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LDVideo: Nick Clegg and Simon Hughes comment on the Lib Dem performance in the local elections

By The Voice | Sat 4th May 2013 - 5:20 pm

The Lib Dem leader and deputy leader on the outcomes from Thursday’s elections…

Nick Clegg on the Lib Dems’ local election performance

Local elections: Simon Hughes defends Lib Dem result

Clegg defends Coalition: “We inherited from Labour an economy teetering on the edge”

By The Voice | Wed 1st May 2013 - 8:58 pm

Nick Clegg was interviewed while on the campaign trail in Lewes today for Channel 4 News by Gary Gibbon — here’s a 6-minute excerpt in which Nick explains the steps the Coalition has taken to rescue the economy since 2010:

Tagged economy, gary gibbon, local elections 2013 and nick clegg | 13 Comments

Nick Clegg grilled by Martha Kearney: Lib Dems “the voice of fairness” in government

By The Voice | Tue 30th April 2013 - 8:35 pm

Nick Clegg fared better than Ed Miliband in his pre-local election grilling today by Martha Kearney on BBC Radio 4′s World at One. You can watch the 18-minute interview here:

Also posted in News | Tagged ed miliband, martha kearney, nick clegg and world at one | Leave a comment

Steven Spielberg presents… President Obama: “I’m Daniel Day-Lewis.”

By Stephen Tall | Sun 28th April 2013 - 12:15 pm

The 2013 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the annual event which disproves any notion the Americans can’t do irony…

(Watch it on YouTube here.)

And here’s the full 20 minute Obama routine:

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That was the day that was… 15 March (with added by-election good news)

By Mark Valladares | Fri 15th March 2013 - 7:51 pm

Another day over, here at Liberal Democrat Voice, and a fascinating one it has been too.

There is good news to report from Arun, in Sussex, courtesy of Cllr Jamie Bennett;

#LibDem destroy a 1000 Tory majority to take the #Arun district Aldwick east seat in today’s by election for the first time @libdemnews

— Cllr. Jamie Bennett (@JamieBen120689) March 15, 2013

To put the result in perspective, a Conservative majority of nearly 1,000 was overturned, with Liberal Democrats up from 16% to 34%. Congratulations to our successful candidate, Paul Wells, and all of the team in Aldwick East.

Elsewhere, Liberal Democrat proposals for press regulation have been published on the Party website. We’ll have more coverage of that over the weekend and early next week.

And finally, in keeping with my occasional attempts to bring culture to the masses, here’s a little something that I’d like to dedicate to our site’s resident Eurosceptic…

Also posted in Humour | Tagged culture | 4 Comments

LDVideo: Lib Dem spring conference round-up (2)

By The Voice | Mon 11th March 2013 - 12:45 pm

Missed the Lib Dems’ spring conference this weekend? Here are three clips to help you catch-up, or re-live, some of what happened… (You can see part 1 of our round-up here.)

Nick Clegg criticises Theresa May’s Human Rights Convention comments

Also posted in Conference | Tagged channel 4 news, nick clegg and paddy ashdown | Leave a comment

LDVideo: Lib Dem spring conference round-up (1)

By The Voice | Mon 11th March 2013 - 8:05 am

Missed the Lib Dems’ spring conference this weekend? Here are three clips to help you catch-up, or re-live, some of what happened…

“Where we work we win” says Nick Clegg

Also posted in Conference | Tagged 2013 brighton spring conference, jo shaw, nick clegg and paddy ashdown | 2 Comments

Stephen Tall on Sky News comments on today’s Chris Rennard allegations

By The Voice | Mon 25th February 2013 - 10:40 pm

Lib Dem Voice co-editor Stephen Tall was interviewed on Sky News earlier today about the allegations concerning Chris Rennard — here’s what he had to say:

Tagged chris rennard and stephen tall | 9 Comments

Tessa Munt and Tim Farron on Chris Huhne’s downfall

By The Voice | Mon 4th February 2013 - 7:40 pm

Reaction to Chris Huhne’s shock decision to plead guilty to perverting the course of justice over a 2003 speeding case and to quit as MP for Eastleigh has been rolling throughout the day.

