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LDVideo: Liberal Democrat peers rebel against coalition plans

By Stephen Tall | Published 9th February 2012 - 12:45 pm

More than 60 Lib Dem peers have rebelled against the Coalition government’s plans during this Parliament. Here Baroness (Susan) Kramer talks about how she and her colleagues attempt always to be constructive in their dissent.

* Warning: the following video contains scenes with Quentin Letts, which some viewers may find distressing.

(Available on the BBC website here.)

Tagged house of lords, quentin letts, susan kramer | 1 Comment

LDVideo: Danny Alexander – ‘No-one wants bonus culture’

By Stephen Tall | Published 30th January 2012 - 8:00 pm

Here’s Lib Dem chief secretary to the treasury Danny Alexander interviewed on Sunday lunchtime, defending the Coalition’s decision not to demand RBS chief executive Stephen Hester return his controversial bonus — a few hours before Mr Hester voluntarily forfeited it to defuse the row:

(Available on the BBC website here.)

Tagged banking, danny alexander, stephen hester | 12 Comments

LDVideo: Clegg on RBS Hester’s pay – “these figures seem like they’re from another planet”

By Stephen Tall | Published 29th January 2012 - 9:40 am

The debate reverberated here on LibDemVoice yesterday: Should Stephen Hester accept his bonus? Here’s what Nick Clegg had to say about it all yesterday:

(Available on the BBC website here.)

And here’s how Jeremy Browne handled the issue on BBC1′s Question Time on Thursday night.

Tagged jeremy browne, nick clegg, stephen hester | 10 Comments

LDVideo: Clegg – “the Coalition is calling time on our unfair and out-of-whack tax system”

By Stephen Tall | Published 27th January 2012 - 7:45 am

Nick Clegg’s tax cut speech dominated the political headlines yesterday — you can watch a 4-minute snippet below:

(Available on the BBC website here.)

Here’s what my LibDemVoice colleagues had to say about Nick’s call for lower taxes:

Clegg’s call for income tax cuts for the low paid is welcome, but will the Tories back him? by Nick Thornsby

Nick Clegg returns to income tax by Mark Pack

And here’s how the rest of the Lib Dem blogosphere reacted:

How will

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Tagged nick clegg, tax | Leave a comment

LDVideo: Danny Alexander on the Coalition’s economic record

By Stephen Tall | Published 26th January 2012 - 10:10 pm

Lib Dem chief secretary to the treasury Danny Alexander was grilled by BBC Newsnight’s Jeremy Paxman on Wednesday night about the UK’s negative growth figures — here’s what Danny had to say about the Coalition’s economic strategy:

(Available on the BBC website here.)

Tagged danny alexander, economy, jeremy paxman, newsnight | 3 Comments

LDVideo: Vince unveils changes on executive pay

By Stephen Tall | Published 24th January 2012 - 10:45 am

As we reported here on LibDemVoice yesterday, Lib Dem business secretary Vince Cable yesterday announced to the House of Commons a number of measures to curb excessive boardroom pay:

(Available on the BBC website here.)

Here’s how the BBC summarised the proposed measures:

making firms’ remuneration reports easier to understand, and requiring them to explain executive salaries in relation to the earnings of other employees

increasing transparency by requiring the publication of all directors’ salaries

giving shareholders a binding vote

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Tagged boardroom pay, vince cable | 9 Comments

Video: Perhaps the most dramatic implosion of a front-running Presidential campaign in history

By Paul Walter | Published 23rd January 2012 - 3:54 pm

In case you missed this, it is likely to rank as one of the most dramatic ends to a front-running Presidential campaign in history.

Before this RTE debate on 24th October last year, Sean Gallagher, standing as an Independent candidate, was 15 points ahead of the field and a “shoe-in” to be the next Irish President. Three days later, he finished the actual election 11 points behind the winner, Michael D Higgins.

This video clip shows the complete debate episode which led to Gallagher’s political demise. The discussion centres on a visit to a businessman’s house on behalf of …

Also posted in News | Tagged republic of ireland | 2 Comments

LDVideo: Nick Clegg on the benefits cap – “Work should always pay”

By Stephen Tall | Published 22nd January 2012 - 12:45 pm

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg appeared on BBC1′s Andrew Marr show this morning, and stuck up for the Coalition policy that there should be a £500 a week benefit cap:

“It surely can’t be fair, can’t be right, that you can be earning more on benefits than someone going out and earning £35,000, which is the equivalent if you were to go out and work.”

