Archive for Nick Clegg
Sending a criminal to prison costs more than sending a child to Eton
The Independent reports: Sending a criminal to prison costs more than sending a child to Eton and “we need a better return on our investment” Nick Clegg will say tomorrow. Announcing an extra £7million of Government money to help the rehabilitation of offenders the Deputy Prime Minister will warn that successive Governments have been tough [...]
Who killed the Snoopers’ Charter?
As Liberty’s email to its supporters today says, “The Snoopers’ Charter is dead” or as Julian Huppert has written over on Lib Dem Voice, I agree with Nick. He’s right to kill the Snoopers’ Charter. Understandably, lots of people are stake a claim to their share of the credit for this outcome, even if Liberty [...]
VIDEO: Fairer Taxes – Lib Dem PPB 25 April 2013
Here’s the new film from the Liberal Democrats: Also on YouTube. You can sign up to back the campaign or find out more about what’s being called for at FairerTax.org.
Snooper’s Charter: You got it right once Nick. Please get it right again
Dear Nick, You got it right last time, vetoing the Home Office’s attempt to get the Communications Data Bill into the last Queen’s Speech and instead securing extensive Parliamentary scrutiny of the plans. Please, get it right this time too and veto it once more, as the press are suggesting you might. The likes of [...]
The libel reform O turn – and what the party needs to learn
So the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party have reversed their reversal of the party’s views on libel reform, and we’re back to where we started. As Glyn Ley commented on my wall on Facebook, that makes it not so much a U turn as an O turn. The issue at stake has been the ability of [...]
Caron wrote it first and wrote it better
So go read Caron’s post about Nick Clegg’s latest email to party members and supporters.
You don’t need to be in London to listen to Nick Clegg’s phone-in on LBC
Tomorrow at 9am it is the next of Nick Clegg’s regular phone-in shows with Nick Ferrari on LBC Radio. Although LBC is a London radio station, the show features many callers from outside London and you don’t have to be in London to listen to it. Digital radio: LBC is included on digital radio in large [...]
VIDEO: National Apprenticeship Week 2013
New from the Deputy Prime Minister’s office: Also on YouTube.
Nick Clegg: how we’ll change unfair care system for pensioners
Monday should see the government publish details of how it will respond to the Dilnot Commission and improve the way people pay for care in their old age. It’s a policy the Liberal Democrats in government have had a very large hand in – and one which there will therefore be a bit of a [...]
