The Slow Suicide of the Liberal Democrats
Here is a genuine quote from a member of the Liberal Democrats on last night’s BBC Newsnight and it tells you a hell of a lot about why the country’s […]
Tag Archives: Liberal Democrats
Vote 2011
My beloved Newcastle is back under Labour control. A lot of friends and colleagues are now newly elected councillors around the country. The country has punished the Liberal Democrats quite […]
Tory Hypocrisy Over Funding
The Electoral Commission yesterday published the financial donations made to our political parties in quarter three of this year. They’re not the most fascinating read ever, but I like statistics […]
Lib Dems Communicate With Public – Sort Of
Isn’t it nice when political parties involve their members? Get them active and communicate effectively? Always a positive thing. So it’s nice that the Liberal Democrats are doing that with […]
Murdoch v Cable – Rumble in the westminster jungle
I’m not Vince Cable’s biggest fan. I’ll happily admit that. I can’t help but think that his announcement that he had personally taken the decision to refer the News Corp […]
Clegg and tuition fees – obstacle or opportunity?
Today, Government has announced that the cap on University tuition fees will be set at a maximum of £9,000 per year. Michael Gove has done his tour of the various radio and […]
Not so cuddly after all
Just a quick post to start the day off. If you’ve ever been involved in election campaigning, or even event promoting, you’ll know just how tricky it is to produce an […]
Rose-tinted glasses spoil Clegg’s view
One of the things I’ve noticed in the last couple of days is how little I’m seeing of Osborne in the tv studios and how much I’m seeing of Nick […]
Clegg’s Quandary
If you’ve been near Twitter today, you will have been told about the Liberal Democrats ‘new’ website. The site, http://www.liberaldemocrats.co.uk, isn’t actually the correct URL for the Lib Dems but links […]
Principles and the price of power
Newsnight was interesting last night. Not something you’ll see me write often. Let’s face it, Newsnight is not the journalistic powerhouse it once was. Paxman is not the big beast he used […]