You can watch an excerpt below:

Tagged andrew marr, benefits, nick clegg, welfare reform | 24 Comments

LDVideo: Nick Clegg calls for ‘John Lewis economy’

By Stephen Tall | Published 17th January 2012 - 7:45 am

Nick Clegg yesterday called on more British companies to offer shares to their employees, arguing it will improve productivity and unlock growth: “We don’t believe our problem is too much capitalism – we think it’s that too few people have capital.”

(Also available on the BBC website here.)

* You can read Nick’s speech in full at the Deputy Prime Minister’s website here;
* Centre Forum’s Tom Frostick’s welcome of Nick’s approach here;
* And our original report with initial LibDemVoice readers’ comments …

Tagged centre forum, nick clegg, tom frostick | 3 Comments

LDVideo: Nick Clegg – Public won’t back Queen yacht idea

By Stephen Tall | Published 16th January 2012 - 8:32 pm

Conservative cabinet minister Michael Gove’s suggestion that a new royal yacht should be “a gift from the nation to her majesty” on the occasion of her diamond jubilee earned diplomatically short shrift from Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg today:

(Also available to view on the BBC website here.)

Also posted in News | Tagged michael gove, nick clegg, royal family | 8 Comments

LDVideo: Nick Clegg on the Euro summit, Coalition & why he missed today’s Commons debate

By Stephen Tall | Published 12th December 2011 - 7:16 pm

Here’s Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg explaining his position on Europe, his disagreement with David Cameron on the outcome of the summit, and why he missed today’s Commons debate:

(Also available on the BBC website here.)

Also posted in Europe / International | Tagged nick clegg | 12 Comments

LDVideo: David Laws interviewed by Mark Littlewood

By Nick Thornsby | Published 1st December 2011 - 5:57 pm

Last week, the Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs, Mark Littlewood, spent an hour talking to David Laws at the IEA’s Westminster headquarters. Before a packed room, Mark and David touched on a whole range of issues – taxation, Europe, the formation of the coalition, just exactly how liberal the Liberal Democrats are, and many more.

The hour-long exchange, which you can see below, is well worth a watch:

(Video also available on vimeo here.)

Also posted in News | Tagged coalition, david laws, european union, institute of economic affairs, mark littlewood, tax | 2 Comments

LDVideo: Jeremy Browne’s pledge to Sam Fox: I’ll raise issue of tiger farms with Chinese government

By Stephen Tall | Published 24th November 2011 - 7:45 am

As the BBC reports:

The former model and singer Sam Fox challenged foreign office minster Jeremy Browne on the Daily Politics about tiger farms in China which she wants to see closed. Mr Browne told her that he would raise the matter with the Chinese. Fewer than 3,500 tigers remain in the wild around the world.

You can watch the exchange below:

(Video also available on the BBC website here.)

Tagged animal welfare, china, jeremy browne, samantha fox | 1 Comment

LibLink | Steve Webb fears poor rap for pensions

By NewsHound | Published 20th November 2011 - 11:28 am

FTAdvisor.com reports:

Steve Webb MP has raised fears about pensions’ poor image and how low interest rates and quantitative easing have damaged annuities. The Pensions Minister, who said the government is going to use employers to promote pensions and auto-enrolment, described auto-enrolment as being like a Ming vase – “very precious, but very fragile”.

He added he wants to change perceptions and instil confidence in retirement planning to ensure that charges are not too high and that pensions offer value for money. He said: “We need to move from a system that’s fiendishly complicated, that still leaves millions of pensioners living

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Also posted in LibLink | Tagged pensions, ros altmann, saga, steve webb | Leave a comment

LDVideo: Nick Clegg – “It is time we knew whether the Labour party can think for itself.”

By Stephen Tall | Published 19th November 2011 - 2:25 pm

Lib Dem Voice contributor Paul Walter noted here Nick Clegg’s strong response in this week’s Deputy Prime Minister’s Questions to the Labour party’s aim of protecting its cosy financial relationship with the trade unions — but for those who missed it here’s that exchange in full:

(Also available on YouTube here.)

Also posted in Parliament | Tagged nick clegg, paul walter, sadiq khan, trade unions | 10 Comments

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