Monthly Archives: January 2020

1st	Happy New Year! (40) by Caron Lindsay
	Boris offers us a petrol station bouquet as a peace offering… (94) by Mark Valladares
2nd	Lord William Wallace writes…We should welcome a Constitutional Commission, and do everything we can to influence it (15) by Lord William Wallace
	In praise of opponents – and a plea for the future (10) by Max Wilkinson
	Layla Moran “in love with a wonderful woman” (16) by Caron Lindsay
3rd	Willie Rennie’s New Year Message (0) by The Voice
	LibLink: Wera Hobhouse – Without proportional representation, there’s no future for moderate politics in Brexit Britain (49) by Web Magpie
	Rebellions are built in Hope – the launch of the Northern Liberal Network (26) by Laura Gordon
	3 January 2020 – today’s press release (10) by Mark Valladares
4th	Iran: War is not the answer (27) by Jonathan Fryer
	Whatever happened to the class of 2015? (1) (15) by Paul Walter
	Spare a thought for our poor agents… (6) by The Voice
5th	Rolling the boulder back up the hill again…. (110) by John Pugh
	Reminder: there’s still time to get the early bird discount for the York Spring Conference (0) by Paul Walter
6th	Lib Dems: Raab defence of Trump not in UK’s interests (22) by The Voice
	Keeping the flame alive (41) by John King
	Christine Jardine considers… What next? (72) by Christine Jardine MP
	Music news: Two albums released by former Lib Dem MPs (1) by Paul Walter
	Whatever happened to the class of 2015? (2) (3) by Paul Walter
	Ed Davey announces new Liberal Democrat front bench team in the House of Commons (33) by News Meerkat
7th	Alastair Campbell plays his annual bagpipe lament to Charles Kennedy at his graveside (5) by Paul Walter
	Whatever happened to the class of 2015? – third and final excerpt (12) by Paul Walter
	Understanding the Johnson-Cummings government reforms (12) by Paul Reynolds
8th	Billy Kelleher MEP writes: Britain didn’t become more illiberal and less tolerant overnight (23) by Billy Kelleher
	Whatever happened to the class of 2015? – the full list (23) by Paul Walter
	An update on Lighthouse – our new Local Party Management tool (6) by Greg Foster
	Ed Davey: We must not allow President Trump to drag the UK into yet another war, like Iraq (8) by The Voice
	Opening up party conferences for all (0) by The Voice
	8 January 2020 – today’s press releases (0) by Mark Valladares
9th	9 January 2020 – the overnight press release (14) by Mark Valladares
	Fifty Ps for Refugees (14) by John Death
	Lord Martin Thomas warns the Government against interfering with judiciary independence (9) by Martin Thomas
	9 January 2020 – today’s press releases (2) by Mark Valladares
10th	10 January 2020 – the overnight press releases (0) by Mark Valladares
	“Her disastrous miscalculation” – Sir Nick Harvey’s view on Jo Swinson’s support for December election (99) by Paul Walter
	Is it time for co-leaders? (25) by David Warren
	Observations of an Expat – New Year, Bad Start (6) by Tom Arms
	Opinion from an activist: What is happening now is just not good enough (33) by Garth Shephard
	Rumour: Jo Swinson set to be awarded a peerage (48) by Paul Walter
	10 January 2020 – today’s press releases (0) by Mark Valladares
11th	It must be the right people who fall on their swords (60) by Jo Hayes
	Federal Policy Committee report January 2020 (14) by Jeremy Hargreaves
12th	Will we ever move forward if failure is seen to be richly rewarded? (122) by Paul Walter
	How you can help Liberal Democrat Voice (22) by The Voice
	11-12 January 2020 – the weekend’s press releases (2) by Mark Valladares
13th	13 January 2020 – the overnight press release (1) by Mark Valladares
	Instilling a fear of failure will return us to pointlessness (49) by James Belchamber
	Our MP voted against helping child refugees – and I’m angry (22) by Peter Jeffries
	13 January 2020 – today’s press releases (7) by Mark Valladares
14th	14 January 2020 – the overnight press release (2) by Mark Valladares
	Daisy Cooper’s maiden speech (22) by The Voice
	14 January 2020 – today’s press releases (4) by Mark Valladares
15th	Are we fiddling while Australia burns? (21) by Catherine Wilson
	Confessions of an amateur activist (3) by A J Hodges
	Antony Hook MEP writes… Co-operation to win in 2024? It comes down to four questions (19) by Antony Hook
	Wendy Chamberlain’s maiden speech (6) by The Voice
