Thu 16th May 2013 3:54pm by Nick Thornsby
Over at the New Statesman, Lib Dem energy secretary Ed Davey has a rather perceptive and interesting piece on the Conservative Party's implosion over Europe.
Here's ...
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Thu 9th May 2013 3:33pm by Nick Thornsby
Writing for Public Service Europe, Lib Dem campaigner Richard Marbrow has an interesting piece on the distinctly geographical 'success' of Ukip.
Here's an excerpt:
For those of ...
Posted in LibLink | 21 Comments
Thu 9th May 2013 8:13am by Nick Thornsby
Congratulations to Roberto Azevedo, who, it has just been announced, will take over from Pascal Lamy ...
Posted in Op-eds | 3 Comments
Fri 3rd May 2013 9:31am by Nick Thornsby
The extent to which county council election results tell us about the state of politics in the country is without doubt significantly overstated. Only a ...
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Thu 2nd May 2013 8:23am by Nick Thornsby
In the run-up to today's county council elections, Ed Miliband has been taking to a wooden pallet in towns and villages around the UK, telling ...
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Thu 18th Apr 2013 12:07pm by Nick Thornsby
Those of us interested in politics and current affairs generally have particularly policy areas to which ...
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Thu 11th Apr 2013 5:59pm by Nick Thornsby
Heard on Radio 4's PM earlier
BBC Reporter: But why should millions of illegal immigrants be given an amnesty to stay here?
Senior politician: Why should millions ...
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Thu 11th Apr 2013 2:34pm by Nick Thornsby
Writing in this month's centenary issue of the New Statesman, former prime minister Tony ...
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Thu 11th Apr 2013 10:43am by Nick Thornsby
I'm sure readers would like to join the Voice team in sending our congratulations to ...
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Thu 21st Mar 2013 2:33pm by Nick Thornsby
Cyprus's parliament couldn't have been much clearer in its rejection of the plan, negotiated between eurozone members, to bail out the country's failing banks. As a ...
Posted in Op-eds | 23 Comments
Thu 21st Mar 2013 10:12am by Nick Thornsby
As one might expect, groups within the Lib Dems are united in welcoming George Osborne's announcement that the coalition will deliver the Lib Dem policy ...
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Thu 21st Mar 2013 8:56am by Nick Thornsby
Here's an email I sent to the BBC's acting Director of News, Fran Unsworth, last night. Hat-tip to Richard Morris for highlighting the issue.
Dear ...
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Thu 14th Mar 2013 11:44am by Nick Thornsby
Pieces of writing can do lots of things: challenge, comfort, exasperate, inform, entertain. Occasionally, though, one reads a piece that, in prose far more clear, ...
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Mon 11th Mar 2013 8:22pm by Nick Thornsby
Economic jihad. That's how Vince Cable described Dr Liam Fox's speech to the IEA this morning. Dr Fox's speech is worth reading, though, precisely ...
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Sat 9th Mar 2013 5:03pm by Nick Thornsby
Steve Webb, Lib Dem minister for pensions, delivered his speech to conference earlier today. The text of his speech is below.
As some of you know, ...
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Sat 9th Mar 2013 10:17am by Nick Thornsby
Huhne, Pryce, Rennard, Eastleigh. A mass of events converge this weekend as Brighton once again ...
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Thu 7th Mar 2013 3:13pm by Nick Thornsby
The BBC reports:
The former wife of ex-cabinet minister Chris Huhne has been found guilty of perverting the course of justice by taking speeding points ...
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Thu 14th Feb 2013 10:23am by Nick Thornsby
President Obama's public statement in favour of a US-EU trade agreement should be welcomed by all liberals. Free trade is a cause with a ...
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Thu 14th Feb 2013 9:16am by Nick Thornsby
The following recently dropped into the Voice's inbox, and may be of interest to readers:
The Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats are going ahead with their Annual ...
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Thu 7th Feb 2013 2:51pm by Nick Thornsby
Writing in today's Financial Times, Lib Dem schools minister David Laws has the following to say about the Government's announcements on reforms to the systems ...
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Fri 1st Feb 2013 12:50pm by Nick Thornsby
This is the third of ...
Posted in Op-eds | 28 Comments
Thu 31st Jan 2013 12:37pm by Nick Thornsby
This is the second of three posts looking at the party's messaging. The first was published here yesterday; the last and final post will ...
Posted in Op-eds | 64 Comments
Thu 31st Jan 2013 9:17am by Nick Thornsby
I have previously highlighted some of Baroness (Susan) ...
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Wed 30th Jan 2013 11:24am by Nick Thornsby
In my New Year review of the party’s position, I emphasised the need to get the basics right; political competence before all else. I ...
Posted in Op-eds | 10 Comments
Sun 27th Jan 2013 11:58am by Nick Thornsby
Appearing on the Andrew Marr Show this morning, Nick Clegg was asked once again which secondary school he would send his eldest child too. He ...
Posted in Op-eds | 138 Comments
Thu 24th Jan 2013 8:56am by Nick Thornsby
There will be lots of fascinating ...
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Sun 20th Jan 2013 12:39pm by Nick Thornsby
Alastair Campbell asked an interesting (if not altogether original) question on Twitter this morning:
Success of Borgen (currently trending) and West Wing (which I have ...
Posted in Op-eds | 17 Comments
Thu 17th Jan 2013 10:02am by Nick Thornsby
First up, the Independent's Andrew Grice reports Nick Clegg's comments from yesterday's Today Programme:
The battle lines over which powers should be returned from Brussels to ...
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Thu 17th Jan 2013 8:55am by Nick Thornsby
The second week of LBC's Call Clegg is about to begin live on LBC. What will Clegg cover this week? You can find out by ...
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Tue 15th Jan 2013 9:51am by Nick Thornsby
The Guardian reports that, following a high-profile campaign, the government has agreed to retain ...
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