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Where Lynne Featherstone leads, David Cameron follows – once again
We’ve covered before on Lib Dem Voice the campaign by Lynne Featherstone and others to end the built-in sexism in the rules of Royal succession, whereby men automatically come ahead of women in the line of succession (‘Royal primogeniture’), a cause which has overwhelming public support. One complication is that our monarch is also the [...]
Can you guess who said what?
Take two people: one a successful female businesswoman and one a male Tory MP. Then take two public statements: one calling female Cabinet members “an ugly bunch” and “I could not look at them”; the other calling for companies to be better at ending the male dominance of the boardroom. Who do you think would [...]
Once again, Osborne is the obstacle to green action
Today’s Times reports how: The Chancellor has infuriated No. 10 and Cabinet colleagues by refusing to endorse a key component in the policy to boost renewable energy. In an extraordinary move last week George Osborne was rebuked by David Cameron’s aides for failing to come on board for a key green policy. At a meeting [...]
David Cameron’s speech: my first reaction
Over on the Daily Telegraph live blog, they’ve picked up my initial reaction to today’s speech from David Cameron: In the run-up to Cameron’s speech the message from the Conservative Party conference was a very traditional one. Lower taxes, higher speed limits; fewer immigrants, more bin collections; smaller debt, bigger jail sentences. Yet Cameron’s speech [...]
Government takes another step towards equal civil marriage
Ahead of the keynote conference speech from Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone on Saturday afternoon, the Government has announced another step towards making civil marriage available to same-sex couples. A public consultation on how best to do this will start in March next year, with a strong hint of legislation then following in this Parliament: “I [...]
PMQs: Nadine Dorries praises Nick Clegg, in a good way
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Banning social media isn't the answer to riots: sign the petition
Last week I wrote about how misguided David Cameron’s talk of banning use of social media in an effort to stop future riots was, and that it was more a matter of some politicians looking to blame the communications channels they themselves are least familiar with: The number of communication technologies in the firing line [...]
What to watch out for at Liberal Democrat conference
Many Liberal Democrats will no doubt wish that fixing the nation’s finances would be as easy as fixing their own party’s finances. For flicking through the details of the reports and motions published ahead of the party’s September conference in Birmingham you find a positive financial tale for the party. 2010 may have seen a [...]
Explaining Cameron’s Coalition: politics as seen through the eyes of MORI polls
Explaining Cameron’s Coalition is the latest in the series of general election analysis by MORI’s Robert Worcester and Roger Mortimore, this time joined by two other authors. The book is therefore very much the tale of the 2005-2010 Parliament and subsequent general election seen through the eyes of MORI’s opinion polling, with an often pungent [...]
