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How Lib Dem members rated Chris Huhne and Ed Davey before the reshuffle

LibDemVoice is currently conducting one of our regular surveys of party members to find out views on a range of issues. One of the questions we always ask is how satisfied Lib Dems are with key figures in the party. Though the survey is still open, a couple are now out-of-date — specifically, what members’ [...]

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What I said to Channel 4 News about Chris Huhne

I was interviewed today by Sonia Rathwell for Channel 4 News for a profile of now-former Lib Dem cabinet minister Chris Huhne. Here’s some of what I said: It could be said that the former secretary of state for energy and climate change has a rather chilly public persona – but despite something of a [...]

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Chris Huhne: the straight talking fighter faces his biggest battle

It was in May 2011 that the allegation first surfaced that, eight years previously, Chris Huhne had allegedly asked his then wife Vicky Pryce to take the rap for speeding points that would have seen the aspirant Lib Dem MP for Eastleigh lose his licence. It’s a charge Chris has strenuously denied ever since, always [...]

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In other news…

Here’s a round-up of stories we haven’t had time to cover on the site this past week… Lib Dem MP Tessa Munt is taking on sexism in the BBC: ‘The BBC must ensure there are more women presenters and executives working on its radio network if it is to justify its licence fee, MP Tessa [...]

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On “locking horns” with the Telegraph’s Cristina Odone

I noted yesterday how the Telegraph had been forced to retract its false claim that Chris Huhne had tried to plunge Michael Gove into trouble by leaking his let-taxpayers-fund-the-new-royal-yacht letter. Today’s Independent covers the resulting row, while Matthew Bell’s diary highlights columnist Cristina Odone’s bit-part role: As discussed elsewhere in the paper, The Daily Telegraph [...]

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Telegraph apologises for false slurs on Huhne and offensive Cristina Odone article

The Daily Telegraph has been forced into a humiliating climbdown after making what it now admits were false claims about Lib Dem cabinet minister Chris Huhne. The paper had splashed on allegations that it was Huhne who had leaked the letter from Michael Gove suggesting taxpayers might make a gift of a new royal yacht [...]

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And the most-mentioned Lib Dems of 2011 were…

Two Lib Dem ministers made it into the top 10 of most-mentioned politicians in the national print media in 2011. Not surprisingly, one was Nick Clegg, the Deputy PM; the other was Chris Huhne, energy and climate change secretary. Here’s the graphic which shows them placed 4th and 10th respectively: Two Lib Dems also made [...]

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Which Lib Dem minister had the worst year? Find out who tied for first place among party members…

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 564 party members responded, and we are publishing the full results here over several days. Huhne and Clegg tie for the award neither would want to [...]

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EXCLUSIVE: Party members vote Vince Cable Lib Dem minister of the year

Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 564 party members responded, and we are publishing the full results here over several days. Vince, Danny and Chris: the Lib Dems’ top trio in government [...]

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Thank you, Chris Huhne, for reclaiming the word ‘fulsome’

I’ve just blogged about Chris Huhne’s speech to the Royal Society on nuclear power… and jolly good it was too. Especially for what may be one of the first deliberately accurate yet ironic uses of the word ‘fulsome’ I’ve seen in a long while. ‘Fulsome‘ is one of my pet peeves. It’s increasingly used in [...]

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