Archive for stephen tall
I signed a letter this weekend…
If I tell you that amongst the other signatories are Jo Shaw and Martin Tod, you might be able to guess what it’s about… Also in there is Stephen Tall and an entertaining mix of people whose views I rate very highly and those who I most certainly don’t. Which is a good sign of [...]
What Google reveals about the current state of play in Eastleigh
The search results thrown up by Google often provide a neat little insight into what angles of a story are dominating coverage and people’s attention. The angles that get the most prominent coverage and the most interaction and responses are the ones that rise to the top of the search results. So what do they [...]
Eastleigh by-election: 16 February round-up – Dale vs Tall, my visit and other stories
Maria Hutchings, the Conservative candidate, has continued her record of stirring up controversy on the relatively rare occasions when she switches from dodging the media to making public comments.
Schooling Nick Clegg’s son: Nick and Stephen are both wrong
Over on Lib Dem Voice, Nick Thornsby has argued that the schooling decisions made by Nick Clegg and Miriam Gonzalez Durantez for their children are none of our business. For pretty much the same reasons as those Stephen Tall has given, I think Nick T. is wrong about that. But I think Stephen too is wrong with [...]
Tim Gordon scorecard, 1 year on
Last January I wrote an open letter to the party’s then new Chief Executive Tim Gordon, setting out four priorities. One year on, how are things looking? Here’s what I wrote (with introductory pleasantries skipped), with each of the four points followed by an update and a score. Read on to see how Tim has [...]
Win a free ticket for Steve Richards’ Rock ‘n Roll Politics, 17 December
As Stephen Tall has blogged: Here’s a date for your diary… On 17th December, The Independent’s Steve Richards will bring his Rock ‘n Roll Politics to London for a Christmas special. Premiered at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, where it earned rave reviews, here’s how the show is billed: Award winning BBC broadcaster and columnist, Steve Richards, [...]
There should be far more rebellions like the one yesterday
A brief footnote to Stephen’s piece yesterday Government suffers defeat in Lords over ‘new poll tax’ changes to council tax benefits. Note what the rebellion was over: An independent review of the changes to be carried out within three years of them being introduced. Yup, that shocking idea that after a new policy is introduced, we [...]
Whither Lib Dem blogging? The internal/external dilemma
There’s been an interesting debate over the last few days about the state of Liberal Democrat blogging, triggered by a thought-provoking piece from Jonathan Calder about the Lib Dem Voice Blog of the Year Awards and with a recent contribution from my Lib Dem Voice Co-Editor colleague Stephen Tall, which includes a good round-up of [...]
Telegraph’s annual list of 50 most influential Liberal Democrats is out…
It’s Liberal Democrat conference, so it’s time for the latest Iain Dale / Daily Telegraph list of the 50 most influential Liberal Democrats. Of course our interest in covering the story on Lib Dem Voice is in no way related to two of the team appearing in the list… In less than shocking news, Nick [...]
WATCH: Nick Clegg apologises for making pledge on tuition fees
In short: We made a promise before the election that we would vote against any rise in fees under any circumstances. But that was a mistake. It was a pledge made with the best of intentions – but we shouldn’t have made a promise we weren’t absolutely sure we could deliver. I shouldn’t have committed to [...]
