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Lib Dem Glasgow Conference 2013: the key documents 27 Aug 2013 | 01:55 pm
Here they are: You can download this document here (PDF, 1.53MB) You can download this document here (PDF, 6.32MB) You can download this document here (PDF, 754KB) The next edition of my monthl...
David Laws to move conference motion proposing an end to secret courts 26 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
The Lib Dem conference in Glasgow will include a debate on the party’s manifesto themes document. It contains some very interesting details on civil liberties, which should be read in the context not ...
Watch and laugh: Clarke and Dawe – What does a central banker do? 26 Aug 2013 | 01:25 pm
More comedy genius from Australia’s Clarke and Dawe: Also on YouTube.
How to choose a Twitter hashtag 23 Aug 2013 | 02:55 pm
Handy advice from Twitter:
Now available for pre-ordering: Share This Too – More Social Media Solutions for PR Professionals 22 Aug 2013 | 05:55 pm
Hooray. The latest book I’ve contributed to is now available for pre-order from Amazon: S hare This Too isn′t just a book about a specialist area of public relations; it is about how the entire pract...
Nice to see a Lib Dem peer who knows about anti-terrorism legislation saying something sensible 22 Aug 2013 | 05:53 pm
(Shock: not Alex Carlisle.) Fmr DPP Lord MacDonald tells #wato Schedule 7 "problematic"&"not very practical in terms of catching people involved in terrorism." — Chris Mason (@ChrisMasonBBC) August ...
Liberal Democrats, goldfish and what really happened 22 Aug 2013 | 02:55 pm
It’s a fun barb to throw at the Liberal Democrats: the party’s policy making process is so eccentric that it once decided to ban goldfish. The barb comes in various forms and not just from outside th...
Do apprentices love being apprentices? What the data shows 22 Aug 2013 | 12:25 pm
There’s been a remarkable reversal in public comments about apprenticeships since the 2010 general election. Before May 2010, generally speaking people on the left frequently praised them whilst those...
Poland to blame for 1939 Nazi invasion and child abuse not much of a problem in Catholic Church says UKIP assistant treasurer 22 Aug 2013 | 01:46 am
My headline pretty much sums it up: A senior Ukip figure has written a history book in which he says Winston Churchill admired Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, Poland “goaded” Nazi Germany into the 19...
Far too late and quietly the party sort of says the right thing about David Miranda and Schedule 7 22 Aug 2013 | 01:10 am
If this had been said directly, on camera, by Nick Clegg two days ago it would have been a pretty decent comment. Too late and in the name of ‘party spokesperson’, it’s not: Nick Clegg did not approv...
