Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #37
by Stephen Tall on November 5, 2007
Welcome to the 37th of our weekly round-ups from the Lib Dem blogosphere, featuring the seven most popular stories according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (28th October – 3rd November), together with a hand-picked quintet you might otherwise have missed. (…)
Laws exposes 'sharp fall' in language GCSEs
by Stephen Tall on November 5, 2007
Lib Dem schools spokesman David Laws has earned copious coverage this morning for uncovering statistics showing that the number of children taking French, German and Spanish has fallen to 48% – down from 83% in 2000. Curriculum changes made in (…)
Iannucci on the Lib Dem leadership race
by Stephen Tall on November 5, 2007
Top satirist Armando Iannucci reported in yesterday’s Observer on the election fever which has taken grip of Washington DC: Usually, America doesn’t really cover international news in the media, but this week the talk in Washington has been of one (…)
Vince: Gordon is the “Old Mother Hubbard of Downing Street”
by Stephen Tall on November 5, 2007
The Queen’s Speech takes place tomorrow, but expectations are lower this year even than normal, owing to the fact that Gordon ‘no spin’ Brown pre-announced the 23 bills and draft bills which would be introduced back in July. Acting Lib (…)
