Monthly Archives: February 2012

1st	E-petition backing up Nick Clegg’s wish to raise tax threshold (0) by Caron Lindsay
	Michael Moore MP’s Westminster Notes 1 February 2012 (0) by Michael Moore
	LibLink: Jeremy Browne MP on the Government’s actions to prevent torture (2) by Caron Lindsay
	Haringey Liberal Democrats show two ways to make use of new legal powers (1) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Lib Dems should promote Somaliland’s case for international recognition (7) by Willis Pickard
	Pack & Tall Debate… Tuition fees: what should Lib Dem party policy now be? (30) by The Voice
	Opinion: Reflection on half a century of Liberal life (5) by Elspeth Attwooll
	Lord Ashcroft, Panorama and a herbivorous Liberal Democrat Peer (4) by The Voice
	Opinion: 29 Days to save the UK (19) by Bill le Breton
2nd	Why I (still) read the Daily Mail (16) by Mark Pack
	Andrew Stunell MP writes… The Building Regulations: Taking the next step towards zero carbon homes (6) by Andrew Stunell MP
	Opinion: No economic growth? Here’s what to do (5) by Paul Reynolds
	PMQs: Miliband goes all Thatcher (3) by Paul Walter
	Influence of Sarah Palin and the Tea Party drops off (0) by Paul Walter
	The IFS’s verdict on Labour’s deficit argument is in – and it ain’t pretty (7) by Nick T
	Opinion: What price democracy in the Lib Dems? (133) by Linda Jack
3rd	Paddy Ashdown’s eight steps to winning a Parliamentary constituency (5) by Mark Pack
	Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce to be charged with perverting the course of justice (9) by Caron Lindsay
	Chris Huhne protests innocence as he confirms resignation from the Cabinet (10) by Caron Lindsay
	Chris Huhne: the straight talking fighter faces his biggest battle (55) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dem achievements, communicating peers and election timetables (1) by Mark Pack
	New Lib Dem appointments to government (6) by Prateek Buch
	Opinion: both private and public sector pensions need improving (14) by Janice Turner
	Nick Clegg on being Nick Clegg in The House magazine (1) by Prateek Buch
	Chris White writes: The next local elections after May this year will be in November. (9) by Chris White
4th	The weekend debate: When should an MP rebel against their party? (17) by Carl Quilliam
	How Lib Dem members rated Chris Huhne and Ed Davey before the reshuffle (11) by Stephen Tall
	EXCLUSIVE: 72% of Lib Dem members backed reshuffle return for David Laws. (But it wasn’t to be.) (1) by Stephen Tall
	LDV Caption Competition: Ed Davey “I’ve got Energy” Edition (19) by Stephen Tall
	The fallout from Chris Huhne’s resignation (2) by Mark Pack
5th	Opinion: Lib Dem Cabinet Ministers – surely we can do better than this? (58) by Robin McGhee
	More questions raised over Lord Ashcroft’s business empire (1) by Mark Pack
	Is your local party taking part in the Mid-Term Review? (7) by Geoff Payne
	In other news… the Lib Dems and Alan Turing, Robbie Williams, Todmorden, the royal yacht, perjury and Cornish council tax (6) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #259 (1) by The Voice
	Jenny Willott MP writes… The Welfare Reform Bill – What’s happened on ESA? (53) by Jenny Willott
6th	Farron on Davey: An outstanding environmentalist (5) by Paul Walter
	Opinion: Chris Huhne – innocent or guilty doesn’t seem to matter (19) by Rebecca Taylor
	LibLink: Ashdown – This 11-year exercise in self-delusion must end (1) by Paul Walter
	Opinion: 2012 – Time for an Arms Trade treaty that will really save lives (3) by Issan Ghazni
	Opinion: LibDems are the natural home for Blairites (30) by Luke Tyson
	£1.5 billion needed to sort out Labour’s PFI mess (1) by NewsHound
	Opinion: Tories’ onshore wind farm opposition is based on a fallacy (24) by Terence Darby
	Campaign Corner: How can we be better at handling possible new helpers or members? (5) by Mark Pack
	Ed Davey’s approach to green issues: they make for better growth (4) by Mark Pack
7th	Opinion: Gove’s message – “vocational” = “worthless” (23) by Lucy Care
