Saturday, September 13, 2008

Lord Bonkers' Diary: Expelled from China

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Liberator 328 will be on sale from the magazine's stall at the Liberal Democrat Conference in Bournemouth. But Lord Bonkers has insiste...

Kirsty Williams is the bookies' favourite

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I am not sure how much is being wagered on the contest, but WalesOnline reports that Kirsty Williams is the odds-on favourite to become the...
Friday, September 12, 2008

Andrew Adonis and Kingham Hill School

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Having welcomed the idea a couple of years ago, I can only welcome the announcement that more children "in danger ... of being taken i...
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Siobhain McDonagh and Progress Magazine: Labour unrest grows

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The BBC reports : A junior member of the government has been sacked after breaking ranks to call for a challenge to Prime Minister Gordon ...

Review: The Crunch by Alex Brummer

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This review appears in today's Liberal Democrat News. The Crunch: The Scandal of Northern Rock and the Escalating Credit Crisis Alex Bru...
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Lib Dem leaders must get their act together on taxation

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Yesterday afternoon Danny Alexander had an article on Liberal Democrat Voice explaining the party's taxation policy. He wrote: "Li...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008

What's your favourite blog post of the week?

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Let me know - by sending the link to britblog [at] gmail [dot] com before Sunday lunchtime - and I shall include it in the next Britblog Ro...

Charlies Whelan: Still spinning for Brown

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The Mole (The First Post's "Westminster insider") suggests that Gordon Brown's former spin doctor Charlie Whelan, now pol...

Mat's musical meme

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Mat Bowles suggets a "silly meme": Choose a singer/band/group — answer using only titles of songs by that singer/band/group. Jus...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Scottish Lib Dems say local income tax must be local

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The Herald reports: The Liberal Democrats are to lay strict conditions on any deal with the SNP on local income tax, insisting that variati...

Telford park row: Council backs down

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From the Shropshire Star : Telford & Wrekin council boss Andrew Eade today stepped into the patrols in the park row and admitted: “We ma...

The Friends of Raymond

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No, it's not a euphemism. In the brief middle-class period of my childhood I had a bedroom that overlooked the canal in Boxmoor. And one...

Henry Graham White MP

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At work yesterday I was editing an article about John Graham-White , who was one of the founders of clinical psychology in the National Heal...

The good, the great and Lembit Opik

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Nick Clegg will face imprisonment rather than carry an identity card. Lembit Opik chooses a different cause over which to defy the law. You ...
Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Telford park story reaches national press

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The story about Telford & Wrekin Council questioning people without children in the town's main park has begun to reach the national...

Government interference undermines public faith in education

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The Independent reports a speech given by Simon Lebus, chief executive of Cambridge Assessment, to an international conference in the city: ...

Telford Park: Some blogosphere reaction

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The story about single people being stopped and asked why they are in Telford Central Park has not made the national press yet. Perhaps now...
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Nick Clegg backs co-payments in the NHS

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This morning's issue of The Times says Nick Clegg is to set out why he believes patients should be allowed to pay privately for drugs ...
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Monday, September 08, 2008

"Vulcan" by Chris Wood

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The Esoteric Recordings website announces: October will see the release of an album which has been many months in preparation, Chris Wood’s...

Britblog Roundup 186

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Philobiblon is back from the Green Party Conference to bring you a selection of the best in British blogging from the past week. The next R...