Here’s two of Chris’s backbench colleagues on today’s events. First, Lib Dem MP for Wells, Tessa Munt, who praised his work as a “fantastic constituency MP”:

Also posted in News | Tagged chris huhne, tessa munt and tim farron | 11 Comments

LDVideo: Clegg – “Overwhelming priority of the British people is jobs, growth and a strong economy”

By The Voice | Wed 23rd January 2013 - 7:45 pm

Caron Lindsay reported here earlier today Nick Clegg’s initial reaction to David Camern’s announcement there will be an in/out referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union. Here’s what he told the BBC:

And here’s the transcript of his interview with Sky News:

Tagged eu referendum and nick clegg | 3 Comments

LDVideo: Liberal Democrats: coalition, polls and 2015 election

By The Voice | Tue 22nd January 2013 - 8:55 pm

Today’s BBC Daily Politics looked at the Lib Dems’ electoral fortunes.

In clip 1, they interview Lib Dem peer Lord (Tony) Greaves, former Lib Dem turned Labour councillor James Allie, and Gareth Epps, of the Social Liberal Forum…

Tagged daily politics (bbc), gareth epps, james allie, tim farron and tony greaves | Leave a comment

LDVideo: Tim Farron – It would be “completely mad to have a referendum now” on EU

By The Voice | Tue 22nd January 2013 - 8:25 pm

Lib Dem party president Tim Farron — who resigned from the Lib Dem front-bench in 2008 to vote in favour of a referendum on the Libson Treaty — explained today why he thinks it would be “completely mad” to hold a referendum while the UK is tryng to get out of the biggest recession in living memory. You can watch the 2-minute video here:

Tagged European referendum, european union and tim farron | 5 Comments

Yes, Prime Minister returns

By Mary Reid | Tue 15th January 2013 - 3:39 pm

We know this is a blatant plug for the brand new series of ‘Yes, Prime Minister’ which will be showing on Gold at 9pm this evening – but we will all be watching it, won’t we?

Also posted in News | Tagged featured and yes prime minister | 10 Comments

LDVideo: Stephen Tall on the Coalition at the half-way point

By The Voice | Sun 18th November 2012 - 5:20 pm

LibDemVoice Co-Editor Stephen Tall reflected on the state of the Coalition at its mid-way point in an event jointly hosted by CentreForum and the Institute for Government, Half-Time Oranges (and Blues): How to renew the Coalition while Preparing for the Next Election. You can watch his 10-minute verdict on where the Lib Dems are at and where we should go next here:

Tagged centre forum, institute for government and stephen tall | Leave a comment

A longer watch for the weekend: Mothers of Liberty

By Mark Pack | Sat 3rd November 2012 - 10:50 am

I blogged last month about the new pamphlet from the Liberal Democrat History Group, Mothers of Liberty: Women who built British Liberalism, a series of biographies of famous women liberals, which details the contribution of women to Liberal politics from the eighteenth century to the present day.

That was launched at a conference fringe meeting, chaired by Lynne Featherstone and featuring three excellent speakers:

Tagged Helen McCabe, history, Jane Bonham Carter, Jo Swinson, lynne featherstone and Violet Bonham Carter | Leave a comment

A longer watch for the weekend: Martin Lewis on tuition fees

By Mark Pack | Sat 29th September 2012 - 9:25 am

24 minutes and 1 second of the financial advisor and consumer champion Martin Lewis talking about the tuition fees system, how it works and what people get wrong about it:

Also posted in News | Tagged education, martin lewis and tuition fees | 78 Comments

LDVideo: Nick Clegg Entschuldigt Sich

By Stephen Tall | Mon 24th September 2012 - 8:30 pm

I suspect Nick Clegg may well have had enough of spoof videos by now. But on the off-chance he hasn’t, LBC’s Iain Dale has re-worked that famous clip from Downfall… almost affectionately, I think. Judge for yourselves:

