The numbers of Liberal Democrats feeling any sympathy for Jeremy Hunt this evening are very small indeed. The well-known Murdoch cheerleader appears to have had the lid blown on his abuse of his quasi-judicial role. Vince Cable had his powers reduced after a disgraceful sting operation. Hunt has gone further: his department is umbilically linked [...]
is my new name for the website that used to be the ‘place to talk’ for Liberal Democrats, whose web presence in terms of member networking has never really been properly joined up. (Yes, this is something of a navelgazing post – but it’s long overdue.) Unfortunately, the site – first run extremely well by [...]
It has to be said that very many Liberal Democrats will not be at all sorry to learn of the departure of Richard Reeves. In particular, the very many people Reeves alienated in 2008 when he said all social Liberals should join the Labour Party will be shedding no tears. I encountered him on relatively [...]
Andrew Wiseman, the Chair of the Liberal Democrats’ Federal Conference Committee (FCC: and someone I like and respect), has announced on the Lib Dem Voice website the police’s instruction to impose the discriminatory and controversial accreditation process to decide who attends our Conference (the only party conference that actually decides anything, so the police potentially [...]
There is something of a head of steam, predictably, to stop the proposals heralded as a ‘tycoon tax’. From Vince Cable to David Davis, the university sector to the Arts Council and even UNICEF, the policy announced on the hoof is looking even less well thought through than when it was announced. Almost as credible [...]
