Monthly Archives: April 2016

1st	Exciting new venue for Spring Conference (29) by The Voice
	Must-see TV series: Inside Obama’s White House (13) by Paul Walter
	From the Rip of Olla (4) by Mary Reid
	Problems identified with enforcing prohibition of legal highs (11) by Tobie Abel
	A good quote from Margaret Thatcher (11) by Paul Walter
	ALDC’s by-election report: 31 March 2016 (5) by ALDC
2nd	Will North West Region choose to become a state party? (32) by Iain Donaldson
	EURef: Brexit would endanger Britons’ healthcare rights (4) by Antony Hook
	Willie Rennie issues Living Wage challenge (1) by The Voice
	Miriam Gonzalez Durantez has a right go at Brexiteers over terrorism claims (21) by NewsHound
	What’s being debated in our members’ forum this week? (0) by The Voice
	Agenda 2020 Essay Competition #22: What it means to be a Liberal Democrat today (3) by Caron Lindsay
3rd	Willie Rennie: I want Scotland to be the best (0) by Caron Lindsay
	Kirsty Williams slams Tories and Labour over steel failures (6) by The Voice
	Might Tim Farron be the longest serving party leader by the autumn? (15) by Antony Hook
	Enforced academisation plan is “bonkers” (27) by Paul Walter
	LDV’s Sunday Best: our 7 most-read articles this week (0) by Caron Lindsay
	LGBTI Scottish hustings reveals consensus on gender recognition law change (17) by Caron Lindsay
	Paddy Ashdown gets stuck into EU Referendum debate (8) by Caron Lindsay
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #453 (0) by Caron Lindsay
4th	It’s time for Lib Dems to set some external goals, strategy and tactics. (74) by Antony Hook
	North West Liberal Democrats Conference Spring 2016 (3) by Iain Donaldson
	Ethnic minority pupils outclass white British pupils (44) by Mary Reid
5th	Skinner Guilty: Time to change European Parliament expenses for good (12) by Antony Hook
	Laws on Osborne v Duncan Smith (24) by Joe Otten
	Book review: Charles Kennedy: A Tragic Flaw by Greg Hurst (8) by Paul Walter
	What really is “Kafkaesque”? (9) by Paul Walter
6th	EURef Roundup: Airbus, Insurers, Stanley Johnson, Service sector back IN, lazy Corbyn attacked, ex- Health Secs speak up (1) by Antony Hook
	Reducing the Government’s Deficit is not the same as reducing the UK’s Deficit.  (8) by Peter Martin
	Tavish Scott slams SNP’s “slap in the face” to Scottish farmers (1) by Caron Lindsay
	Caroline Pidgeon taking Twitter questions this afternoon #AskCaroline (0) by The Voice
	What next for Lib Dem drug policy? (19) by Henry Fisher
	Caroline Pidgeon judged winner of ITV/LBC mayoral debate (8) by The Voice
	Why Liberal Democrats oppose the Cameron government’s education reforms (10) by Jamie Dalzell
7th	First Scotland, now the EU: how did young English progressives end up fighting to save the status quo? (13) by Adam Bennett
	Shakespeare the Liberal (23) by Andrew Venning
	What Cameron and Osborne said about Vince Cable’s proposals on corporate transparency (26) by Nick T
	And we’re off….. (10) by Tim Pickstone
8th	What the UK can learn from the Dutch referendum (8) by Henk van Klaveren
	Is it Game Over for Cameron? (40) by Caron Lindsay
	Tom Brake MP writes….On International Romani Day we should all remember the need for human rights to be given to all groups in Europe (6) by Tom Brake
	The world of puppet politicians (15) by The Voice
	Friday fun: The story of Willie Rennie and the friendly pigs (1) by Caron Lindsay
9th	ALDC’s by-election report 7 April 2016 (0) by ALDC
	Willie Rennie stands up for Scottish farmers let down by the SNP’s CAP payments failure (0) by Caron Lindsay
	LibLink: Nick Clegg: Hypocritical Brexiteers are as much an elite as those they rage against (11) by NewsHound
	Sadiq and Zac agree for once: Caroline Pidgeon is “great” and “impressive” (10) by The Voice
10th	Should politicians publish their tax returns? (34) by Caron Lindsay
	Kirsty Williams: We go into this election as the smallest opposition party which has delivered more than anyone else (0) by NewsHound
