Monthly Archives: March 2016

1st	EURef: G20 warning, Cabinet trade report, UBS £:€ advice, Chinese expect Tory coup, and Ceredigion is definitely IN… (6) by Antony Hook
	Scottish Liberal Democrats set radical new tone for a modern, diverse Liberal Party (22) by Katy Gordon
	Sophie in ‘t Veld MEP: Dear British friends, we want you IN (30) by Sophie in't Veld
	Rare diseases are not so rare, but are rarely well-researched (2) by Mary Reid
	Tim Farron writes: the local community comes together in Cologne (3) by The Voice
	Free movement in the EU and control of our borders (55) by Joe Otten
	6 things we’re fighting for on the Housing Bill (10) by Baroness Cathy Bakewell
2nd	Referendum, Football, Glastonbury: no better summer for a postal vote. (5) by Antony Hook
	Greg Mulholland wins award from road safety charity (1) by NewsHound
	Scotland’s choices on fracking (25) by Charles Dundas
	How West Midlands pastoral care initiative hopes to change the party’s culture (3) by Elizabeth Adams
	More carrot, less stick in improving diversity (83) by Tad Jones
	Key conference deadlines coming up (1) by Caron Lindsay
3rd	Joan Walmsley writes…Planning for a healthy future (10) by Joan Walmsley
	SNP’s Council Tax reform: timid, unfair and ill-thought through (18) by Caron Lindsay
	Belinda Brooks-Gordon on Today talking about making sex work safer (7) by Caron Lindsay
	Lib Dems call for Syria action update (6) by The Voice
	LibLink: Nick Clegg: We’ve made progress on mental health but there’s still work to do (1) by NewsHound
	We have a moral duty to welcome people fleeing to Europe (11) by Paul Walter
	Willie Rennie and Nicola Sturgeon in funny photobomb (1) by Caron Lindsay
4th	Our failure to improve diversity has driven people away (22) by David Buxton
	One particular “fear” could decide the result of the EU Referendum (14) by John Marriott
	The joys of being a leader’s tour organiser (3) by Caron Lindsay
	A promising crop of by-election results – a gain, two near misses, a solid hold and a foot in the water (8) by Caron Lindsay
	Let’s all defer our tax liability for a year, shall we? (6) by Caron Lindsay
	How could David Cameron keep a straight face? (5) by Caron Lindsay
5th	LibDemVoice Fantasy Football League: how it stands after Week 28 (1) by Stephen Tall
	The Snoopers’ Charter: A government invasion? (5) by Elliott Motson
	Willie Rennie reaffirms Scottish Lib Dems’ opposition to fracking – despite Conference vote (38) by Caron Lindsay
	EURef Roundup: “Shut out of single market”, Speak for England, Quiet Corbyn, Worried BMW, and the South West view… (11) by Antony Hook
	Fracking and the Liberal Democrats (27) by Martin Veart
	ALDC’s by-election report: 3 March 2016 (1) by ALDC
6th	Baroness Lindsay Northover writes…As time goes by (48) by Lindsay Northover
	Caroline Pidgeon interview: The “ordinary Londoner” aspiring to be the city’s first female mayor. (3) by Caron Lindsay
	Scottish Liberal Democrat fracking decision – setting the record straight (15) by Graeme Cowie
	Which shaggy dog story made you laugh the most? (1) by The Voice
	Labour ex-MEP on trial for expenses fraud (0) by Antony Hook
	Those anonymous Lib Dem sources are at it again (56) by Caron Lindsay
7th	The alternatives to coal for electricity generation (12) by William Hobhouse
	‘Electing diverse MPs’ motion is comprehensive, balanced and sensible (34) by Paul Walter
	Unison consultation on EU referendum (3) by Antony Hook
	Women and minority candidates are good enough to be MPs already – it’s the party that needs the diversity motion (35) by Alice Thomas
	What’s your vision for a truly Liberal Britain? (13) by Jim Williams
	Baroness Sally Hamwee writes..How Liberal Democrat Lords are trying to make the Immigration Bill less bad (0) by Sally Hamwee
