Will Clegg and Davey stick or twist?
Over on Lib Dem Voice, Jo has accused me of changing my tune. I disagree, but I will happily admit to allowing a glimmer of optimism cross my mind over the course of this evening as the events of Ed...
View ArticleWhy Ed Davey is wrong about the Lisbon Treaty
Once again, I am indebted to Millennium Dome for organising another bloggers’ interview with a senior Lib Dem politician. This time we got to interview Ed Davey, at quite a topical time as it turns...
View ArticleDeconstructing the Lib Dem EU poll and other things to annoy the front bench
The Lib Dems have unveiled the results of a recently commissioned MORI Poll today with great flourish, insisting it confirms that their position for an in-out referendum is supported by twice as many...
View ArticleWill Nick Clegg lose his saving throw?
This morning I thought I might blog a tribute to the late, lamented Gary Gygax. Then when I heard Nick Clegg on the Today Programme, I thought I should write about that. Now, thanks to the magic of...
View ArticleMing Campbell abstained on his own policy
This has probably been blogged elsewhere, but looking at Public Whip today I was intrigued to note that the Lib Dems failed to get their own MPs out to vote in support of having a debate on the in/out...
View ArticleNick Clegg: I’m more hardline than Mao
Gavin Whenman has been expressing exasperation with Nick Clegg’s use of the word sclerotic. He has a point. Personally, I find the following quote equally perplexing: “It’s not an act of leadership to...
View ArticleYes to Fairer Votes: the briefing has started
This is an interesting quote: Last night a senior source in the campaign for the alternative vote admitted they knew “very early on” that there was no chance of winning the referendum and that Clegg...
View ArticleLost in the Jungle Room
I’ve written an article for Liberator about my experience on the Yes to Fairer Votes campaign.
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What part of Yes do you not understand?
A review of Don’t Take No For An Answer by Lewis Baston and Ken Ritchie (Biteback Publishing, 2011) I’ve made several attempts at writing a review of Don’t Take No For An Answer, Lewis Baston and Ken...
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Jack Monroe and “Hodge’s killer baby adverts”
One of the latest things to trend on Twitter is the hashtag #CameronMustGo and the celebrity chef Jack Monroe waded in with a series of tweets, the most notable one of which was “Because he uses...
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