Tagged downfall, iain dale and nick clegg | 6 Comments

And so the ‘Romneyshambles’ rolls on…

By Stephen Tall | Tue 18th September 2012 - 8:45 am

Here’s the video footage of US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney addressing a private fundraising event:

Also posted in LDVUSA | Tagged Mitt Romney | 8 Comments

LDVideo: Chris Davies MEP – MEPs’ kindness will kill the fishing industry

By Nick Thornsby | Thu 13th September 2012 - 10:31 am

Speaking at a plenary session of the European Parliament yesterday, Chris Davies, European Parliament member for the North West, urged his fellow MEPs to look beyond the short term to vote to restore fish stocks:

Tagged chris davies and common fisheries policy | 9 Comments

LDVideo: George Osborne booed at Paralympics

By Stephen Tall | Tue 4th September 2012 - 6:45 am

This was the scene last night when Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne turned up at the Olympic stadium to present the medals at the 400m T38 victory ceremony:

Tagged george osborne, london 2012 and paralympics | 3 Comments

Lords reform: what the failure means for the Coalition, David Cameron and Nick Clegg

By Mark Pack | Tue 7th August 2012 - 8:06 am

First up, here’s Nick Robinson’s take on yesterday’s events followed by myself, via the BBC News Channel:

Also posted in News | Tagged constitutional reform, david cameron, featured, house of lords, lords reform, nick clegg, nick robinson and tim montgomerie | 10 Comments

Vince Cable on the economy, George Osborne and his own ambitions

By Mark Pack | Thu 26th July 2012 - 9:14 am

From last night’s Newsnight:

Also posted in News | Tagged economy, george osborne, matthew oakeshott and vince cable | 3 Comments

LDVideo: Introducing the Land Value Tax

By The Voice | Sat 14th July 2012 - 3:05 pm

The Liberal Democrat campaign for Action on Land Tax and Economic reform has recently released a new video to explain the virtues of a Land Value Tax — described by ALTER as ‘making taxation more progressive and addressing the injustice of economic rent, it would encourage development and boost the economy. It’s the kind of measure that our country is in desperate need of right now.’

Tagged ALTER and land value tax | 78 Comments

A longer watch for the weekend: explanations of electoral bias

By Mark Pack | Sat 14th July 2012 - 9:25 am

Something a little longer for the weekend – a talk explaining how the British electoral system works, and in particular why some parties need more votes to get a winning number of seats than other parties:

Also posted in Election law | 2 Comments

LDVideo: Anne Marie Morris demonstrates her unique Commons speaking technique

By Nick Thornsby | Thu 12th July 2012 - 8:50 am

No comment required:

Tagged anne marie morris | 10 Comments

LDVideo: Julian ‘most intelligent MP’ Huppert explains the Higgs boson to Andrew Neil

By Stephen Tall | Thu 5th July 2012 - 10:25 am

Two seismic events occurred yesterday. First, the Higgs boson ‘God particle’ has probably been discovered by scientists at CERN. Then, even more extraordinarily, Andrew Neil had a good word to say for a Lib Dem MP, as Julian Huppert offered a succinct summary of why it matters…

Tagged andrew neil, julian huppert and science | 3 Comments

LDVideo: Clegg takes to his soapbox on Lords reform

By Nick Thornsby | Thu 28th June 2012 - 10:54 am

To mark yesterday’s publication of the House of Lords Reform Bill, Nick Clegg delivered a “soapbox” speech in Victoria Tower Gardens, behind the Palace of Westminster, to urge legislators to get on and pass the Bill, which, he says “comes down to a very simple principle: democracy”. Here’s the video:

Also posted in News | Tagged lords reform | 4 Comments

LDVideo: Chloe Smith’s car-crash fuel duty Newsnight interview

By The Voice | Wed 27th June 2012 - 8:05 am

Yesterday saw George Osborne execute his latest U-turn, postponing from August until January next year the 3p-a-litre rise in fuel duty. Here is that U-turn, by the way:

Budget 2012: Fuel duty increase gets go-ahead (21 March): ‘Chancellor George Osborne has said a 3.02 pence per litre fuel duty increase will take effect on 1 August as planned.’
Government postpones planned 3p fuel duty increase (26 June): ‘Fuel duty will be frozen for the rest of the year, Chancellor George Osborne told MPs, adding that this would benefit families and businesses.’