	Catherine Bearder: Europe has led to great strides forward for women (0) by The Voice
	Tim Farron is on the Agenda tonight (1) by The Voice
8th	All Women Shortlists – identify the problem before looking for the solution (18) by Steve Walpole
	Willie Rennie’s message for International Women’s Day: We will give women the same advantages that men have had for generations (1) by The Voice
	Passing the diversity motion sends out a strong signal to women (1) by Charity Pierce
	Tim Farron MP: We must show the world we mean business on diversity (57) by Tim Farron MP
	Sad news: Former Glee Club host Ralph Bancroft has died (6) by Caron Lindsay
	Baroness Dee Doocey writes… Protecting tenants in estate regeneration schemes (1) by Dee Doocey
	National Liberal Club Drops Joining Fee for Lib Dems (0) by Janet Berridge
	EURef: Campaigning on local EU funding (5) by Antony Hook
	Alison McInnes’ speech in the Scottish diversity debate: Positive action is a realignment to break the mould that society has been using for too long (9) by The Voice
	WATCH: Why we are #INtogether this International Women’s Day (0) by The Voice
	Lib Dems publish gender pay gap – or lack of it (2) by Caron Lindsay
	LibLink: Norman Lamb: Why we should regulate Cannabis (13) by NewsHound
	For International Women’s Day: These are not token women (43) by Caron Lindsay
	Did Clegg and the Queen have a huge bust-up over the EU? (24) by Newsmoggie
9th	Is regulation becoming the new religion? (14) by Judy Abel
	Watford Action Weekend (0) by Will Wilshere
	Time for some Liberal Herstory (17) by Ruth Bright
	Lord Jonny Oates at the Pudding Club at York (2) by Keith Aspden
	Inside the Hillary Campaign in Florida (18) by Simon Foster
	Conference app now available (0) by Mary Reid
	EURef Talking Points: “The best 36p you’ll ever spend” (10) by Antony Hook
	The Diversity Motion – a spring board to bring greater fairness, diversity and openness to our party (44) by Tom Brake
10th	Equality motion 15 years on (34) by Elizabeth Jewkes
	Tim Farron tweets once every 36 minutes (according to the Mirror) (2) by Mary Reid
	The Liberal Democrats have a diversity problem (28) by Jezz Palmer
	LibLink: Olly Grender on protecting tenants from wrongful eviction (0) by The Voice
	A former candidate reflects on the diversity motion (18) by Alex Meredith
	My personal thoughts on Motion F7 (9) by Harry Hayfield
	York’s best pubs for Conference attendees (4) by The Voice
	Person X supports the legalisation of cannabis (38) by Lee Dargue
	The myth of “the best candidate” (35) by Michael Taylor
	Lib Dem MPs split 3 ways over Sunday Trading laws (18) by Caron Lindsay
11th	What do you think will happen to the Centre-Left? (26) by George Kendall
	Data: If we’d won more seats in 2015, our Commons team would still have been over-whelmingly white and male (13) by Paul Walter
	The Party President, the Federal Conference Committee Chair and a new member discuss Conference (0) by Caron Lindsay
	One Liberal Democrat man’s view of International Woman’s Day (25) by Caron Lindsay
	A morning at the White House (6) by Alex Paul Shantz
	Baroness Meral Hussein-Ece writes: 117 years is too long to wait for gender parity (2) by Meral Ece
	What would a truly liberal Britain look like? (4) by Ben Midgley
	Faith values in politics can be a force for good? (10) by Shoaib Bajwa
	Baroness Lynne Featherstone writes…We must be an anti fracking party (18) by Lynne Featherstone
12th	Jo Swinson writes…Been there, got the t-shirt (23) by Jo Swinson MP
	Federal Conference Committee report – Spring Conference amendments edition (3) by Zoe O’Connell
	Discussing electoral reform in York (9) by Denis Mollison
	Agenda 2020 update (2) by Duncan Brack
	LibDemVoice Fantasy Football League: how it stands after Week 29 (0) by Stephen Tall