	Spring Conference Agenda – online now (1) by Andrew Wiseman
	Opinion: Federal Policy Committee to the left of me, Tories to the right, where are the Parliamentary Parties? Stuck in the Middle with whom? (59) by Mark Valladares
	How to get Lib Dem Voice by email (0) by Mark Pack
	US Presidential election – hold onto your hats! (2) by Paul Walter
	Opinion: Calm Down, Dears! (47) by Zadok Day
	Opinion: Jenny Willott is wrong on the Welfare Reform Bill (36) by George Potter
8th	Glasgow Labour councillor banned from public office over rape comments (8) by Mark Pack
	Michael Moore MP’s Westminster Notes (1) by Michael Moore
	How you can help Liberal Democrat Voice (0) by The Voice
	A Postcard from… Bucharest (4) by Cristian Ghita
	EXCLUSIVE: Majority of Lib Dem members back Coalition’s benefits cap (20) by Stephen Tall
	Labour MP Docherty brands local Community Council as snobs and nimbys (2) by Caron Lindsay
	Lembit does an impression of the Angel of the North (3) by Caron Lindsay
	Opinion: There is one coalition that needs to last (30) by Paul Ankers
	How the Guardian makes the news, then reports the news (0) by Mark Pack
9th	NHS reforms: Lib Dem members opposed by 2-to-1 majority (12) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Labour’s embracing of economic liberalism is to be welcomed (21) by David Thorpe
	Clegg signals new approach to individual voter registration in evidence to Parliamentary committee (7) by Nick T
	LDVideo: Liberal Democrat peers rebel against coalition plans (1) by Stephen Tall
	Lib Dem members launch group opposed to the coalition (22) by Nick T
	PMQs: Cancel that firing squad! (2) by Paul Walter
	Opinion – Twitter: powerful campaign tool or waste of effort? (3) by Alan Muhammed
	Ed Davey MP writes… Solar power for the many, not the few (28) by Ed Davey
	LibLink: Brian Paddick – London is increasingly policed by force not consent – thanks to its mayors (0) by Nick T
	Opinion – NHS Reforms: It is not too late to pull back from the edge (20) by Issan Ghazni
10th	97% of Lib Dem members back Nick’s call for raising income tax allowance to £10k as immediate priority (4) by Stephen Tall
	Senior Tories voice growing concern over NHS reforms, calling for ‘unnecessary and unpopular’ Bill to be scrapped (30) by Prateek Buch
	Government responds to consultation over individual electoral registration (4) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: The good, the bad and the ugly of the Lib Dems (41) by Scott Hill
	Political clichés I dislike #2: ideological (35) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Crime, transport and the battle for London Mayor (4) by Paul Haydon
	This week’s council by-election results: Lib Dems GAIN in Towcester (15) by Helen Duffett
	LibLink: how to achieve digital nirvana – inbox zero – by Mark Pack (2) by NewsHound
	The LDV Friday Five: 10 February 2012 (0) by The Voice
11th	What Lib Dem members think about Europe, Cameron’s ‘veto’, and the Eurozone (11) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Lib Dem MPs must vote against the health reforms – not for health, but for democracy (14) by Jack Holroyde
	Lib Dems put pension tax breaks for the richest under scrutiny again (10) by Mark Pack
	LibLink: what to look out for at Lib Dem Spring Conference (0) by NewsHound
	LDV Caption Competition: Clegg, Cam & Lansley “You can hear the white coats flapping” Edition (29) by Stephen Tall
	Danny Alexander: it’s time to axe higher-rate tax relief on pensions to fund tax-cuts for lowest-paid (8) by The Voice
12th	Bristol launches own currency to boost local business (2) by The Voice
	Lib Dem members back ‘devo-max’ for Scotland (oh, and for England too, please) (31) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: left-leaning Lib Dems should be united, pragmatic and positive (38) by Mathew Hulbert
	The failure of David Steel’s Lords reform measure is good news (6) by Mark Pack
	Clegg resurrects party funding talks, appoints Laws as Lib Dem negotiator (1) by Stephen Tall
