Stephen's Liberal Journal has some advice for Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, who made a fool of himself on the fringes of the Conservative Party Conference today.
"All of this sound familiar? - a well funded group of free market believers taking over a party" Birkdale Focus draws parallels between the Liberal Party history of the 1950s and the Liberal Democrats today. Note the name check Edward Rushworth - William Wallace's father-in law and three times Liberal candidate for Harborough.
Stephen Williams MP (Lib Dem, Bristol West) pays tribute to the Chartists.
Writing on the British Politics and Policy at LSE blog, Tim Bale, Professor of Politics at the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London, looks at the disjunction between Tory preoccupations in Birmingham and the more fundamental challenges the party actually faces.
Female genital mutilation is child abuse and nothing less, says Alan Wardle from the NSPCC on Huffington Post UK.
Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog does not believe learning can always be fun: "I am not sponsoring a Pepsi Zero approach. A sugarless experience. We need lessons to be ‘fun’ at times to hook students in, but it is the spoon of medicine after the fun that is the most important thing as it is challenging, thought-provoking, demanding, effective and occasionally boring."
Liberal Democrat Blog of the Year 2014
"Well written, funny and wistful" - Paul Linford; "He is indeed the Lib Dem blogfather" - Stephen Tall
"Jonathan Calder holds his end up well in the competitive world of the blogosphere" - New Statesman
"A prominent Liberal Democrat blogger" - BBC Radio 4 Today; "One of my favourite blogs" - Stumbling
and Mumbling; "Charming and younger than I expected" - Wartime Housewife
1 comment:
In relation to Stephen's exasperation over Carey I noticed a tweet from a Vicar : Rachel Mann @metalvicar
I really do find George Carey's pronouncements tiresome. :(
As to Edward Rushworth, surely he should be described as Helen's father rather than by his rather less direct relationship to WW
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