	Liberal Democrat Conference votes in favour of fracking ban (35) by Caron Lindsay
	Two contrasting videos from the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign (2) by Caron Lindsay
	Grace Goodlad and Duncan Borrowman’s new pub in Oswestry is open (5) by NewsHound
	Watch the live stream of the York spring conference here (0) by Paul Walter
	Liberal Leave campaign (54) by Paul Walter
13th	Britain must lead – not leave (2) by Paul Walter
	Watch the debate on “Electing diverse MPs” including All Women Shortlists here at 9:40 (7) by Paul Walter
	“Electing diverse MPs” including All women shortlists – full motion and amendments (8) by Paul Walter
	Watch Tim Farron’s keynote leader’s speech to conference here at 11:45 (0) by Paul Walter
	Party adopts All Women Shortlists after Tim Farron’s plea: ‘The time for excuses has gone’ (36) by Paul Walter
	Landmark diversity change will make the Liberal Democrats look like the nation we want to represent – Sal Brinton (8) by News Meerkat
	It’s time to focus on real life – Tim Farron’s conference speech in full (7) by Paul Walter
	Watch the Spring conference sessions on You Tube (0) by Paul Walter
	VIDEO: Watch the “Electing Diverse MPs” (incl. All Woman Shortlists) debate (0) by Paul Walter
	Spring Conference highlights (19) by Caron Lindsay
14th	My response to the debate on motion F7 (Regulation of cannabis) (25) by Harry Hayfield
	All women shortlists (32) by Iain Donaldson
	After the diversity debate: the hard part (13) by Gareth Epps
	My personal reflections on York (11) by Tobie Abel
	Liberal Britain is a country where vocational education is taken seriously (7) by Thomas Liebers
	What would a truly Liberal Britain look like and what improvements would it bring to people’s lives? (10) by Dick Newby
	Shortlists and Privilege (23) by Helen Belcher
15th	A Fresh Homecoming (5) by Mark Moore
	Tim Farron MP writes…The liberal challenge on immigration (34) by Tim Farron MP
	Sexual Harassment Reports from Conference (54) by Sal Brinton
	100 Days to go to secure our place in Europe (7) by Catherine Bearder
16th	Postcard from Orlando: Hillary sweeps the board with big wins in Florida and Ohio (28) by Simon Foster
	The science behind diverse shortlists (38) by Belinda Brooks Gordon
	Lib Dems should be criticising SNP as well as Labour over failure to oppose Snoopers’ Charter (11) by Caron Lindsay
	Budget live blog (23) by Caron Lindsay
	Lib Dems respond to the budget (5) by The Voice
	Caroline Pidgeon writes…This is a “microwave” budget from Osborne (5) by Caroline Pidgeon
	LibLink: Lynne Featherstone: The Tories continue to attack the planet (0) by NewsHound
	Still waiting for true diversity (13) by Jonathan Hunt
	WATCH: Tim Farron’s response to the “sweet and sour” budget (10) by The Voice
17th	EURef Roundup: NATO, car making, travel agents, Lynton Crosby’s advice and some local analysis… (2) by Antony Hook
	Why a culture change is a necessary pre-requisite to gender balance (76) by Rachel Edwards
	How can we tell we don’t live in a truly liberal Britain? (3) by Joey Dunlop
	An end to benefit fraud – the Liberal way (42) by Adam Bernard
	Baroness Sally Hamwee writes…Another win for humanitarians in the Lords (6) by Sally Hamwee
	Are we in a fracking mess? (15) by Simon Oliver
	Lord Paul Tyler: Lib Dems stop Tories skewing party funding law in their favour (5) by Paul Tyler
	The party needs to live its values in the way it treats young members (49) by Charlie Kingsbury
	Good news: Another Lib Dem by-election gain from the Tories (7) by The Voice
18th	EURef: Campaign logos to download and use (7) by Antony Hook
	LibLink: Tim Farron: Cameron must veto this poisonous deal with Turkey before our response to the Refugee Crisis becomes immoral (4) by Caron Lindsay
