Mark Pack

Welcome to the tenth in a series of posts going through the full coalition agreement section by section. You can read the full coalition document here. If you have been following this series of posts, you’ll be familiar by now with the mix of statements in the families and children section: a strong showing of Liberal Democrat [...] »

It’s Sunday. It’s 9am. It’s time for beards. And moustaches. But first the news. 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: Bravo to Nigel Farage on drugs policy – Mark Thompson praises the UKIP man’s approach to drugs Where have [...] »

A news release from the party pings into my inbox: Almost 2/3rd of the RAF’s Merlin helicopters, which the Government has hailed as a key part of increasing capacity and ‘ideally suited’ to Afghanistan, are incapable of carrying out their planned missions, according to figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats. Answers to Parliamentary Questions have shown that [...] »

It’s Sunday. It’s 7am. It’s time for an exclusive peak at the next Conservative Party election poster, but first the news. 2 Must-Read Blog Posts What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Here’s are two posts that have caught the eye from the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator: Some Good News for Nick Clegg: Nick Thornsby mulls over some [...] »

It’s Sunday. It’s 7am. It’s time for a singing Christmas dog, but first the news. 2 Must-Read Blog Posts What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Here’s are two posts that have caught the eye from the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator: Snow highlights the selfishness in people: Nich Starling gives it both barrels: “Season of goodwill? You must [...] »

The rest of The Voice’s Daily View team may have decided to have a lie in each morning during August, but we’re made of sterner stuff here on the Sunday slot. And as it’s a Sunday, it’s also time for the now traditional bonus musical extra. Big Stories The release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi The director of the Federal [...] »

The rest of The Voice’s Daily View team may have decided to have a lie in each morning during August, but we’re made of sterner stuff here on the Sunday slot (for the moment). And as it’s a Sunday, it’s also time for another instalment of singing. 2 Big Stories UK ‘may have 40-year Afghan role’ So reports [...] »

Cross-posted from The Wardman Wire: With only around 1.5% of the population having access to the internet, it may look as if the role for online campaigning in the next Afghanistani Presidential election is rather limited. At least one candidate though is hoping to demonstrate otherwise in the run-up to voting on 20 August, with a second round if necessary [...] »

An update on two of the the trio of stories I blogged about earlier this month, all relating to the treatment of women. In Afghanistan, the controversial law which would have severely curtailed the rights of women, for example by requiring married women to get permission from their husbands before leaving the house, has been shelved. Meanwhile [...] »

The New York Times headline neatly wraps up three stories about the at times grim, and in the photoshopping case verging on farcical, struggle for women’s rights across much of the Middle East: On Friday, The Associated Press reported that Israeli newspapers “aimed at ultra-Orthodox Jewish readers” digitally manipulated a photograph of the new Israeli government, [...] »