Lib Dems on air over the weekend
by Stephen Tall on November 30, 2007
Quick alert for those wanting to see/hear Lib Dem MPs live on air in the next three days: Tonight (Fri), Lynne Featherstone will be on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions at 8.00 pm; On Sunday, Vince Cable will be on (…)
A look back at the polls: November
by Stephen Tall on November 30, 2007
We tend not to be too poll-obsessed here at LDV – of course we look at them, as do all other politico-geeks, but viewed in isolation no one poll will tell you very much beyond what you want to read (…)
BBC Question Time: open thread
by Stephen Tall on November 29, 2007
Sarah Teather, Lib Dem Shadow Secretary for Innovation, Universities and Skills, is one of the panellists on tonight’s edition of Question Time (broadcast on BBC1 and online from 10.35 pm GMT). She’ll be alongside Minister of State for Employment Caroline (…)
The Economist: Lib Dems "are lucky in their candidates"
by Stephen Tall on November 29, 2007
No endorsement of any one candidate, but a fairly decent (though by no means uncritical) write-up of the Lib Dem leadership candidates in this week’s Economist, which is well worth reading in full. Here’s the conclusion: There are reasons to (…)
BBC Q&A with the leadership contenders
by Stephen Tall on November 29, 2007
The Lib Dem leadership contenders – Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne – have been answering BBC.co.uk readers’ questions: Nick by e-mail and Chris on video. Here’s the link. Send to Kindle
PMQs: Vince labels Gordon 'Mr Bean'
by Stephen Tall on November 28, 2007
What is there left to say? Another great PMQs’ performance from Vince has even got PoliticalBetting.com worrying that he’s setting the bar too high for whichever of Nick or Chris succeeds him as party leader. For the record, I think (…)
Nailing the Michael Brown smear
by Stephen Tall on November 28, 2007
Iain Dale has, yet again, raised the issue of the £2.4m donation to the Lib Dems from Michael Brown. According to Iain this shows the party hasn’t a leg to stand on when we demand that Labour and the Tories (…)
London hustings – views from the blogs
by Stephen Tall on November 28, 2007
Yesterday’s London leadership hustings has produced a fair few insta-reactions across the blogosphere – all judiciously fair-minded, too. (An outbreak of civility among the blogging community! – what’s happening to us? It’s almost as if we’ve come to the conclusion (…)
Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #40
by Stephen Tall on November 27, 2007
Welcome to the 40th of our weekly round-ups from the Lib Dem blogosphere, featuring the seven most popular stories according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (18th – 25th November), together with a hand-picked quintet you might otherwise have missed. And (…)
Opinion: Uninspired? Don’t blame Nick or Chris. It’s our fault
by Stephen Tall on November 27, 2007
I remain resolutely undecided, reliant on today’s London leadership hustings finally to make up my mind. But one thing I am sure about: I hope it’s the last time we as Lib Dems hold a leadership contest to such an (…)