	The party is listening to young people (7) by Kimberley Stansfield
	Baroness Claire Tyler writes….A Liberal Britain has equality and social justice at its heart (5) by Claire Tyler
	Baroness Shas Sheehan writes…Moral leadership needed on refugee crisis (2) by Shas Sheehan
	What the Liberal Democrats could learn from Obama, Sanders and Trudeau (12) by Anne Curie
	The European team (10) by Thomas Liebers
	Cynical opportunism all round on Tampon Tax deal (11) by Caron Lindsay
19th	LibDemVoice Fantasy Football League: how it stands after Week 30 (0) by Stephen Tall
	Bold and ambitious childcare plans on offer from Lib Dems in London and Wales (3) by The Voice
	Farron and Rennie react to IDS resignation (24) by Caron Lindsay
	ALDC’s by-election report: 17 March 2016 (1) by ALDC
20th	Baroness Liz Barker writes: The Tory threat to UK foreign policy (0) by Baroness Liz Barker
	David Laws on Marr: I want to expose how NHS chief was leant on to encourage debate on NHS funding (20) by Caron Lindsay
	Shas Sheehan talks to the heroes of Calais and Dunkirk (0) by The Voice
	LDV’s Sunday Best: our 7 most-read articles this week (0) by The Voice
	How are you getting on with Tim Farron’s membership recruitment challenge? (17) by Caron Lindsay
	EURef: An example local newspaper article for IN (4) by Antony Hook
	Willie Rennie: The way we tackle drug addiction is broken (0) by The Voice
	Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #452 (6) by Caron Lindsay
21st	Reflections of a conference first-timer (13) by Diane Reddell
	Willie Rennie banned from discussing working conditions with Amazon employees (9) by The Voice
	Progressing with evidence-based politics (22) by A Liberal in Leeds
	Can the long-term decline in government investment spending be reversed? (25) by Nick T
	Agenda 2020 Essay #21: What it means to be a Liberal Democrat today (0) by Denis Rixson
	Avoiding the Tory disaster in Education (20) by Jamie Dalzell
	Five years into a revolution betrayed – Liberal Democrats need to build links with Syrians (8) by Jonathan Brown
	EURef: New Stronger IN Leaflet (3) by Antony Hook
	Liberalism vs. authoritarianism in the debate over cannabis (32) by Ben Lawrie
	LibLink: Floella Benjamin on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (3) by Mary Reid
22nd	EURef: New Lib Dem Leaflet – order yours by Friday! (26) by Antony Hook
	Former Lib Dem councillor enstooled (enthroned) as prince and chief advisor in Ghana (5) by The Voice
	Liblink: Clegg warned Osborne that £12bn welfare cuts were wrong (25) by NewsHound
	What is the Osborne/IDS row all about? (3) by Joe Otten
	Keep London in Europe (12) by Jonathan Hunt
	Kerslake report: some strikingly Liberal Democrat conclusions (3) by Jim Wallace
	What is Nicky Morgan doing to school governance? (18) by Helen Flynn
	WATCH: Caroline Pidgeon excels in first LBC London Mayor hustings (5) by Caron Lindsay
23rd	Disability is nothing to hide, so let’s not act like it is (24) by Henry Foulds
	EURef: Our Europe Policy Paper – an essential source for campaigners (9) by Antony Hook
	The Nitty-Gritty: Evidence of the #LibDemFightback (22) by John Grout
	Story telling might lead to economic revolution (1) by David Boyle
	An open letter to Allison Pearson: Don’t use terror attacks to justify Brexit (13) by Chris Key
	Katy Gordon compares Lib Dem & SNP tax plans: “SNP fiddle at margins, Lib Dems choose to make Scotland great again” (5) by NewsHound
	EURef: Charles Kennedy’s speech on Europe (1) by Antony Hook
	The Government finally “nationalises” all our schools (32) by John Marriott
	Tom Brake MP writes: Do you support military intervention in Libya? (68) by Tom Brake
24th	Could “blockchain” technology transform public sector budgets? (8) by Alex Hardiman