	WATCH: Alex Cole-Hamilton on tax, education, glaciers and the SNP’s “magic tractor” (0) by Caron Lindsay
	Could the Republican party save the world from Trump, but split apart? (14) by Paul Walter
	LDV’s Sunday Best: our 7 most-read articles this week (0) by The Voice
	UKIP’s ongoing collapse – ducking a by-election in Farage’s “top target” (10) by Antony Hook
	Tim Farron on tax: “We must not miss this opportunity to change the system” (17) by Caron Lindsay
	Liberal Youth calls for reserved places on party committees (24) by Caron Lindsay
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #454 (1) by Caron Lindsay
	LibLink: Alex Cole-Hamilton: Criticism of SNP policies is vital (6) by Caron Lindsay
11th	EURef: Two more leaflets available to order (5) by Antony Hook
	Baroness Lynne Featherstone writes…The State killed my nephew (4) by Lynne Featherstone
	The EU Referendum – Don’t believe UKIP, believe Sir Winston (and his fellow Liberal Democrats) (14) by Jonan Boto
	Looking for more women (24) by Mark Pack
	The erosion of British local democracy (18) by Chris Key
	Why, after a year of being involved with the Lib Dems, I’ll be renewing my membership (27) by Benjamin Sims
12th	EURef: Netherlands vote on Ukraine trade deal underlines no guarantees for UK (7) by Antony Hook
	Brexit as political arson by David Miliband (27) by Joe Otten
	The tirade of Government defeats on housing has begun (8) by Baroness Cathy Bakewell
	Tim Farron visits refugee camps in Greece – “Real people in desperate circumstances fleeing war” (10) by Caron Lindsay
	‘Fee waiver’ system for immigrants not working (2) by Dee Doocey
	Seven candidates and an electorate of three – the strangest by-election ever? (20) by Caron Lindsay
	Watch: The day they let Willie Rennie fly a plane (0) by Caron Lindsay
	Welsh Lib Dems plan £20 million boost for hill farmers (1) by The Voice
13th	Rennie’s penny on tax for education is progressive – IPPR (2) by Caron Lindsay
	The government’s EU “remain” booklet hits the doormats…and it is spookily reminiscent of its 1975 counterpart (21) by Paul Walter
	St Ives referendum – Is this the way forward to stop seaside idylls being ghost towns? (7) by Paul Walter
	Africa’s Super Sunday (3) by Paul Walter
	A surprising gap in David Laws’ knowledge (15) by Caron Lindsay
	Is Leeds showing the way forward on prostitution? (16) by Paul Walter
	Bosnia’s Nasa Stranka visits York (1) by Keith Aspden
	Caroline Pidgeon: With me as Mayor, London would work for everyone (6) by NewsHound
	Tim Farron launches blueprint for UK to take 3000 unaccompanied refugee children (11) by The Voice
14th	LibLink: Vince Cable makes the case for TTIP and free trade (41) by The Voice
	EURef: What can the EU make law on (hint: it is not “anything it feels like”) (27) by Antony Hook
	Watch: Christine Jardine in BBC Health debate “Let medical professionals do their job” (1) by Caron Lindsay
	Offshore 101, or: Can we please stop asking David Cameron to resign? (57) by Alice Thomas
	Claire Tyler writes…We need to invest in all our young people (1) by Claire Tyler
	It’s postal vote polling day! (6) by Caron Lindsay
	Welsh Lib Dems launch manifesto – A Wales that works for you (0) by The Voice
	Breaking..A duo of by-election wins, one strong hold, one great gain (20) by Caron Lindsay
15th	Scottish Liberal Democrats to launch manifesto – a plan to make Scotland the best again (1) by Caron Lindsay
	Contrasts of Cologne and Kent (10) by Fionna Tod
	Baroness Emma Nicholson writes…We must maintain momentum to end sexual violence in conflict (3) by Baroness Emma Nicholson
	Farron: Rise in UK deaths related to hunger a “national scandal” (12) by The Voice
	The Bearing Group – helping to build a more liberal UK (34) by Anonymous Lib Dem
	The “trailblazing, hell-raising rule breaking Rennie” (0) by Caron Lindsay
	LibDemVoice Fantasy Football League: how it stands after Week 33 (3) by Stephen Tall
