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Lords reform: the Liberal Democrat trio announced
Over the weekend Mark Valladares blogged about the three Liberal Democrats being appointed to the Joint Committee of both Houses fo Parliament carrying out pre-legislative scrutiny committee on Lords reform: From the Lords, representing the constitutional wonk tendency (in a good way), Lord Tyler is the first of the two nominees. Paul has been leading [...]
Liberal Democrats back campaign to free our postcodes
Welcome news from the blog of Lynne Featherstone (who, apart from being a LibDem MP, is also chair of the party’s Technology Advisory Board):
We need postcodes to be owned by the public – not sold to the public. Postcodes are the basic pre-requisite for allowing services to be developed that support democratic accountability.
It’s an important [...]
Meanwhile, in local news…
The South Yorkshire Times reports (via Liberal England):
Astonishing in-house ‘harassment and bullying’ row leaves:
* Entire Labour Party branch suspended for over a year
* Detectives drafted in, to probe financial allegations
* Labour fearing 2010 local election disaster
* Party bosses ordering wall of silence
Meanwhile, in the Highlands, Cllr Linda Munro has decided to join the Liberal Democrats:
The [...]
