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Opinion: our MPs need to be demonstrating consensual politics and challenging opponents on AV

By Chris Jenkinson | 9th September 2010 - 1:15 pm

Based on my timeline on Twitter I was not the only Lib Dem member paying attention to the AV debate in Parliament and getting frustrated at some of the comments made by Labour and Conservative MPs against the alternative vote referendum. I can’t have been alone in noticing a significant absence of Lib Dem MPs being as engaged in the debate in Parliament as I was on Twitter.

This got me thinking – are we doing our best to minimise unforced errors and build relationships with those we will be campaigning alongside in the AV referendum and to limit Yes …

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    If the reports are to be believed, IDS has already dismissed this apparently back-of-the-envelope costing by Steve Hilton. That is hardly surprising since he has...
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    Thanks for the information about the govt consultation, Carol, hadn't heard about that. Just filled it out.
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    Where does Cameron get his advisors from, Coulson, Hilton? It's like some parallel valueless universe.
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    I wonder if we might all appreciate a bit of light entertainment at this stage of the debate? Here are the lyrics of “Visions of...
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    Was his first speech to conference as leader recorded and put online anywhere?