	Four Tory councillors in storm over homophobic nickname targeting Lib Dem leader (7) by Stephen Tall
	In other news… Vince upsets Tories, Liverpool to choose mayor, Radcliffe hexes Clegg, and Hughes settles with Murdoch (0) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #260 (1) by The Voice
13th	90% of Lib Dem members back 50p tax for highest earners & 73% increased taxes for wealthiest (13) by Stephen Tall
	Should the Liberal Democrats contest elections for Police and Crime Commissioners? (14) by Mark Pack
	The Localism Act – over to you (3) by Alex Marsh
	Survey: LibDems are hopelessly romantic (10) by The Voice
	LibLink: James Plunkett – Budget 2012: 20 minutes in, 1-0 Team Clegg (3) by NewsHound
	New Liberal Reform group to launch today (35) by Zadok Day
	Campaign Corner: Making better speeches (15) by Mark Pack
	Shirley Williams: how to sort out the NHS Bill mess (14) by Mark Pack
14th	Lib Dem members back Vince’s ‘mansion tax’ – but views differ about whether on house values of £1m or £2m (21) by Stephen Tall
	The Localism Act – Issues and Questions (0) by Alex Marsh
	LibDems – the hopeless romantics – Lord Bonkers comments… (3) by Lord Bonkers
	Coming up in the Lords… 27 February – 1 March (3) by Mark Valladares
	A postcard from… Valladolid (12) by Ruben Arbaizar
	Opinion: time to talk about things that don’t matter (19) by Chris White
	Liberal Left: why I’m underwhelmed (59) by Mark Pack
	What The Spectator says: ‘Obama the Lib Dem’. (PS: It may even be a compliment.) (6) by Stephen Tall
15th	EXCLUSIVE: What Lib Dem members say about the party’s direction and Nick Clegg’s leadership (23) by Stephen Tall
	A man, an eaten banana, a door, a piece of string and the leader of a political party (4) by Mark Pack
	So, what was Jo Swinson doing in Private Eye? (1) by Caron Lindsay
	Why Liberal Left? (88) by Linda Jack
	Lord Tyler writes… Only the Government’s Bill can take the hereditary principle out of Parliament (6) by Paul Tyler
	Time Banking: A simple route to community spirit? (6) by Ewan Hoyle
	Phil Bennion MEP takes up seat in European Parliament (5) by Helen Duffett
	Zen and the art of the crunching rugby tackle (5) by Ed Maxfield
16th	Introducing… Lib Dems Against Factionalism (33) by Adam Bell
	Livingstone and Johnson: a record of unsavoury comments (25) by Mark Pack
	Revealed: What Lib Dem members think of Ed Miliband and David Cameron (7) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Politics in paradise – why the Maldives matters (0) by Andrew Wigley
	The original text of today’s speech from David Cameron (15) by Mark Pack
	Danny Alexander “an acknowledged authority on dinosaurs” (4) by Helen Duffett
	Opinion: Pick your horse in the grand recovery stakes (6) by Bill le Breton
17th	Who’s up, who’s down? How party members rate the performances of leading Lib Dems (4) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: AAA to GGG? (10) by Mia Hadfield-Spoor
	Opinion: Vince Cable right to abandon penalties on early student loan repayments (14) by Tim Leunig
	Chris Huhne makes first court appearance – but what happens next? (3) by Nick T
	Another step towards ending the waste of two European Parliament locations (0) by Mark Pack
	Chris Davies MEP writes… To tithe or not to tithe? (19) by Chris Davies
	The LDV Friday Five: 17 February 2012 (1) by The Voice
	Government win in human rights tuition fee challenge (13) by Nick T
18th	Lib Dem Tom Kiehl wins Parliamentary Researcher of the Year (3) by Helen Duffett
	New edition of Liberator magazine (0) by The Liberator Collective
	The weekend debate: Should music be priced by morality? (23) by Mark Pack
	LDV Caption Competition: Ed Miliband “Basking in The Sun” Edition (13) by Stephen Tall
	Labours of Letters: the Alex Hilton & Hopi Sen correspondence (16) by Stephen Tall
19th	Glasgow Council’s Labour group disintegrates amid allegations of intimidation (1) by Caron Lindsay
	“A shitty time to be a liberal”: The Economist’s must-read piece on the Clegg paradox (and 2 reasons why it’s wrong) (18) by Stephen Tall
