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"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

Monday, December 07, 2009

The trampolining pigs of Shropshire

From the Shropshire Star : B-oink, b-oink, b-oink – Shropshire’s very own flying pigs have been getting in some last-minute practice ahead o...

Private rail companies to get worse - Daily Telegraph does not care

On Saturday I reported that East Midlands Trains is to introduce a penalty fares scheme on some of its stations so that someone found trave...

Chamali Fernando resurfaces in Cambridge Tory primary

The Cambridge-based Conservative blogger Richard Normington has the shortlist of candidates for the Tory selection in the seat and the shor...

Britblog Roundup 251

At Philobiblon .

Film of Jo and Laura Grimond's wedding

Your browser does not support iframes. Click on the picture for another gem from the British Pathe website. This one shows the wedding of J...

Sunday, December 06, 2009

J.W. Logan and "Free Speech Hall"

Another glimpse of my hero J.W. Logan is provided by James Moore's The Transformation of Urban Liberalism : In the Harborough constituen...

David Hemmings: Anathea

As well as being Britain's coolest actor for a short while in the 1960s (thanks to Blow Up ), David Hemmings could sing. As a boy he p...

Paul Elgood to fight Hove for Lib Dems

From The Argus : The Liberal Democrats have announced their candidate for Hove MP in the next general election. Paul Elgood, the Lib Dem lea...

My Lib Dem News article on the bloggers unconference

Alex Foster treated the day with commedable seriousness From Friday's issue. Techies and Norse blood at Bloggers' "Unconferen...

Saturday, December 05, 2009

Wikio Top Lib Dem Blogs, December 2009

Two new entries this month which means there are now 15 rather than 14 Lib Dem blogs in the top 100 ( Himmelgarten Cafe has dropped out). W...

Why privatised railways offer passengers less freedom

Today's Leicester Mercury reports: Fare-dodgers will be hit by new penalties if they board a train without a valid ticket. East Midl...

Friday, December 04, 2009

House Points: Eno, Ono, British Waterways

Today's House Points column from Liberal Democrat News. Jo Gilberston had a piece about the British Waterways sell off on Lib Dem Voice...

An interview with Clement Davies

Your browser does not support iframes. Click on the picture to go the British Pathe site and a 1950 interview with the Liberal Leader.

Thursday, December 03, 2009

Peter Thornton to fight Penrith and the Border

From the Westmorland Gazette : Kendal-born small-holder and councillor Peter Thornton has been chosen to fight the Penrith and The Border co...

Camden toilets recall Richard Attenborough's Pinkie

Exciting news from the new Fortune Green Blog : West End Lane toilets are set for a starring role in a new film of the Richard Attenborough ...

The further adventures of Colin Rosenstiel and his bicycle

In February Colin Rosenstiel , Lib Dem councillor from Cambridge and general doyen of the party, was in the news because of an unfortunate c...

The Goddard Arms reopens

Back in August I wrote : During my recent travels across England by bus I was ... struck by the number of closed pubs I was seeing - in town...

An RBS director explains his position on bonuses

Vardzia

Fascinating pictures on BLDGBLOG : Vardzia is a ruined honeycomb of arched passageways and artificially enlarged caves on a steep mountainsi...

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

The new Wikio rankings

Wardman Wire has the overall rankings and Subrosa the political rankings. I'll do the Lib Dem list when the new rankings go live on th...

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