Last night, Conservative Treasury minister did a tour of the media studios to defend the decision. Unfortunately for her, that included facing Jeremy Paxman live on BBC2′s Newsnight. You can watch the fairly excruciating result below (from approx. 6m:15s in):

Tagged bbc newsnight, budget 2012, chloe smith, fuel duty, george osborne and jeremy paxman | 26 Comments

LDVideo: Jeremy Browne “reserves his position” on the Government’s Euro 2012 boycott

By Stephen Tall | Fri 22nd June 2012 - 8:55 am

When is a boycott not a boycott? When England confounds expectations by playing well.

That appears to be the more-than-a-little confusing Government message during the Euro 2012 football championships being held in Ukraine, where there are continuing concerns about its ‘selective justice’ system. No government minister has attended a match yet, and that boycott will extend to this Sunday’s quarter-final against Italy.

But the Government has refused to be drawn on whether its boycott would continue if England reach the semi-finals. You can watch Lib Dem foreign office minister Jeremy Browne attempt to justify this inconsistency to Andrew Neil on the BBC’s Daily Politics here:

Tagged football, jeremy browne and ukraine | 3 Comments

The Eurozone crisis explained. OR: How not to get distracted by smurfs doing star-jumps

By Stephen Tall | Tue 12th June 2012 - 1:10 pm

The Eurozone crisis isn’t, by common consent, a sexy topic rich with comic potential. Important, yes. A rib-tickler, no. So kudos, immense kudos, to comedian John Finnemore who performed a pretty acute summary for BBC Radio 4′s The Now Show this week. In just 6 mins and 35 secs. Enjoy…

Also posted in Humour | Tagged bbc radio 4, john finnemore, jon stewart, now show, satire and television | 1 Comment

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LDVideo: Nick Clegg and Simon Hughes comment on the Lib Dem performance in the local elections

Clegg defends Coalition: “We inherited from Labour an economy teetering on the edge”

Nick Clegg grilled by Martha Kearney: Lib Dems “the voice of fairness” in government

Steven Spielberg presents… President Obama: “I’m Daniel Day-Lewis.”

That was the day that was… 15 March (with added by-election good news)

LDVideo: Lib Dem spring conference round-up (2)

Nick Clegg criticises Theresa May’s Human Rights Convention comments

LDVideo: Lib Dem spring conference round-up (1)

“Where we work we win” says Nick Clegg

Stephen Tall on Sky News comments on today’s Chris Rennard allegations

Tessa Munt and Tim Farron on Chris Huhne’s downfall

LDVideo: Clegg – “Overwhelming priority of the British people is jobs, growth and a strong economy”

LDVideo: Liberal Democrats: coalition, polls and 2015 election

LDVideo: Tim Farron – It would be “completely mad to have a referendum now” on EU

Yes, Prime Minister returns

LDVideo: Stephen Tall on the Coalition at the half-way point

A longer watch for the weekend: Mothers of Liberty

A longer watch for the weekend: Martin Lewis on tuition fees

LDVideo: Nick Clegg Entschuldigt Sich

And so the ‘Romneyshambles’ rolls on…

LDVideo: Chris Davies MEP – MEPs’ kindness will kill the fishing industry

LDVideo: George Osborne booed at Paralympics

Lords reform: what the failure means for the Coalition, David Cameron and Nick Clegg

Vince Cable on the economy, George Osborne and his own ambitions

LDVideo: Introducing the Land Value Tax

A longer watch for the weekend: explanations of electoral bias

LDVideo: Anne Marie Morris demonstrates her unique Commons speaking technique

LDVideo: Julian ‘most intelligent MP’ Huppert explains the Higgs boson to Andrew Neil

LDVideo: Clegg takes to his soapbox on Lords reform

LDVideo: Chloe Smith’s car-crash fuel duty Newsnight interview

LDVideo: Jeremy Browne “reserves his position” on the Government’s Euro 2012 boycott

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