	Where I stand on the new Lib Dem groupings (43) by Stephen Tall
	Health and Social Care Bill: a letter from Ed Milliband (42) by Mark Valladares
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #261 (1) by The Voice
	New Theme (23) by Ryan Cullen
20th	What Lib Dem members think of the Coalition, its record, & the party’s electoral prospects (11) by Stephen Tall
	80% of Lib Dem voters want Lansley’s risk register published (12) by Neil Foster
	Tom Brake writes… Free food and invigorating campaigning in Carshalton and Wallington (1) by Tom Brake
	Opinion: Size does matter – UK under-investment in research and development (3) by Issan Ghazni
	LibLink: Nick Clegg – Our example as well as diplomacy will make the world safer (2) by Paul Walter
	Duncan Hames “breaks ranks” to call for publication of risks of health bill (9) by NewsHound
	Opinion: The Liberal Democrats must welcome disaffected Blairites and One-Nation Tories (23) by Richard Clare
	Vince Cable defies Tories to to appoint Professor Les Ebdon as university access tsar (8) by NewsHound
	Campaign Corner: What should I measure? (3) by Mark Pack
	Laws and Hughes up pressure on Osborne to cut taxes for the lowest paid (10) by Nick T
	Opinion: Whoa! Romney isn’t meant to do this badly (9) by Paul Walter
21st	How you can take part in LibDemVoice’s exclusive party member surveys (0) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: Secularism is a friend to Religion, not its enemy (36) by Andreas Christodoulou
	Opinion: Civil Liberties or taking liberties? (30) by Michael Hall
	Andrew Stunell MP writes… “Creating the Conditions” – the Coalition’s Approach to Integration (5) by Andrew Stunell MP
	Tim Farron gives party members a sneak preview of tomorrow’s Party Political Broadcast (2) by Helen Duffett
	LDVideo: Harris & Pugh on Murdoch’s new Sun on Sunday paper (0) by Stephen Tall
	How to get your picture to appear next to your comments (20) by The Voice
	Nick Clegg launches Youth Contract for unemployed young people (3) by Mary Reid
	LibLink: Are the Lib Dems Giving Up More Than the Tories in Government? (51) by Mary Reid
22nd	Michael Moore MP’s Westminster Notes – Meeting the First Minister (2) by Michael Moore
	Opinion: Liberal Democrat, not Yes Minister, values must prevail on Risk Register (6) by Tom Smith
	A Twitter gem for seeing what Liberal Democrats are saying (1) by Mark Pack
	LibLink: David Laws MP writes about the Lib Dem ambition for fairer tax (28) by Caron Lindsay
	The Independent View: The major environmental tests facing the Liberal Democrats in 2012 (Part 1) (6) by Joss Garman
	Emlyn Hooson (1925-2012) (1) by Mark Valladares
	How to win seats in 2015 (12) by George Kendall
	Liberal Democrat MEP McMillan-Scott gets European Parliament Human Rights portfolio (0) by Caron Lindsay
	Opinion: Work-fare or work fair? Why I shan’t be shopping at Tesco (54) by Former Organiser
23rd	What David Cameron used to say about bankers and bonuses (0) by Mark Pack
	LDVideo: Nick Clegg “An extra £60 in your wages each month” (3) by Helen Duffett
	Labour’s new approach to education: ‘Evidence, evidence, evidence’. What can the Lib Dems learn from this? (20) by Stephen Tall
	LibLink: Mark Pack – Where next for the Lib Dems on NHS reform? (6) by NewsHound
	Lord Clement-Jones writes… Plugging the loopholes left by Labour (16) by Tim Clement-Jones
	The Tories’ tax problem (12) by Nick T
	PMQs: Tragedy, comedy and the Continuing Saga of the Family Bone (4) by Caron Lindsay
	LDVideo: Lib Dem MP Andrew George calls for NHS risk register publication (2) by The Voice
24th	Opinion: An Unlikely Defender of the Faith (21) by Nick Hollinghurst
	Lib Dem donation figures in full (Q4, 2011) (4) by Stephen Tall
	Wealth taxation is now firmly on the government’s radar (8) by Prateek Buch
	Opinion: LibsLeft – because it’s the Left’s turn (51) by Jonathan Hunt
	Baroness Barker writes… How the private patient income cap can benefit the NHS (11) by Baroness Liz Barker