16th	Norman Baker’s Reform Club band plays London (1) by NewsHound
	Nick Clegg chairs meeting on educational inequality in Sheffield (12) by The Voice
	Timely reminder – when the Guardian’s attempt to influence US politics backfired spectacularly (9) by Paul Walter
	Is being an MP a rubbish job? (15) by Paul Walter
17th	In conversation with David Laws (22) by York Membery
	Visiting the Northern Greece refugee camps with Tim Farron (1) by Vinous Ali
	LibLink: Kirsty Williams: Cancer care in Wales (0) by NewsHound
	LDV’s Sunday Best: our 7 most-read articles this week (0) by The Voice
	How the Scottish Liberal Democrats are winning this campaign (26) by Caron Lindsay
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #455 (3) by Caron Lindsay
18th	Is Liberalism Dead? (38) by Andrew Venning
	LibLink: Miriam Gonzáles says free trade has won: adapt or die is the only option left to us (11) by The Voice
	In the Spring … (17) by Lord William Wallace
	Who makes the decisions in the EU? (26) by Liz Lynne
	We need to challenge some of those Brexit statements (51) by John Marriott
	GCHQ apologises to gay people (6) by Mary Reid
19th	Value for Money and Power Education (17) by Steve Trevethan
	What you can do to make a difference to the Immigration Bill (1) by Suzanne Fletcher
	‘I came from Bangladesh, the Government lost my passport and now I’m a Liberal Democrat’ (5) by News Meerkat
	Brexiters have nowhere to hide on crime, policing, terror and intelligence (27) by Joe Otten
	Willie Rennie’s most embarrassing moments – and his favourite films (0) by Caron Lindsay
	Cooking with Kirsty (0) by Caron Lindsay
	And the new Lib Dem peer is… (22) by The Voice
	EURef Roundup: Treasury’s £4,300, likely turnout changing, leaflet’s impact on support, TUC on Race, EG on investment risk (5) by Antony Hook
20th	Baroness Liz Barker writes…Osborne’s social care omnishambles (4) by Baroness Liz Barker
	Farron: the Welsh Assembly needs a strong liberal voice (0) by Caron Lindsay
	Your Liberal Britain: What would a Liberal Britain look like? (14) by Neville Farmer
	Federal Conference registration opens – but discounted period only lasts for a week (13) by Caron Lindsay
	EURef: Simon Hughes rallies support in Gibraltar (2) by Antony Hook
21st	We can’t forget about our core vote if we want to win on June 23rd (7) by Guy Russo
	EURef: RSPB demands Remain and Leave answer environmental questions (4) by Antony Hook
	Review: Coalition, by David Laws (23) by Nick T
	What they said about Kirsty in the Welsh Leaders’ Debate (2) by NewsHound
	Undeclared Conservative election expenses unearthed by Channel 4 News (22) by The Voice
	EURef: Judgment reserved in Ex-pats’ legal challenge (1) by Antony Hook
	The Queen’s advice to Tim Farron (15) by Caron Lindsay
22nd	LibLink: David Steel: We need liberalism more than ever (16) by Caron Lindsay
	EURef Talking Points: being positive. Hope-mongering. (13) by Antony Hook
	Paddy has Brexit campaigners floundering on Question Time (29) by Caron Lindsay
	LibLink: Tim Farron: The Government’s latest capitulation to take up to 3000 more refugees is welcome but not enough (5) by Caron Lindsay
	Lord Monroe Palmer writes…The Government has back-pedalled and tenants have won (0) by Monroe Palmer
23rd	St George for Europe! (13) by Mike Biden
	The USA: The clue is in the title – and it is the greatest example of pooled sovereignity between states (40) by Paul Walter
	WATCH: Joe Otten interviewed on Sunday Politics (3) by Caron Lindsay
	What’s being debated in our members’ forum this week? (1) by The Voice
	LibLink: Getting real about tackling London’s air pollution (2) by NewsHound
	WATCH: Alex Cole Hamilton on the SNP’s “smog and mirrors” and singing the recycling song (0) by Caron Lindsay
24th	After a year of Tory rule, we have the chance to show our disapproval (13) by James Davis
	Federal Conference Committee so far fails to extend unfairly implemented early bird discount for Autumn Conference (16) by Caron Lindsay
