Chamali Fernando shortlisted by Cambridge Conservatives
Former Lib Dem London Mayoral selection candidate Chamali Fernando, who defected to the Conservatives in July, will take part in an Open Primary selection in Cambridge this Saturday, 12 December. At...
View ArticleWhat the papers say…
A look back at the last few days of news and comment in the National newspapers, by former Fleet Street News Editor (and former Editor of Liberal News), Philip Young… including a few clippings you may...
View ArticleDaily View 2×2: 23 December 2009
2 Must-Read Blog Posts What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Yesterday was a busy one on Lib Dem Blogs, though a lot quieter if you take out the posts from Lib Dem councillors and...
View ArticleOpinion: Who can trust Cameron?
In June 2006 Professor John Curtice, commenting on opinion polls and shifts in the UK political environment said: “It looks as though we may have entered a new political era”. Andrew Grice, The...
View ArticleKennedy urges coalition to mitigate impact of immigration cap on universities
The Press Association reports: Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has urged the Government to look at ways of “mitigating” the impact of an immigration cap on universities. Mr Kennedy,...
View ArticleClegg backs graduate tax in Telegraph interview
Credit where credit is due, today’s Telegraph interview with Nick Clegg covers a range of substantive policy issues and gives the Deputy Prime Minister the space to give nuanced answers where the...
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Clegg: Governing for the long term
Nick Clegg gave the following speech to the Institute for Government yesterday: Successful governments require a number of ingredients: strong leadership, public support, dedicated ministers, and a...
View ArticleVince: why I’m saying ‘No’ to the graduate tax
Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has tonight written to all Lib Dem members in anticipation of the publication next week of the report of the Browne Review (‘The...
View ArticleTuition fees to be capped?
From The Guardian: David Willetts said he disagreed with one of the main proposals of Lord Browne’s radical blueprint for universities, published last week. Browne, former chief executive of BP,...
View ArticleWill the tuition fees concessions be enough to win over Lib Dem MPs?
It’s three weeks since Vince Cable announced in the House of Commons that he, on behalf of the Coalition Government, supported the broad thrust of The Browne Report’s recommendations — in particular,...
View ArticleOpinion: UK riots – the mystery of the David Willetts’ rule of post-war baby...
We’ve seen and heard from dozens of pundits wheeled out over the last week to explain the riots we saw on the streets of some of England’s cities last week. But here’s an unasked question: did a...
View ArticleVince Cable’s speech to LibDem conference
You can watch Vince’s speech to the Lib Dem conference here… (Available on the BBC website here.) Or you can read the text in full here… These are dangerous times for our economy. There is much...
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Your essential weekend reader — 8 must-read articles you may have missed
It’s Saturday morning, so here are eight thought-provoking articles to stimulate your thinking juices… Three big things I’ve got wrong since I’ve starting blogging and commenting – ConservativeHome’s...
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Why Lib Dems shouldn’t keep schtum about tuition fees
“University tuition fee rise has not deterred poorer students from applying”. That was the headline in The Guardian this week reporting new analysis by the Independent Commission on Fees chaired by...
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