	We need to seriously address the issues of work (35) by David Warren
	15 January 2020 – today’s press releases (0) by Mark Valladares
16th	LibLink: Our new President/Co-leader on the surprising number of elections coming up in May (4) by The Voice
	Paddy & President Jed Bartlet can’t both be wrong – Education should be our flagship (52) by Kevin Bennett
	16 January 2020 – today’s press releases (0) by Mark Valladares
17th	Future Party Communications and Elections Committee Chair (9) by James Gurling
	Observations of an Expat – Capitalism—New Lease of Life? (9) by Tom Arms
	Vote share increase for Tara Murray in Bristol (0) by Paul Walter
	Sir John Curtice on the Lib Dem general election performance (23) by Web Magpie
	Is being bullied by Donald Trump the future for British foreign policy? (2) by Mark Valladares
	We need to shift from a class identity debate to a consensus around our core values (16) by Warwick Danks
	17 January 2020 – today’s press releases (2) by Mark Valladares
18th	Annoyance of LibDem MPs over power of “new sexy people” in 2019 election decisions – Five candidates ready for party leadership contest – Timetable today (40) by Paul Walter
	Munira Wilson’s maiden speech (2) by The Voice
	We let the remainers down – now we need to focus on a Green New Deal (19) by David Becket
	+++Timetable to elect new leader set out (14) by Paul Walter
	Should we be prouder and more vocal about our membership of the Council of Europe? (7) by Paul Walter
	Lib Dems pay tribute to Lord Robert Maclennan (9) by The Voice
	Our President on the timetable for the leadership election (0) by Web Magpie
	Kicked into the long grass – the Lib Dem leadership election (19) by Paul Walter
19th	More warm tributes to Bob Maclennan (2) by The Voice
	LibDems failed to shift enough Tory remainers – Electoral Calculus on 2017->2019 voter migration (37) by Paul Walter
	Iowa field notes: 29 candidates, 2100 plus events, but who will win the first contest to be the next President of the United States? (2) by Alex Paul Shantz
	It’s Johnson’s responsibility – hold him to account! (4) by Thomas Hague
	Two very important parts of our Comments Policy (8) by The Voice
	18-19 January 2020 – the weekend’s press releases (3) by Mark Valladares
20th	Labour, Starmer and Stalinism (22) by David Warren
	Goodbye Bob, the kindest of politicians (3) by Andrew Page
	20 January 2020 – the overnight press release (3) by Mark Valladares
	Javid is cutting the UK’s nose off to spite our faces (34) by Paul Walter
	Our President and co-leader writes: How you can get involved in helping to run the party (34) by Mark Pack
	Tim Pickstone named Mayor of Bury (0) by News Meerkat
	Could a Tickbox campaign drive Right and Left back together? (1) by David Boyle
	Lib Dem peers inflict defeats on government’s Brexit bill (10) by Paul Walter
21st	Did we spend 2019 expecting a 1980s-style realignment of politics? (21) by Paul Walter
	Dorothy Thornhill will chair panel to review into both the General election and the European elections (4) by The Voice
	An election review from the front line (46) by Tim Bearder
	The next general election will be a Conservative-facing one: some stats (28) by David McHardy
	Watford Liberal Democrat newsletter celebrates golden jubilee edition (2) by Iain Sharpe
	20 January 2020 – yesterday’s press releases (0) by Mark Valladares
	21 January 2020 – today’s press releases (0) by Mark Valladares
22nd	Good luck to our candidates and teams in by-elections tomorrow! (1) by Paul Walter
	Greenpeace climate change petition – shouldn’t we be doing this sort of thing rather than still having “STOP BREXIT” on our home page? (16) by Paul Walter
	It’s time to stop apologising for the Coalition – and use it instead (36) by James Belchamber
	Showing her customary resilience, Jo Swinson marks the new decade with a flurry of reflective tweets (18) by The Voice
	The subjects selected and not selected for debate at the York spring conference (27) by Nick da Costa
	A message to the troll farmer in Aberdeenshire (12) by The Voice
	22 January 2020 – today’s press releases (1) by Mark Valladares
23rd	Don’t carelessly jettison the European inheritance of the BBC in trying to modernise it (Part 1) (13) by Bernard Aris
	The Infinite Game: Finding a just cause for the Liberal Democrats (42) by Doug Buist
