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Memoirs of a Minor Public Figure – Des Wilson’s memoirs
Des Wilson was a pioneering, high-profile and controversial campaigner, leading the way in the then novel spheres of single-issue campaigning and of charities getting stuck into small-p political campaigning before turning to taking the corporate pay cheque as a pioneer of corporate social responsibility. That makes his book one that fully lives up to the [...]
MP conference fringe league table 2012: Norman Baker is the new Simon Hughes, but he’s no Vince Cable
Back for its fourth year (see 2009, 2010 and 2011) is my conference fringe meeting league table, showing how many fringes each MP will be speaking at. As ever, this is based on the information from the official fringe listings in the printed conference directory. With the reshuffle, I expect a fair number of fringe organisers are reshuffling [...]
Two more Lib Dem MPs spotted on Twitter
I’ve just added two more Liberal Democrat MPs to my Twitter list – Mark Hunter and Simon Hughes - bringing the number of Lib Dem MPs there up to 42. Or perhaps more accurately 41 1/2 as Simon’s account is not being used at the moment. You can follow all the Lib Dem MPs on Twitter via [...]
Simon Hughes: Ed Miliband has softened his views towards Lib Dems
From the detailed interview with Simon Hughes in The House magazine: [Simon Hughes] insists that there has not been “anything that is even as formal as an informal discussion” with Labour, even if there “are always conversations between us and colleagues in all parties”, but he has welcomed less hostile relations with Labour. “The reality [...]
Simon Hughes challenges Harriet Harman over Labour’s record in Sheffield
From a party news release: Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader, Simon Hughes, joined Liberal Democrat councillors in Sheffield to highlight more than £4m of wasteful spending by Labour locally. The figures were revealed while Labour Deputy Leader, Harriet Harman, visited the city, attempting to defend Labour’s waste on Sheffield City Council. Local Liberal Democrat councillors are campaigning [...]
How to be an effective junior member of a coalition
Via Storify, an account of tonight’s CentreForum event “How to be an effective junior member of a coalition”: Share “ Use of photo of Russian dolls to advertise “How to be an effective junior member of a coalition” suitably ambiguous #CentreForum Mark Pack Mon, Mar 26 2012 13:22:57 ReplyRetweet Share “ Lord Rennard: Coalition is [...]
An email from Simon Hughes: the good and the bad
With my oft-repeated refrain that the party needs to treat members and supporters far more as active participants in the battle for Liberal Democrat policies, rather than as passive spectators, it is no surprise that I think Simon Hughes’s email yesterday was a good move. It called on people to sign the grassroots generated Parliamentary [...]
MP conference fringe league table 2011: Vince is the new Simon, Simon is the new Vince
Back for its third year (see 2009 and 2010) is my conference fringe meeting league table, showing how many fringes each MP will be speaking at. As ever, this is based on the information from the official fringe listings in the printed conference directory. The Simon Hughes Memorial Prize for Multiple Simultaneous Fringe Booking award [...]
Benefit caps and central London: how many children will be moving school?
Many Liberal Democrats I’ve spoken to have mixed feelings about the proposed benefit cap and some of the housing benefit changes. On the one hand, they have very little sympathy with the complaints of people such as Frank Dobson that rule changes means he wouldn’t be able to afford to stay in his council flat. [...]
