Saturday, December 01, 2007

Miranda Grell: The appeal verdict

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From the Waltham Forest Guardian : The court heard from prosecutor Gareth Branston that Grell had told one prospective voter: "Don'...
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House Points: The alternative Lib Dem short-list

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My House Points column from this week's Liberal Democrat News . Alumni alternatives The air over Westminster is black with chickens comi...
Friday, November 30, 2007

Lord Bonkers' Diary: Meadowcroft joins the Liberal Democrats

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Friday I am surprised this evening to find Meadowcroft at our weekly meeting of the Bonkers Hall Ward Branch of the Liberal Democrats. Ever ...

Lawrence Bailey and his computer

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Laurence Bailey, former Labour Lord Mayor of Swansea, has been banned for two and a half years by something called the Adjudication Panel fo...

CCTV conference in Market Harborough

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The Harborough Mail reports: Counter-terrorism police were among the guests in Harborough yesterday (Wednesday) as part of a conference on ...

Charles Kennedy to be EU Commissioner?

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Jon Worth points out that Peter Mandelson's term as Britain's EU Commissioner runs out in 2009 and he has said that he does not wis...
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Thursday, November 29, 2007

Greg Stone: Our friend in the North

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The BBC has an extended, thoughtful piece on the politcal background of David Abrahams and the nature of poltics in the North East. It quot...
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The Economist on the Lib Dem leadership contest

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It is a balanced piece , as you would expect, and the conclusion is cheering: All in all, however, the Lib Dems are lucky in their candidate...

Lord Bonkers' Diary: The run on Rutland Rock

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We've had Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday . So... Thursday Arriving in Oakham to visit the cattle market, I notice a long queue that win...
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Radio Liberal England

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The Wardman Wire has a recording of my interview about BritBlog Roundup 145 on BBC Five Live the other night. The three postings we discus...
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Lord Bonkers' Diary: The Cowley Street War Room

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Wednesday That Brown fellow certainly kept us on our toes, didn’t he? All that speculation about an autumn poll had everyone rushing around....

You know when you've been Blincoed

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The Comment is Free profile of Nicholas Blincoe - author the other day of a distasteful attack on Chris Huhne - now reads: Nicholas Blinco...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Labour withdraws funding for Miranda Grell's appeal

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You may recall the case of Miranda Grell. As the BBC reported at the time: A Labour councillor has been found guilty of falsely branding a ...
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Nicholas Blincoe

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There's been no reliable word from Team Clegg about the status of the article on Comment is Free by Nicholas Blincoe. But Richard Allan...
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Lord Bonkers' Diary: Nick Clegg in the garden

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After Monday there generally comes... Tuesday The pride and joy of my gardener Meadowcroft is his collection of rare hairy cacti. He gather...
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Rita Tushingham

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There is a terrific website dedicated to the career of this iconic British actress.

Hug a Hoodie at the Oxford Union

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Jonny Wright has a long and remarkably sensible posting on last night's events. I reproduce his conclusions below, but do read the whole...

David Abrahams and the Labour Party

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Three postings to read: Liberal Democrat Voice has a memo from the Electoral Commission to Peter Watt; Guido Fawkes looks at Abrahams' c...
Monday, November 26, 2007

The Stiperstones: 25 years as a national nature reserve

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Photo by Sabine J Hutchinson http://www.virtual-shropshire.co.uk/ Another excuse for printing a picture of the Stiperstones... The BBC repo...

Contactpoint petition

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The ARCH Blog points us to this petition : We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to abandon plans to create the Information Sharin...