg tonight (7) by Mary Reid
	ALDC’s by-election report, 29th January 2015 (3) by ALDC
	LibLink: Andrew George on renewable energy (7) by NewsHound
	Opinion: MPs’ pay rises (38) by Ibrahim Taguri
	Clegg on the Last Leg – first thoughts (15) by Caron Lindsay
31st	LibDemVoice Fantasy Football League: how it stands after Week 22 (0) by Stephen Tall
	Edgbaston PPC Lee Dargue takes part in debate with Birmingham University students (8) by The Voice
	How does Clegg build on the success of The Last Leg? (72) by Caron Lindsay