	The LDV Friday Five: 24 February 2012 (0) by The Voice
	Opinion: tax and benefit reform to help tackle youth unemployment (8) by Joe Bourke
25th	LibLink: Lynne Featherstone on marriage – this is not gay rights versus religious beliefs (12) by Mark Pack
	Electoral register grew 0.6% in 2011 (0) by Mark Pack
	Sometimes a bus is just a bus (25) by Mark Pack
	The Weekend Debate: Should we boycott the Murdoch machine? (23) by Carl Quilliam
	LDV Caption Competition: Steve Webb & IDS “Supermarket (Chimney-) Sweep” Edition (13) by Stephen Tall
	10 things you might not have known about party political funding over the last decade (15) by Stephen Tall
26th	‘Workfare’: the depressingly sterile ‘left/right’ debate is a challenge to liberals to sharpen our thinking (24) by Stephen Tall
	Opinion: guaranteed employment for young people (5) by Joe Bourke
	Labour sticks to its support for the Digital Economy Act (5) by Mark Pack
	How internet voting can go wrong (7) by Mark Pack
	In other news… London PPBs, Clegg paint attack, Turing pardon latest, Darlington Lib Dem leader barred (4) by Stephen Tall
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #262 (0) by The Voice
27th	Nick de Bois is wrong on Lords reform (8) by Mark Pack
	Video: The first rule of politics is broken in the most spectacular fashion (0) by Paul Walter
	Warning to Lords: if you play silly buggers with Lords reform, you’ll lose your say (12) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: The empowering world of unpaid work (32) by David M Gibson
	Opinion: Where was Nick Clegg’s summit on the NHS? (7) by Nick Perry
	LibLink: Chris Rennard – David Cameron wants nothing less than Tory hegemony (9) by Paul Walter
	Getting involved in the Association of Liberal Democrat Engineers and Scientists (2) by Craig Brown
	Opinion: Our Green and Pleasant Land – and Councillors’ powers (0) by Michael Parsons
	Campaign Corner: How can I make my direct mail better? (1) by Mark Pack
	Opinion: Hacking scandal should not be an excuse for politicians to settle scores with the media (17) by Mark Oaten
	NHS bill: Nick Clegg outlines changes aimed at Lib Dems (40) by NewsHound
28th	Why Tory Euro-sceptics should back Nick Clegg (3) by Mark Pack
	Lords Reform: Nick Clegg faces the music… (8) by Mark Valladares
	Paddick accuses Met of leaking confidential witness information (1) by The Voice
	A postcard from… Abuja (0) by Mark Williams MP
	Is this the most biased opinion poll question ever asked? (26) by Stephen Tall
	Coming up in the Lords… 5-16 March (0) by Mark Valladares
	The Local Government slot: winning with localism (0) by Richard Kemp
	Trusted, professional and effective: British policing at its best – Tom Brake MP on the Lib Dems’ new policing paper (10) by Tom Brake
	Poetry for harassed Liberal Democrats (6) by Edis Bevan
	Tim Farron MP writes… Leap for victory (0) by Tim Farron MP
	A postcard from… Oulu (1) by Baroness Ros Scott
	LDVideo: Ming Campbell – House of Lords reform part of Lib Dem DNA (0) by Stephen Tall
	New poll finds 60% of public backs Lib Dem flagship policy of tax-cuts for low-paid funded by tax increases for wealthy (23) by Stephen Tall
29th	LDVideo: Simon Hughes on the Coalition Budget, 50p tax rate and NHS reform bill (0) by Stephen Tall
	In praise of… Tom Brake (4) by Mark Pack
	A 2012 Welsh Liberal Democrat Conference Preview (0) by Mark Cole
	The Local Government Slot: Coalition boost to English Language funding (4) by Andrew Stunell MP
	The Independent View: Participatory democracy and the People’s Budget (3) by Phil Teece
	What’s on at Scottish Liberal Democrat conference this weekend? (3) by Caron Lindsay
	The Independent View: The major environmental tests facing the Liberal Democrats in 2012 Part 2 (10) by Joss Garman
	Liberal Futures publishes the Little Yellow Book (7) by Caron Lindsay
	Jenny Tonge resigns (15) by The Voice
	Jenny Tonge resigns Lib Dem whip over controversial “Beware Israel” remarks (73) by Stephen Tall
	Michael Moore MP’s Westminster Notes (0) by Michael Moore