February 29, 2008
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TweetMy bedtime reading at the moment (and I suspect for several months to come, due to my somewhat plodding reading speed) is Roy Jenkin’s Gladstone. A note by Jenkins against a quote from Gladstone on page 32 caused me to … Continue reading
February 29, 2008
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TweetI must have been desperate for reading material while I ate my muesli (but not a beard or sandal in sight) earlier this week. My brother always used to amuse us at home by reading the text on the side … Continue reading
February 29, 2008
by Paul
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TweetI must have been desperate for reading material while I ate my muesli (but not a beard or sandal in sight) earlier this week. My brother always used to amuse us at home by reading the text on the side … Continue reading
February 24, 2008
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TweetI haven’t bought the Mail on Sunday, I feel duty-bound to point out. But I have just read, via the web, the first elements of their serialisation of Ming’s forthcoming auto-biography. You can pre-order it via Liberal Democrat Voice here … Continue reading
February 24, 2008
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TweetI think she may have lost it….in more ways than one. Tweet This Post Tweet
February 24, 2008
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TweetWhy would someone (i.e. Mike Granatt) resign because they had been misled? Surely you resign if you misled someone…not the other way round… Tweet This Post Tweet
February 23, 2008
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TweetSo reports the Derby Telegraph: Tories in Derby claim 300 Labour members in the city are to defect to their party tonight. They are confident the mass defection will take place and are bringing party chairman Caroline Spellman MP to … Continue reading
February 23, 2008
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TweetAnother poll has underlined the public’s view that David Cameron has “played politics” with the Northern Rock crisis. The Times’ Populus poll puts Brown/Darling four points ahead of Cameron/Osbourne in terms of trust to solve this year’s economic problems. This … Continue reading
February 23, 2008
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TweetSimon Hoggart’s diary often features references to his atheism. Today he notes that last weekend he sat through not one, not two, but three Evensongs at Salisbury Cathedral. He deserves a medal. There are many devout Christians who would draw … Continue reading
February 23, 2008
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TweetIt is with considerable satisfaction that I read that the stuffing has been knocked out of Pervez Musharraf. He is in a ‘sulk’. He is “isolated” and “exposed”. He has retreated into a “mental bunker”. His “aura is fading”. He … Continue reading
February 23, 2008
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TweetI have great sympathy for Andrew Miller’s Bill to increase the rights of temporary workers. I have known examples where people have worked in the same temporary job for years without holiday or sickness pay. That’s Dickensian. Thankfully, the better … Continue reading
February 23, 2008
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TweetRather than keep them secret, these are the posts I have nominated for the Liberal Democrat Voice Golden Dozen in the last couple of weeks: Word Association, Dave & Auschwitz – Orange by name Labour unveils its Top 50 achievements … Continue reading
February 23, 2008
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TweetWith the government spraying our personal information all over the shop, calls for everyone’s DNA to be held on a national database, with the government about to take our credit card and mobile phone number details from travel companies, with … Continue reading
February 23, 2008
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TweetThe Guardian’s top leading article today gives Nick Clegg a very good “mid-term” report. It’s not often they give such a glowing review to anything to do with Liberal Democrats, so it should be savoured ! The article says Nick … Continue reading
February 23, 2008
by Paul
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TweetSo reports the Derby Telegraph: Tories in Derby claim 300 Labour members in the city are to defect to their party tonight. They are confident the mass defection will take place and are bringing party chairman Caroline Spellman MP to … Continue reading
February 23, 2008
by Paul
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TweetSimon Hoggart’s diary often features references to his atheism. Today he notes that last weekend he sat through not one, not two, but three Evensongs at Salisbury Cathedral. He deserves a medal. There are many devout Christians who would draw … Continue reading
February 23, 2008
by Paul
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TweetIt is with considerable satisfaction that I read that the stuffing has been knocked out of Pervez Musharraf. He is in a ‘sulk’. He is “isolated” and “exposed”. He has retreated into a “mental bunker”. His “aura is fading”. He … Continue reading