Nick Clegg: in politics you’ve got to get your hands dirty
Jo Swinson MP has today emailed party members to draw their attention to an interview Nick Clegg gave to The Times over the weekend. I’m not sure that many Liberal Democrat Voice readers will have a...
View ArticleCameron plans second coalition, or does he?
The Daily Telegraph is reporting today that David Cameron is planning for a second coalition with the Liberal Democrats. The Prime Minister has held private talks with Cabinet ministers over new...
View ArticleJeremy Browne MP writes… Proud of our record in Government
The fundamental question for Liberal Democrats gathering for conference is this: are we proud of our Government or ashamed of it? I think we should be proud. The Coalition Government came together in...
View ArticleBrian Paddick writes… A seat in the House of Lords
When Nick called me to ask if I would be a Peer, he said, amongst other things, that it was time I had my own political platform. So that got me thinking about what my political platform might look...
View ArticleDeveloping Liberal Democrat policy is none of the Tories’ business, Cheryl...
According to the BBC, former Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan, not known for being a government conformist herself, has been complaining about Nick Clegg to a panel of members of the House of...
View ArticleFarron: Tories are “nimby” over garden cities
From today’s Telegraph: A secret Whitehall report recommending that two new cities are built in southern England to combat the housing shortage is being suppressed by David Cameron, The Telegraph can...
View ArticleClegg: Tribal voices should not deprive the UK of stable government
Today’s Guardian reports Nick Clegg’s comments at his monthly press conference on reported moves in both Conservative and Labour parties to rule out a second coalition after 2015. He said: Clearly,...
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LibLink: Sam Ghibaldan: Clegg needs to be assertive
I’m not going to lie, I bet a lot of you are thinking Sam who? Chances are if you live in Scotland, you’ll be less curious because you will know that he was a Senior Special Adviser to Scottish Liberal...
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A bit of a howler in the Tories’ press lines…
Sky News have managed to get hold of a Tory briefing document which gives its MPs and media spokespeople the messages they want to emerge from their Conference. It was drawn up in the wake of the...
View ArticleJeremy Browne isn’t going quietly…
Jeremy Browne has used an interview with the Independent to continue his love-in with Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats. The headline says he called Nick Clegg “insipid” but he didn’t use that word...
View ArticleClegg: Lib Dems bring conscience and stability to a Coalition
View image | gettyimages.com As the Lib Dem manifesto is launched, with a headline of giving opportunity to kids, which is much more inspiring than the Tory extend right to buy in middle of housing...
View ArticleThe Lib Dem minister and the carefully annotated 500-page document that was...
View image | gettyimages.com It’s Friday, so it must be time to read Civil Service World, which sounds like one of those publications they feature at the end of “Have I got news for you?”. (Baroness)...
View ArticleVince Cable on “decaying” relationship with “bloody-minded” Osborne in...
View image | gettyimages.com PoliticsHome reports comments by Vince Cable on his relationship with George Osborne in government: The former business secretary said although his relationship with the...
View ArticleSteve Webb talks about how a pension age “bad decision” was resolved
We’re hearing quite a lot about the ins and outs of the coalition government these days. Yesterday it was Vince talking about his relationship with Osborne or lack of it. Today, Steve Webb has been...
View ArticleFormer BBC Director General: Liberal Democrats secured better settlement for BBC
Former BBC Director General Mark Thompson has told how the Liberal Democrats in coalition government secured a “different and better” settlement for the BBC. Now that the Conservatives are unmoderated,...
View ArticleHow should we approach future coalitions?
If we do decide to take part in future Coalitions, one thing that does need to be resolved is how to approach them. Make no bones about it – we were nearly annihilated. Play it like that again, and...
View ArticleThe pointless question is….
No not the quiz programme. I am asking about the Liberal Democrats – a minor, centrist political party in the United Kingdom. A Party that for 86 years has espoused a fairer and more representative...
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Ed Davey: ‘We were wrong to go along with the Tories on immigration’
The Guardian reports: The Liberal Democrats were wrong to agree harsh immigration measures such as minimum income thresholds for families, one of the party’s former cabinet ministers has admitted, as...
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