Monthly Archives: May 2011

TweetFrom PoliticsHome: The Electoral Commission has said it has not launched a formal investigation into Chris Huhne’s expenses, but that it is reviewing the facts of the case after a complaint was made. A spokesman for the Commission told PoliticsHome: … Continue reading →

TweetAfter temporarily discombobulating herself with her “Blood libel” speech, Sarah Palin has been lying low for a few months. Now she’s coming back with a bang. She’s doing a “One Nation” tour of the East coast of the USA. She … Continue reading →

TweetWell if it is, I’ve done it. Well done BBC Four. They broadcast a documentary on the A303 (A303 – Highway to the Sun) with Tom Fort. It was an absolute joy. The man travelled from Andover to just past … Continue reading →

TweetYesterday I asked for the names of two people connected with the Liberal Democrats who auditioned for the lead role in “National Velvet”. That was the 1944 film starring Elizabeth Taylor in the lead role of Velvet Brown. Two people … Continue reading →

TweetWhen you have to sing much-loved hymns to a tune which is unfamiliar, it can do your head in sometimes. I was brought up on singing “O Jesus I have promised” to the tune of Thornbury. My grandmother loved it. … Continue reading →

Tweet- That was the 1944 film starring Elizabeth Taylor in the lead role of Velvet Brown. Two people (one of them deceased) with, let’s say, “connections” with the Liberal Democrats auditioned for the role which was eventually played by Taylor. … Continue reading →

TweetIn other words, the heat is off Huhne and it looks as though Lansley is next for the toaster. Mike Smithson on Political Betting presents a selection from today’s papers which supports this. The Independent praises Chris Huhne in its … Continue reading →

TweetFrom the leading article in today’s Independent on Sunday: According to his admirers in the green movement, Mr Huhne has achieved more in a year than most Cabinet ministers achieve in a lifetime. That may be an overstatement. But there … Continue reading →

TweetI’ve deleted a post from last night which was intended, I now realise obviously misguidedly, to ridicule the latest Sexy Mp website. I totally agree with Caron’s post here. Young people’s political ambitions are, almost invariably, shaped by role models. … Continue reading →

TweetI blogged quite a bit last year about Iris Robinson so it’s only fair that I cover two pieces of news concerning the BBC “Spotlight” allegations. Slugger O’Toole reports: The Deloitte report into the awarding of the Lock Keeper’s Inn … Continue reading →

TweetI am hearing an oft-repeated objection to House of Lords reform: People are not talking about it at the “Dog and Duck” Is that really a sensible test for parliamentary bills? God help us all if elected representatives only concerned … Continue reading →

TweetHere is the response I have received from John Lee (LibDem peer Lord Lee of Trafford) about Lords reform. He has sent this reply to all the people who responded to his letter in the Liberal Democrat News: Dear Paul … Continue reading →

TweetHere’s Guido excitedly tweeting with lots of “+++” on Wednesday evening: And here’s Chris Ship, ITN’s crack reporter, who hot-footed it to Eastleigh following the tip from the impeccable source of Guido: But then BBC South’s excellent political editor, Peter Henley, … Continue reading →

TweetA fascinating letter from Harry Cole and Paul Staines (aka Tory Bear and Guido and “The Sunlight Centre”) to the Electoral Commission. They’ve been preparing this letter for a year, apparently. Sadly, this wasn’t long enough for them to check … Continue reading →

TweetCross-posted from Liberal Democrat Voice It was Groundhog Day at Deputy Prime Minister’s Questions this week. The main theme was House of Lords reform. MPs raised, more or less, the same questions that were raised just after Nick Clegg’s original … Continue reading →

TweetI like the cut of John Hemming’s jib. He has a passionate sense of liberalism and doesn’t mind being awkward. In a nice way, he is ever-so very slightly bonkers, like many Liberals, including me. He is a real intellectual. … Continue reading →

TweetI have now written to John Lee and to the Liberal Democrat News concerning John Lee’s letter published in the Liberal Democrat News this week. Here is my letter to John Lee: Dear John Lee   I’d like to make … Continue reading →