Posts Tagged “caron lindsay”
Nick Clegg’s Letter from the Leader: “Happy Easter”
by Stephen Tall on March 31, 2013
Nick Clegg’s latest letter to supporters wishes us all the very best for a relaxing Easter holiday. He’s off on a family break visiting his parents — or “holidaying at a millionaires’ playground” if you prefer the Mirror‘s styling. My Co-Editor Caron Lindsay has written a reply highlighting the many and various ways Lib Dem [...]
A brief (recent) history of the Lib Dems’ flagship tax-cut for the low-paid
by Stephen Tall on March 21, 2013
George Osborne’s fourth budget saw him finalise the commitment to implement in full the Lib Dems’ number one manifesto commitment: taking out of income tax all those who earn less than £10k a year. It prompted this post by my Co-Editor Caron Lindsay yesterday – Why it’s worth being a member of the Liberal Democrats [...]
A warm welcome to our new Co-Editor, Caron Lindsay
by Stephen Tall on March 4, 2013
I guess that, in the end, it was quite fitting that Mark Pack’s final day with LibDemVoice should have been last Thursday, the day of the Eastleigh by-election: it’s always good to go out on a high. For those who missed the news first time round, Mark has — after over six years as my [...]
Leveson, the morning after the Report before: what Lib Dem bloggers say
by Stephen Tall on November 30, 2012
Caron Lindsay blogged about Nick Clegg’s Commons statement here on LibDemVoice: Nick Clegg: We won’t find better solution than Leveson’s. Here’s a quick round-up of other reaction so far from Lib Dem bloggers to Lord Justice Leveson’s report on media standards… Contributors split on broadly pro/anti-Leveson Report lines. Let’s start with the pro-Leveson bloggers: Shock [...]
Clegg’s Today Programme interview: a round-up, a clip, and some comments
by Stephen Tall on January 6, 2012
Nick Clegg submitted himself to the new year delights of the primetime 8.10am Today Programme interview on Thursday. Here’s a round-up of what he said and the reactions to it… Nick Clegg has kicked off his new year promising more action to curb executive bonuses, amid continued questions over his leadership. … The deputy prime [...]
Welcome to our new volunteer editors!
by Stephen Tall on December 20, 2011
Liberal Democrat Voice has always aimed to be ‘Our place to talk’, a site primarily for Lib Dem members to discuss and debate. We welcome readers’ contributions, whether financial (hem-hem) or intellectual. Building and maintaining a site like this, with fresh news and opinion day-in-day-out, is a labour of love. We are therefore delighted to [...]
Lib Dem Bloggers’ Christmas stocking fillers… Part IV
by Stephen Tall on November 30, 2011
What presents are you looking forward to giving or receiving this year? That’s the question LDV posed to a group of Lib Dem bloggers. All this week we’re revealing what they told us, with link-throughs to Amazon for your shopping convenience (and ‘cos the referral fees help support LibDemVoice: so get clicking and ordering). Part [...]
Lib Dems on child detention: read our lips, it will be ended
by Stephen Tall on September 9, 2010
The Guardian today carries a story, Government climbdown on detention of children in immigration centres, which — if it were accurate — would have Lib Dems hopping mad. Thankfully, it’s not accurate. It was six weeks ago, at his first acting stint at Prime Minister’s Questions, that Nick Clegg formally announced that (as per the [...]
Daily View 2×2: 18 January 2010
by Stephen Tall on January 18, 2010
Happy Monday morning, everyone.
On this day, in 1788, Britain established a penal settlement at Botany Bay in Australia; while, in 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt sent the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States to King Edward VII. Even more excitingly, it’s the birthday of AA Milne (b. 1882), Oliver ‘Laurel &’ Hardy [...]
Daily View 2×2: 23 November 2009
by Stephen Tall on November 23, 2009
It’s the 23rd November – which means great celebrations in (parts of) the Lib Dem blogosphere at the 46th anniversary since the first broadcast of Doctor Who. And it’s happy birthday, too, to Zoë Ball and Kirsty Young.
2 Must-Read Blog-Posts
Why we should not be afraid of a hung parliament (Mark Thompson)
A hung parliament is the [...]