	David Laws’s ‘Coalition’ – the coverage (23) by Nick T
	Sal Brinton on the change of attitude needed so that disabled people can start to live their lives (3) by Caron Lindsay
	Minority Rule: The power dynamic of social liberalism (5) by Eden Watkins
	LDVideo: “A new, more rational approach is desperately needed” – Norman Lamb introduces his cannabis bill (10) by Nick T
	Federal Policy Committee meeting report (5) by Geoff Payne
	Ogmore and Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough by-elections set for May 5th (4) by The Voice
25th	We already have the Social Liberal Forum, so why do we need a Social Democrat group? (89) by George Kendall
	Easter Reading for Potential Parliamentary Candidates (and their friends) (2) by Antony Hook
	Fighting the war and peace in Libya (14) by Steve Walpole
	EU Referendum: Are you still undecided? (45) by John Marriott
	ALDC’s by-election report – 24 March 2016 (4) by ALDC
	WATCH: Willie Rennie in last night’s Scottish leaders’ debate (0) by The Voice
26th	A longer read for the weekend: Tributes to Lord Eric Avebury (4) by Keith Porteous Wood
	Lord William Wallace writes… Fighting both the local elections and the EU referendum (11) by Lord William Wallace
	Can the Lib Dems learn from the Church? (22) by William Dyer
	Lib Dems and the Middle-East: are we prepared to address the obvious? (41) by Jonathan Coulter
27th	Tim Farron’s Easter Message (3) by Caron Lindsay
	LibLink: Nick Clegg: The five big fat lies being perpetuated by Brexit’s Project Fib (31) by NewsHound
	LDV’s Sunday Best: our 7 most-read articles this week (6) by The Voice
	LibLink: Paddy Ashdown: Brexit would help those who seek to undermine UK security (5) by NewsHound
	Willie Rennie’s week – a whirlwind start to the campaign featuring children, animals and the other party leaders (3) by Caron Lindsay
28th	A longer read for the holiday weekend: The tangled path ahead for Liberal Democrat pacifists and non-Interventionists (13) by Jonathan Ferguson
	The #LibDemFightback: things to look for on May 5th (7) by John Grout
	Deadline for responses to second consultation on the governance review (1) by Mary Reid
	John Pugh writes: Our vision for Education (19) by John Pugh
29th	The ALDE Party Celebrates 40th Birthday (9) by Belinda Brooks Gordon
	Issue 377 of Liberator is on its way to subscribers (0) by The Liberator Collective
	Welfare welfare welfare – part of the LibDem Fightback (36) by Dean Crofts
	Some questions for the next head of campaigns (26) by Paul Holmes
30th	Lib Dems call for Welsh Assembly to be reconvened over Port Talbot steel decision (6) by The Voice
	Tim Farron launches John Leech’s campaign to take on Labour in Manchester (6) by The Voice
	Lamb says Tories failing on mental health waiting times (0) by NewsHound
	Farron and Williams say UK Government must intervene on steel (22) by The Voice
	Papers score Willie Rennie as debate winner (10) by Caron Lindsay
	EURef: On turnout and opinion polls (7) by Antony Hook
31st	EURef Roundup: Criminals, Pensioners, Ex-Pats’ Exodus, BoE Warning, Nicky Morgan’s fight for the young (4) by Antony Hook
	The vision for a Liberal Britain needs to be ours! (5) by Michael Beckett
	Doing more for refugees (5) by Adam Hanrahan
	Tim Farron kickstarts local election campaign with 48 hour tour of key battlegrounds (5) by Tim Pickstone
	Purvis slams Scots Tory leader Ruth Davidson over disability benefit cuts (8) by The Voice
	Sal Brinton: Come and help Katy Gordon – people want to see the back of the SNP (2) by Caron Lindsay
	“A Wales that works for you”: Kirsty Williams launches Welsh Assembly campaign (2) by The Voice
	Rennie and canine friends launch Scottish Lib Dem plans to improve mental health care (7) by Caron Lindsay