• Dear Nick Clegg......

    Updated: 2012-02-29 19:39:43
    Do you actually believe in freedom of speech? Not, it would appear, from your reported remarks and threats about Jenny Tonge which triggered her resignation. (See for the context among other places) Let us examine the remarks which you call 'wrong and offensive'. They are:- "Beware Israel. Israel is not going to be there for ever in its present form. One day, the United States of America will get sick of giving £70bn a year to Israel to support what I call America's aircraft carrier in the Middle East - that is Israel. One day, the American people are ...

  • Battening down the hatches #AWEMA

    Updated: 2012-02-29 18:42:00
    This is the extraordinary response to a written question which I received today: Peter Black (South Wales West): How many times did Ministers meet with AWEMA in the six months following each of the reports into AWEMA in 2002 and 2004 and following concerns raised by the then Chair in 2007. (WAQ59851) Jane Hutt: It is not appropriate for me to comment in light of the ongoing Wales Audit Office review into the history of the Welsh Government's support of AWEMA. The lack of transparency and accountability in this matter is being taken to extreme lengths by Government Ministers.

  • The Liberal Left and Dr Jenny Tonge

    Updated: 2012-02-29 18:03:32
    Well after what seemed to me a bizzarre set of comments on Israel, Jenny Tonge has resigned/been sacked as a Lib Dem Peer. This leaves the new fledgling group Liberal Left with an interesting dilemma. With conference just weeks away Dr Tonge was advertised as a principle speaker for the Liberal Left fringe seen here: One wonders whether as well as having the whip withdrawn today, whether Linda Jack will withdraw the invitation too? We all wait with baited breath. A little bit more research has also pointed me to the fact that not only is Dr Tonge scheduled to ...

  • Liberal Futures publishes the Little Yellow Book

    Updated: 2012-02-29 15:56:12
    First, there was the Orange Book. Then Liberal Democrat Voice published the Tangerine Book. Now, tomorrow, Scottish based Liberal Futures will publish The Little Yellow Book, a collection of essays on Liberalism in Scotland today edited by former MSP and Education Minister Robert Brown and Nigel Lindsay (no relation). It aims to move beyond the Orange Book of 2004, and to articulate a Liberalism of the people that speaks to modern Scotland with a mission to make our country a more equal and buoyant one. Liberal Futures was established last year to promote thought and policy development among Scottish Liberal ...

  • Talking politics, eating pizza - Beckenham on Friday night

    Updated: 2012-02-29 15:55:59
    On Friday evening I'm heading off to Beckenham (home to the famous Chinese Garage, which is built in a Japanese style and now sells French cars) to be the guest speaker at the local Liberal Democrats' Pizza and Politics evening. Details of the venue and so on are over on FlockTogether. Hope to see a few of this blog's readers there!

  • Conference Planner

    Updated: 2012-02-29 15:23:00
    If you're going to Federal Spring Conference in Gateshead 9-11 March 2012 then take a look at our ALDC Conference Guide here with quick details of the ALDC and local government fringe programme, and the series of ALDC and ALDC/LGA training events that are taking place on Saturday. Download our guide here (just 2 sides A4, if you want to print out). Highlights include our Public Health Fringe on Saturday lunchtime with Paul Burstow MP (lunch included), a speaker session on Saturday afternoon on local economic growth with speakers from Bedford and Portsmouth, and a series of election campaign training ...

  • The unsung coalition hero, Jeremy Browne

    Updated: 2012-02-29 14:07:27
    In his recent opinion, in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Browne is not just proving to be an articulate and capable minister, but a potential future leader. Dare I even say, Prime Ministerial. Like Danny Alexander, Jeremy operates in one of the most influential and prestiges offices in the country; this enables him to experience the ...

  • Twittering about Liberal Democrat spring conference?

    Updated: 2012-02-29 11:50:31
    [IMG: LibDem conference] If you are planning to tweet about or from the Liberal Democrat spring conference in NewcastleGateshead*, then the hashtag people will be using is #ldconf. And if you're wondering what a hashtag is... it's just a bit of text that everyone talking about a particular event uses. If we all use the same tag, it means you can easily search and find what other people are saying about the event, even if you are not following them (and even without first having to know who they are). In other words, it's a bit like the difference between ...

  • Close of Nominations for Queensland Election

    Updated: 2012-02-27 20:07:16
    A summary of the 430 candidates contesting the 2012 Queensland election.

  • Local Seats for Local People - Who Should be Allowed to Contest Elections

    Updated: 2012-02-22 08:23:34
    Should candidates who do not live in an electorate be allowed to run as candidates, and why so many teenagers are running for Labor at the Queensland election.

  • 2012 Queensland Election - the Battle for the Gold Coast

    Updated: 2012-02-09 04:05:42
    The Gold Coast tells to the tale of four decades of Queensland politics and explains why the LNP had to be formed. Queensland election 2012

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