Posts Tagged “james graham”
In praise of ‘This House’
by Stephen Tall on May 16, 2013
A hung parliament against the backdrop of a teetering economy. Parties divided over Europe. The cracks in the UK fuelling separatist demands. The whips are desperately trying to maintain order. It’s not hard to see the appeal to current audiences of James Graham’s (no, not that one: this one) hit play, This House. It’s 1974 [...]
James Graham on the dangers of Labour’s oppositionalism
by Stephen Tall on August 19, 2010
James Graham, Lib Dem blogger and frequent contributor to the Guardian’s Comment is Free website, has a must-read piece today, titled ‘Not dead but…’. James co-founded the Lib Dems’ Social Liberal Forum, and has in the past advocated closer relations between the party and Labour as a progressive force to take on the Conservatives, so [...]
Evidence based, Left Foot Forward? Not if you’re ignoring the actual evidence
by Stephen Tall on March 15, 2010
The Labour-supporting Left Foot Forward blog prides itself on being evidence-based. But not, it seems, when the evidence doesn’t support the conclusion they’ve already written.
That seems to be the only explanation for their slanted weekend posting that Lib Dem tax policy “fails the fairness test”, which appears to rest on two points: 1) that people [...]
Daily View 2×2: 1 March 2010
by Stephen Tall on March 1, 2010
It’s Monday morning. It’s the 1st March, and the question everyone’s asking is, “Where the hell did January and February go?”. For our Welsh readers, meanwhile, may we wish you a very happy St David’s Day. On with the day’s main news …
Result of LDV poll on Tories’ evaporating lead
Yesterday LDV ran an insta-poll asking [...]
Lib Dem Bloggers Christmas stocking fillers … Part II
by Stephen Tall on December 10, 2009
If you could choose up to three items for your Christmas stocking, what would they be? That was the question LDV posed to a group of Lib Dem bloggers. All this week we’re revealing what they told us, with all their choices added to the Amazon carousel widget featured on our home-page, referral fees from [...]
Daily View 2×2: 7 December 2009
by Stephen Tall on December 7, 2009
Welcome to the 341st day of the year, folks, a day which has witnessed in past years the births of great thinkers like Noam Chomsky and Stan Boardman.
2 Must-Read Blog Posts
What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Here are two posts that have caught the eye from the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator:
Why the Conservatives [...]
Kirsty on Lembit: “His approach to politics is different to mine.”
by Stephen Tall on October 19, 2009
Getting on for a year ago, Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik began writing a regular political column in the Daily Sport. Thanks to Lib Dem blogger James Graham – who set up the Prawn Free Lembit blog, so that those of us who don’t touch the Sport’s casually misogynistic pages can follow his writings – [...]
CommentIsLinked@LDV… James Graham: Nick Clegg – where have you been?
by Stephen Tall on August 30, 2009
Over at The Guardian’s Comment Is Free blog, Lib Dem blogger James Graham has a pop at the Lib Dem leader for squandering the political opportunity presented by a quiet August. Here’s an excerpt: Where was Nick Clegg when #welovetheNHS (…)
