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PODCAST: Who controls the internet?

By Alex Foster | Published 13th March 2011 - 3:45 pm

Here is a full podcast of our fringe last night, “Who controls the internet?”

Libel law reform campaigner and former MP Evan Harris, website pioneer Mary Reid, James Blessing of the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) and Jim Killock of the digital rights champions Open Rights Group debate recent issues about free speech and the internet with chair Mark Pack.

Posted in Conference, Podcasts | Also tagged evan harris, ipsa, james blessing, jim killock, mark pack | 2 Comments

Conference preview: the four best fringe meetings

By Mark Pack | Published 7th March 2011 - 10:25 am

With the Liberal Democrat (federal party) spring conference coming up in Sheffield on 11-13th March, I am going to be doing a series of posts previewing some of the main items up for debate, expanding on my previous whistlestop tour of the conference agenda.

First, however, is a look at the fringe meetings being held over the weekend. These meetings may not have the power to decide in the way that conference debates can, but they do often give a great chance to hear issues discussed in greater and more expert detail than the rather staccato main hall style of 3-5 …

Posted in Conference | Also tagged chris huhne, evan harris, featured, james blessing, jim killock, liberal democrat history group, nick clegg, paul whiteley, social liberal forum, tim farron | 4 Comments

Who runs the internet? Wikileaks, piracy and censorship

By Mark Pack | Published 5th March 2011 - 10:25 am

With attempts to control the internet ranging from drastic actions of dictators in the Middle East to democratic debates in the US Congress over an internet ‘kill switch’, and not forgetting the continuing debate over the Digital Economy Act in Britain, The Voice’s fringe meeting at the Liberal Democrat spring conference is looking at who has control over what on the internet:

Who runs the internet? Wikileaks, piracy and censorship

Libel law reform campaigner and former MP Evan Harris, website pioneer Mary Reid, James Blessing of the Internet Service …

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Who runs the internet? Wikileaks, piracy and censorship

By Mark Pack | Published 27th January 2011 - 10:57 am

We’re once again running a fringe meeting at the Liberal Democrat spring conference. This time we’re looking at the internet and who is allowed to control whom:

Who runs the internet? Wikileaks, piracy and censorship

Libel law reform campaigner and former MP Evan Harris, website pioneer Mary Reid, James Blessing of the Internet Service Providers’ Assoication (ISPA) and Jim Killock of the digital rights champions Open Rights Group debate recent issues about free speech and the internet with chair Mark Pack.

Meeting Room 6, Mercure St Paul’s Hotel, 119 …

Posted in Conference | Also tagged evan harris, james blessing, jim killock | 1 Comment

Our Christmas presents guide

By Mark Pack | Published 19th October 2010 - 10:26 am

Wondering what to get people for Christmas presents? Here’s a selection of what various Liberal Democrat bloggers suggest:

Jonathan Calder recommends Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain’s Visionary Music by Rob Young: “Anyone with an interest in folk music will find this book engrossing. Young traces the rise of the genre from Cecil Sharp and other Edwardian song collectors like Ralph Vaughan Williams and George Butterworth, through the post-war radialism of Ewan MacColl and Charles Parker, to its electronic heyday in the hands of Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span. He finds the visionary spirit living on in unlikely artists such as …

Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged andrew hickey, duncan stott, featured, jennie rigg, jonathan calder, stephen tall | 8 Comments

Lib Dem Blog of the Year Awards 2010 – nominations now open

By Helen Duffett | Published 26th July 2010 - 10:20 am

The Liberal Democrat Blog of the Year Awards, run by Lib Dem Voice, are back for their fifth year. As usual, they’ll be awarded in a ~~budget~~ lavish ceremony at the party’s autumn conference in Liverpool. (There’s further information on the event over at the Lib Dems’ Flock Together site). Click on the following links to see last year’s Shortlist and the Winners.

