LDHG Meeting: Peace, Reform and Liberation
Updated: 2011-12-31 09:33:37
I was disappointed to have missed the Liberal Democrat History Group's fringe at the September conference this year as I was at the Love Luton fringe meeting instead. However, yesterday I was able to catch up on it thanks to the wonders of the internet. I'm glad I did. It is a bit special. A strong and well balanced panel gave a set of fascinating contributions to a discussion on the full sweep of the history of the Liberal Party to what came across as a rather high spirited audience. Julian Glover makes you wish all Guardian journalists were more ...
Two Lib Dem ministers made it into the top 10 of most-mentioned politicians in the national print media in 2011. Not surprisingly, one was Nick Clegg, the Deputy PM; the other was Chris Huhne, energy and climate change secretary. Here's the graphic which shows them placed 4th and 10th respectively: Two Lib Dems also made it into the list of top 10 backbenchers who appeared in the national print media in 2011. Ming Campbell and David Laws popped up at 9th and 10th respectively (42nd and 43rd overall): Here's the full list of Lib Dem MPs who made it into ...
Every year, at about this time, I read the list of people upon whom HM The Queen has been pleased to bestow honours. For many years, I have hoped to see the name of one particular person among them. This morning, that hope of mine has been realised. Jeffrey Edward Anthony DUDGEON. For services to ...
I've decided now that the referendum was almost last year that it was time to allow people into some of the more amusing aspects of the campaign. I should explain, that as the North West regional organiser of the Yes campaign it was my responsibility to deliver the 'ground campaign' in the region. Although many of ...
With the prospect of Scottish devolution going at least one extra step towards Home Rule or even outright independence from the UK, Cornwall should decide, like Wales, whether it wants to see greater powers come from Westminster to decide more of its own future. The Coalition government has evangelised the concept of localism, and although ...
Over the last few years we've seen a lot of highway renewal works in East Dulwich - Crystal Palace Road, Dunstan's Road, Grove Vale, Melbourne Grove. Great in principle but painful in the delivery. At a recent council committee council officers reported on surveying residents on how some of them went. Eye opening to discover that 43% of residents on Crystal Palace Road and 35% of Dunstan's Road reported they were not aware of the road renewals before they started and that respectively 47% and 39% hadn't received a leaflet or letter about the works. We're not talking about little ...