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This is the new home for Liberal Burblings, and includes all my blog posts from May 2006. I won't bore you with the tedious details which have preceeded this consolidation, but, suffice to say, if I hadn't always backed up ... Continue reading →
A recent report for North Kesteven District Council pointed to Market Harborough as the model for run-down Sleaford to emulate. BBC Radio Lincolnshire came here to see what all the fuss is about. I am pleased that my judgement when a councillor that it was right to redevelop the town's cattle market to prevent out-of-town shopping development is backed here.
Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 470th weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere ... Featuring the five most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (19-25 February, 2017), together with a hand-picked seven you might otherwise have missed. Don't forget: you can sign up to receive the Golden Dozen direct to your email inbox — just click here — ensuring you never miss out on the best of Lib Dem blogging. As ever, let's start with the most popular post, and work our way down: 1. Who will win in Copeland and Stoke ...
Embed from Getty Images"First, though, the Sunday Politics where you are."The heart does not soar when Andrew Neil speaks those words - at least not here in the East Midlands. Today, for instance, we were treated to the thoughts of David Tredinnick, Conservative MP for Bosworth, on health. If you watch the programme on the BBC iPlayer you will find that twice - at 53:13 and 1:00:05 - he suggested that if only people would use homeopathic medicine at home they would need to see their GP less often. He also came out - at 1:02:08 - as a supporter ...
[IMG: 7 best] Many thanks to the 17,400 visitors who dropped by Lib Dem Voice this week. Here's our 7 most-read posts... Even the Daily Telegraph says Leave was wrong, wrong and wrong (35 comments) by Antony Hook Stoke and Copeland results show how far the Liberal Democrats have come in two years (71 comments) by Caron Lindsay ++Copeland by-election: Lib Dems more than double vote share and move up to third place, beating UKIP (6 comments) by Paul Walter Vote Leave: Strong democratic case for referendum on the Brexit Deal (5 comments) by Caron Lindsay LibLink: Kishwer Falkner: How ...
Sun 26th
15:45
Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Sarah Ludford: Brexiteers fear the people realising the disast...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
Sun 26th
15:15Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Andrew Stunell: Hard Brexit will cripple the construction indu...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
Sun 26th
14:45Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Paul Strasburger: PM chooses to destroy, for ever, Tory reputa...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
Sun 26th
14:15Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Alan Watson: EU divorce brings disaster, division and catastro...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
Sun 26th
13:15Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Roger Roberts: Referendum campaign was won on a lie on a bus b...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
Sun 26th
12:45Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Barbara Janke: Remain voters have spoken too and nobody is lis...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
Sun 26th
12:15Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: David Chidgey on the effect of Brexit on African trading partn...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
Sun 26th
11:45Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Dick Taverne: Dictatorships don't allow people to change their...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
Sun 26th
11:15Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Jeremy Purvis: We need to be careful how we bind future genera...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
Courtney Barnett is a singer-songwriter from Melbourne, Australia. Dead Fox is a track from her 2015 album Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit. It is not to be confused with Plastic Fox.
Sun 26th
10:45Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Jenny Randerson: Transport industry can't cope with hard brexi...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
Sun 26th
10:15Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Judith Jolly: Brexit is bad for defence and security
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
A Tory bill that will severely restrict disability benefits and which could potentially deprive 160,000 people of state helpis being strongly opposed by the Liberal Democrats in the Lords. As the Independent reports, the introduction of the bill follows a written statement to the House of Commons by Conservative disability minister Penny Mordaunt that the Government will introduce emergency legislation to tighten the criteria of Personal Independence Payments (PIP) to disabled people after they were told to cover a broader spectrum of claimants, including those with mental health problems: The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) was advised to expand ...
Sun 26th
09:45Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Brian Paddick: You can't keep people safe without ceding sover...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
Sun 26th
09:15Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Robin Teverson: Remain voters who want to stay EU citizens hav...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
Sun 26th
08:45Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Sue Miller Narrow minded nationalism could replace outgoing in...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
For my sins (can an atheist sin?) I am a member of this Group which meets on a 3 monthly basis to discuss and highlight issues with the Borough's public footpath and bridleway network. Footpath of Bridges Lane in Sefton Village I represent both Maghull Town and Lydiate Parish Councils on the Group and am happy to take up issues with public rights of way in the two civil parishes and beyond. So if you have any comments to make please get in touch with me. And whilst on the subject of walking I am presently reading a book by ...
Sun 26th
08:15Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Shas Sheehan: Boris's sunny uplands quote is a shameless parod...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
When it won the Best Picture Oscar a year ago, Spotlight's message about journalism seemed important. With Trump in the White House, it is essential. Last year's Oscar winner It is hard to feel sorry for a film that won Oscars for Best Picture and Best Screenplay, was nominated for four others and grossed $90 [...]
Sun 26th
07:45Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Lindsay Northover: We can't have no cliff edge AND be willing ...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
The following is a small excerpt from my book, "2017", available now in digital form (http://amzn.to/2lXBAdp) and paperback (http://amzn.to/2kYXmhh). Why did Britain vote to leave the European Union on June 23rd, 2016, in a nutshell? Like any election victory of any kind, the Leave vote was a big tent of different interests who rallied together to create a political result. Given how close the vote was - often forgotten already, just how close it was - each relevant interest group getting behind Leave was essential. First off, you had traditional Tory voters. These tended to be an older slice of ...
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Sun 26th
07:15Lib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Kishwer Falkner: The UK will have to renew its relationship wi...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we're bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this weekend. That's no mean feat. There were 32 of them and cover more than 30,000 words. You are not expected to read every single one of them as they appear. Nobody's going to be testing you or anything. However, they will be there to refer to in the future. Our Lords excelled themselves. Their contributions were thoughtful, individual, well-researched and wide-ranging and it's right ...
Future Shocked Why Judge Dredd is relevant - well worth reading. (tags: comics ukpolitics uspolitics ) Was The Macra Terror shown in a New Zealand school in 1974? Fascinating detective work. (tags: newzealand doctorwho ) The worst mission statement of all time Hee! (tags: english )
