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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

Friday, June 15, 2012

Martha Payne wins Liberal Heroine of the Day

Liberal Heroine of the Day must go to Martha Payne , the nine-year-old blogger who has defeated Argyll & Bute Council. Though to be hon...

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Kenneth Clarke and Lord Bonkers on the way newspapers have changed

In his evidence to Lord Leveson's Inquiry, the Guardian reminds us, Kenneth Clarke recalled his days as a student Conservative, when ...

Kevan Jones and Charles Walker talk about their mental health problems

I spent this afternoon live tweeting a House of Commons debate on my work Twitter account (follow #mentalhealthdebate to see what everyone ...

Draft Communications Bill violates the Coalition agreement

I decided not to take part in the telephone conference with Julian Huppert this evening. Thanks are due to Helen Duffett for organising it, ...

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

The Clouded Yellow

Made in 1950, The Clouded Yellow is two films in one. Partly it is a Freudian drama involving music, with echoes of The Dream of Olwen o...

Jeremy Hunt escapes independent investigation

"Despite Nick Clegg's decision that Liberal Democrat MPs would abstain, Conservatives easily saw off the challenge by a majority o...

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

A trip on the Metropolitan Railway (1910)

britishrailways.tv

Lord Bonkers' Diary: The 'Saucy Robin Teverson' at Oakham Quay

And so our Romance of the long-past days of the hated Pasty Tax draws to a close. The 'Saucy Robin Teverson' at Oakham Quay An...

The little church at Newton Harcourt

On the last day of May - and just look at the blue sky in the main photo - I visited St Luke's, Newton Harcourt , and discovered the r...

Who will be impressed by a Lib Dem abstention on Jeremy Hunt?

The answer, I fear, is probably no one. A story on the Independent website tells us: Nick Clegg tonight told his MPs not to back the To...

Monday, June 11, 2012

Women on the railways during World War II

britishrailways.tv

Lord Bonkers' Diary: "No one will suspect a peer of the realm of breaking the law"

"No one will suspect a peer of the realm of breaking the law" I have fought too many by-election campaigns to be afraid of fis...

The Spencer Davis Group honoured in California

Catalina Island off the coast of California is home to the British musician Spencer Davis. And from 30 June until 22 August the island...

A science 'free school' in East London

An interesting video on the WORLDbytes website: In this edifying sofa discussion, school teacher David Perks tells us why, with a group o...

Six of the Best 253

"David Penhaligon is one my heroes. You can’t be a Cornishman and not have a soft spot for the man. He had the passion, humour, grace ...

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Lord Bonkers' Diary: Black George

Black George The remote cove’s name turns out to be Black George. He signals to me to come outside, and we wander out into the Cornish c...

Contempt: Money is a Girl's Best Friend

A posting on the Do You Remember? board captures an experience I had a few weeks ago: I'm currently watching an episode of Top of t...

The new issue of Liberator is out

Hurry over to Liberal Democrat Voice for full details.

Saturday, June 09, 2012

Liberal Democrats to fight Devon and Cornwall police commissioner election

Good news from the South West - and I don't mean the repeal of the pasty tax. This is Cornwall reports that the Lib Dems are to contes...

Lord Bonkers' Diary: The remote cove

The remote cove After breakfast, I leave the Well-Behaved Orphans on the beach and, stopping only to entreaty them to “Watch the wall, ...

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