Posts Tagged “left foot forward”
CentreForum Liberal Villain of the Month: Mark Littlewood
by Stephen Tall on June 28, 2013
Liberal Hero of the Week (and occasional Villains) is chosen by Stephen Tall, Co-Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice, and Research Associate at CentreForum. The series showcases those who promote any of the four liberal tenets identified in The Orange Book — economic, personal, political and social liberalism — regardless of party affiliation and from beyond Westminster. If […]
Has the mystery of the ‘unidentified Lib Dem’ asked to lobby Vince about Murdoch been solved?
by Stephen Tall on April 25, 2012
Amid all the questions floating round yesterday following the extraordinary revelations exposed by the Leveson inquiry, was this intriguing one: who was the ‘Lib Dem MP’ referred to by Frederic Michel, News Corp’s director of public affairs (Europe), lined-up to (…)
No2AV campaign left red-faced by list gaffes
by Stephen Tall on January 5, 2011
Last week I posted to Lib Dem Voice what I thought to be an accurate list of the 100+ Labour MPs who had proudly announced they would be opposing electoral reform in the May referendum. I assumed it must be accurate… after all, the list was taken directly from the No2AV campaign’s official website. Surely […]
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 […]
LDVideo: dodgy Tory stats, Nick’s online Q&A, and the Wallander-inspired Lib Dem PPB
by Stephen Tall on February 27, 2010
Welcome to this latest LDVideo instalment, highlighting three political video clips from the past week.
First up, there’s Lies, damn lies and Conservative statistics courtesy Political Scrapbook (and with a nod towards this iconic Guinness advert):
(Hat-tip: Left Foot Forward. Available on YouTube here).
Secondly, here’s Nick Clegg responding to questions posted to Facebook (Facebook.com/nickclegg) and Twitter (@Nick_Clegg) […]