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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…

Posted in YouTube | Also tagged daily politics (bbc), gareth epps, tim farron and tony greaves | Leave a comment

In other news… on Jess Ennis, Judy Steel & other stories

By Stephen Tall | Sun 12th August 2012 - 4:45 pm

Here’s a round-up of stories we haven’t had time to cover on the site this past few days…

Campaign to rename Tudor Square in honour of Jess (Postcode Gazette)

Sheffield politicians want to rename Tudor Square in honour of Jessica Ennis. The Liberal Democrats have backed a campaign which went viral on twitter on Saturday night, following Jessica’s victory in the women’s heptathlon. The suggestion follows calls by Nick Clegg, MP for Sheffield Hallam, that Ennis be granted Freedom of the City. Coun Shaffaq Mohammed, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Sheffield Council, said: “Every Sheffielder will have been bursting

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Posted in News | Also tagged alex perkins, brent council, canterbury, david steel, fred symons, jessica ennis sheffield, judy steel, nick clegg, nick eden-green, nicol stephen, paul lorber, shaffaq mohammed and simon arthur | 1 Comment

Op-eds

Opinion: UKIP vote against EU tackling tax evasion (Richard Davis)
An open letter to Tim Farron on unpaid internships (Sam Barratt)
Don Foster writes: A powerful meeting where all faiths spoke with one voice (Don Foster MP)
Simon Hughes MP writes…My vote on the Same Sex Marriage Bill (Simon Hughes MP)
Report on internet pornography highlights need for education, not restriction (Caron Lindsay)

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Geoffrey Payne 25th May - 6:49pm
I agree with Ming on this. There is no obvious solution to this conflict. What is going on is in effect a proxy war between...
Eddie Sammon 25th May - 6:40pm
Mark, thanks for your measured response and explanation. I think the transparency measures will be good for tackling tax evasion. I have to admit to...
A Social Liberal 25th May - 6:19pm
Robin I saw the initial programme you remarked upon, but have not seen any evidence of the subsequent attribution of lower pregnancies to better parenting....
Simon McGrath 25th May - 6:16pm
Bit puzzled by the €1trillion figure. The EU GDP is (according to wikipedia) €16tn - so it seems very high. Any source ?
JoeBourke 25th May - 5:58pm
John Dunn, the US has introduced anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels as well <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/business/energy-environment/us-slaps-tariffs-on-chinese-solar-panels.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 U.S. Slaps High Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels. When...