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VIDEO: Ed Davey takes up post at Department of Energy and Climate Change
From the Department of Energy and Climate Change:
Tax cuts for millions or for millionaires? Newsletter #16 is out
The 16th edition of my monthly newsletter about the Liberal Democrats came out this week. If you’re not on the list to get it via email, you can instead read it online here: Tax cuts for millions or for millionaires. If you would like to receive future editions of the newsletter direct to your own [...]
Lib Dem achievements, communicating peers and election timetables
A trio of resources for your weekend’s delectation: Electoral timetable for May’s elections: I’ve recently updated my May 2012 election timetable post with extra details Liberal Democrat peers on Twitter: having commented adversely in the past on the lack of communications from many of them, I’ve been hunting out how many are using Twitter. You [...]
Paddy Ashdown’s eight steps to winning a Parliamentary constituency
In December 1976 Paddy Ashdown put to the local party in Yeovil a plan for winning the constituency for which he had been recently selected and where the party was third at almost every election. Thirty-five and a bit years on, it still reads as a pretty good plan. 1. We should adopt a three-election strategy [...]
Call on Russia to support a strong UN resolution on Syria
Good to see Amnesty International putting pressure on the Russian government over its threats to block a meaningful UN Security Council resolution on Syria. Amnesty is calling on Russian to support a resolution that at the very least would: impose an arms embargo on Syria freeze the assets of President al-Assad and other individuals suspected [...]
Why I (still) read the Daily Mail
Four years on, I’m still a Daily Mail reader (even if they think I’m a foreigner). Here’s an updated explanation. I once rang the Daily Mail to mildly complain about a story I had a connection with. The journalist I spoke to put me on hold while he conferred with a colleague. At least, he thought he [...]
Richard Macmillan – Lib Dem candidate for City & London East
Richard Macmillan, the Liberal Democrat candidate for the City & London East constituency, has launched a new website for his campaign. It’s at richardmacmillan.co.uk and you can also find him on Facebook.
Southwark Council lets £50,000 get washed away
£50,000: that’s what Southwark Council has wasted by failing to keep its salt stocks safe and dry. Cllr James Barber has the details: Southwark Council proudly announced they’ve 1,400 tonnes of salt and grit in stock for this Winter. We’ve not had snow so they’ve not needed to use that grit or salt. At £30-40 [...]
Haringey Liberal Democrats show two ways to make use of new legal powers
I am currently putting together a new book for ALDC which has at its heart ways that councillors and local campaigners can make use of the new legal powers heading their way under the Localism Act and other devolving legislation. Many of the powers are very effective for getting local issues sorted and local communities [...]
The other issue Lib Dem peers can win on tomorrow
Moves in the House of Lords to amend the health and welfare bills have been getting the lion’s share of recent coverage, but this week sees a quartet of Liberal Democrat peers leading the charge on a different topic – the Legal Aid Bill. Lib Dem Lords Thomas, Carlile, Clement Jones and Phillips have a [...]