	WATCH: Tim Farron on the Andrew Marr Show (9) by Caron Lindsay
	LDV’s Sunday Best: our 7 most-read articles this week (2) by The Voice
	Welsh Lib Dems ask Labour supporters to vote Lib Dem on list to stop UKIP (15) by NewsHound
	WATCH: Two very different interviews for Willie Rennie (2) by Caron Lindsay
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #456 (0) by Caron Lindsay
25th	Demo for Democracy on 7th May! (19) by Mary Reid
	Book Review: Big Tent Politics, the Liberal Party’s Long Mastery of Canada’s Public Life (16) by Antony Hook
	Liberal Youth’s International Officer elected Vice President of the International Federation of Liberal Youth (3) by Ab Brightman
	One year on from the Nepal Earthquake (1) by Lindsay Northover
	It must be possible to be 100% pro-EU, but still question how things are run (23) by Judy Abel
	The Independent View: Obscure powers secretly used to hoover up our data (5) by Millie Graham Wood
	Congratulations to Suzanne Fletcher for winning ALDE’s Lifetime Achievement Award! (2) by The Voice
	We shouldn’t just be the party of Remain; we should also be the party of Reform (30) by Ian Thomas
	Farron: Government has dishonoured Britain’s humanitarian legacy (11) by Caron Lindsay
26th	EURef Roundup: Obama, Clinton for Remain, Le Pen for Leave, Recruitment hit by Brexit risk, Bognor and Brighton compared (10) by Antony Hook
	Inquest verdict: The 96 were unlawfully killed #JFT96 (72) by Joe Otten
	Could Trumpland reach Britain? (35) by Lord William Wallace
	LibLink: Alistair Carmichael: The child refugee vote brought shame on the government (5) by Caron Lindsay
	Welsh Lib Dems say AM pay rises must be linked to public sector pay (2) by The Voice
	Immigration Bill – what’s happening this evening (0) by Sally Hamwee
	David Steel on Northern Ireland abortion law (8) by The Voice
27th	And the biggest threat to the Union is….Ruth Davidson (8) by Simon Horner
	Baroness Sally Hamwee writes…How Lib Dem Lords are making the horrible Immigration Bill a little better (2) by Sally Hamwee
	A lifetime achievement, but still much to be done (1) by Suzanne Fletcher
	Tim Farron: SNP taking Scotland for granted (2) by The Voice
	Poll boosts for Kirsty Williams and Eluned Parrott in Wales (6) by Caron Lindsay
	Can you help the London Liberal Democrats beat UKIP and win a third Assembly seat? (2) by The Voice
28th	Missing the civility of coalition (28) by Nick T
	Jenny Randerson urges Welsh Labour voters to support the Lib Dems to stop Ukip (5) by The Voice
	LibLink: David Laws – The road to student retention (11) by The Voice
	Even the Daily Mail thinks the Government isn’t doing the right thing by child refugees (11) by Caron Lindsay
29th	Farron makes pitch to centre left voters – support Lib Dems for good local councillors and effective opposition to Tories (3) by Caron Lindsay
	LibLink: Kirsty Williams’ pitch for Welsh Assembly votes (3) by NewsHound
	WATCH: Norman Baker’s Reform Club’s hard-hitting song “Give War a Chance” (2) by The Voice
	Tim Pickstone writes…Help make the difference next Thursday (0) by Tim Pickstone
	Earthquake in Austria (8) by Richard Robinson
	Roaming charges reduced from tomorrow thanks to the EU (17) by Caron Lindsay
	Tom Brake MP writes…It’s time to reform renting (13) by Tom Brake
	Would you quit your job to join the Liberal Democrats? (5) by Caron Lindsay
30th	LibDemVoice Fantasy Football League: how it stands after Week 35 (9) by Stephen Tall
	As war accelerates again in Syria it’s time for us to act (19) by Jonathan Brown
	A time to speak out? (26) by Ruth Bright
	LDV Top Tip: If you’re going to accuse your opponent of negative campaigning, don’t call him names (1) by Caron Lindsay
	WATCH: Richard Younger-Ross’s pitch to be Devon & Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner (0) by The Voice
	Rennie: Sturgeon must shred China deal after human rights warning (3) by The Voice