	If Winter comes (16) by David Warren
	Safe spaces in which to comment (31) by Mary Reid
24th	+++Anton Georgiou wins big in Brent! (19) by The Voice
	Observations of an ex pat: Who’s on trial? (3) by Tom Arms
	Full results from last night’s by-elections (6) by Paul Walter
	The Lib Dems must abandon their support for HS2 for the sake of our economy and environment (41) by Andy Boddington
	Don’t carelessly jettison the European inheritance of the BBC in trying to modernise it (Part 2) (11) by Bernard Aris
	Dr Phillip Lee selected as Lib Dem parliamentary spokesperson for Wokingham (24) by Paul Walter
	An update on our troll farmer in Aberdeenshire (7) by The Voice
25th	New Journal of Liberal History just published (7) by Duncan Brack
	What’s being debated in our members’ forum this week? (0) by Paul Walter
26th	Christine Jardine leads MPs’ debate on assisted dying – most speakers are in favour (4) by Paul Walter
	Siobhan Benita slams London Mayor’s mass surveillance roll-out as a real risk to civil liberties (12) by News Meerkat
	Community data creation – A first (and wrong) attempt at listing the constituencies where the Liberal Democrats were second in the general election (30) by Paul Walter
	UPDATED: The 91 seats where the Liberal Democrats came second in the general election (or The Sunday data workshop experiment continues…) (10) by Paul Walter
	23 January 2020 – the day’s press releases (0) by Mark Valladares
	24-26 January 2020 – the (long) weekend’s press releases (3) by Mark Valladares
27th	27 January 2020 – the overnight press release (1) by Mark Valladares
	Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water – there are referendums galore this Thursday (18) by Paul Walter
	A vision for us based on fairness: towards a new Social Contract (121) by Katharine Pindar
	27-30 January – this week in the Lords (0) by Mark Valladares
	Nick Tyrone: “What the Lib Dems keep failing to understand about the Labour Party” **WARNING: CONTAINS ORANGE BOOK MENTION** (81) by Web Magpie
	The Reverse Swiss Opportunity for the Pro-European Campaign (7) by Darren Martin
	27 January 2020 – today’s press releases (0) by Mark Valladares
28th	28 January 2020 – the overnight press release (2) by Mark Valladares
	We need a new international narrative (5) by Jonathan Fryer
	Huawei and 5G – a Liberal Democrat approach (19) by Robert Harrison
	YouGov poll on Lib Dem leadership: Ed Davey is a country mile ahead (contains caveats) (33) by Paul Walter
	“God only knows what the next government will tell us” – EU citizens in UK watch Brexit happen with very mixed feelings (4) by Bernard Aris
	Tories lose control of Surrey Heath council (0) by NewsHound
	Good luck to Jonny Edge and team in Suffolk this Thursday (6) by Paul Walter
	28 January 2020 – today’s press releases (2) by Mark Valladares
29th	29 January 2020 – the overnight press release (2) by Mark Valladares
	Huawei and 5G: the tip of the iceberg for Johnson (19) by Paul Reynolds
	Conference! (12) by David Warren
	Our party president and co-leader on the big challenges ahead (13) by Mark Pack
	LibLink: Bob Maclennan – An appreciation by Sam Ghibaldan (1) by The Voice
	Bells are set to toll in the UK on Friday but a silent flame can send a gentler message (23) by Suzanne Fletcher
	29 January 2020 – today’s press releases (3) by Mark Valladares
30th	30 January 2020 – the overnight press release (8) by Mark Valladares
	A tribute to Robbie Simpson (0) by Sophie Bridger
	Where we go from here (30) by Jane Dodds
	A party of ideas (15) by Lord William Wallace
	A private member’s bill to keep fossil fuels in the ground – where they belong (5) by Shas Sheehan
	The response to Trump’s peace plan should be – recognise Palestine now (14) by John McHugo
	Ed Davey: We fought the good fight – now what next? (11) by Ed Davey
31st	Leaving the EU – some last day tweets (12) by Paul Walter
	Getting back on the horse – and saying thank you (1) by Paul Walter
	A ray of hope in West Suffolk (8) by Mark Valladares
	Observations of an ex pat: Blame Newt (6) by Tom Arms
	This is a shameful day in our country’s history (10) by Caron Lindsay
	Candidate update (6) by Richard Kember
	A day of ignominy (22) by Giles Goodall
	31 January 2020 – today’s press release (11) by Mark Valladares
	And, as we say au revoir to the European Union… (53) by The Voice