This year’s awards are as follows:

Posted in Best of the blogs, Conference | Also tagged andy williamson, blog of the year awards, costigan quist, featured, helen duffett, jo swinson, jonathan calder, lee chalmers, prateek buch, ros taylor, ryan cullen | 1 Comment

Daily View 2×2: 30 March 2010

By Sara Bedford | Published 30th March 2010 - 9:21 am

Today just 2250 years ago, the first sighting of what we now know as Halley’s Comet was recorded Eric Clapton becomes eligible to draw his pension, whilst it’s also ‘Happy Birthday’ to fellow sexagenarians Robbie Coltrane (60), Eddie Jordan (62) and Mervyn King (63).

Once this day in 1978, the Conservative Party announced it had recruited advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi to revamp its image and get its political message across ahead of the General Election. Politicians both within the opposition and in Prime Minister Jim Callaghan’s government criticised the Tory stance, describing it as ‘frivolous’.

Fourteen years later we saw John Major climb onto his soapbox to urge voters in Cheltenham to elect John Taylor as their MP – a mission which resulted in the election of Lib Dem Nigel Jones.

Posted in Daily View, News | Also tagged duncan stott, eddie jordan, eric clapton, halley's comet, james callaghan, john major, mervyn king, robbie coltrance, tony blair | 3 Comments

Daily View 2×2: 11 December 2009

By Helen Duffett | Published 11th December 2009 - 8:03 am

Welcome to December 11th – only 20 days to go until the end of the year. Four years ago today the top story was the fire at the Buncefield oil depot which injured 43 people and was said to have been the biggest fire of its kind in peacetime Europe.

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What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Here are two posts that have caught the eye from the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator:

Empowering Voices Online

Mary Reid highlights a positive blogging project:

I’ve run a number of blogging workshops in the past, mainly for councillors, but this one is a bit different. It is aimed at people who want to provide a counter-balance to some of the more aggressive extremist and terrorist-supporting views that can be found online.

Is the return of the monocle a sign that the Old Etonian Tories are taking control or the preparations for a Labour anti-Toff campaign?
Good question, John Ault – there’s definitely a trend emerging. Tomorrow night, London Underground’s last circular Circle Line service will run (with me on it). From Sunday 13 December, the Circle Line will be shaped more like a…you guessed it… Cue conspiracy theory.

Spotted any other great posts in the last day from blogs that aren’t on the aggregator? Do post up a comment sharing them with us all.

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Posted in Daily View | Also tagged barack obama, buncefield, gordon brown, john ault, london underground, mps expenses, nobel peace prize | Leave a comment

#ldconf podcast: The BOTY recording

By Alex Foster | Published 21st September 2009 - 7:45 pm

Whilst the LDV team is out tonight enjoying, in our various abstemious ways, the Liberal Drinks event at Bournemouth’s Goat and Tricycle tonight, we thought we’d bring you the tape of last night’s BOTY ceremony.

Sadly the audio version can not to justice to the range of visual feasts the evening provided. Stephen’s milliner will be most disappointed; the ice sculptors know their art is fleeting; and we have really only just rounded up all the flamingoes.

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But it was a striking evening for a number of reasons, as we hope the …

Posted in Conference, Podcasts | Also tagged alan window, blog of the year awards, bournemouth 2009 conference, brian robson, charlotte gore wuz robbed, costigan quist, helen duffett, james graham, jo swinson, mark pack, mark thompson, pachyderms4justice, slugger o'toole, stephen tall, sue garden, tom brake | 3 Comments

Daily View 2×2: 17 September 2009

By Alex Foster | Published 17th September 2009 - 8:00 am

Good morning. Today we remember the deaths of Hildegard von Bingen, and, centuries later, Laura Ashley; and today’s birthday girl is Tessa Jowell.

Two big stories

A surprising number of newspapers seem to be leading with a story about how soon, we will all have the right to register with any GP we choose. I struggle to see why that’s made so many front pages.

Instead, my picks are the Independent’s story about racism in the US, with President Carter weighing in on opposition to President Obama’s current policy platform:

After lurking near the surface of political discourse in America

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Posted in Daily View | Also tagged atomium blog, barack obama, deficit, economy, gordon brown, hildegard von bingen, jimmy carter, laura ashley, pefect woman, race relations, real women, social security, tax credits, tessa jowell | 4 Comments

Can you help save Bletchley Park for the nation?

By The Voice | Published 21st July 2009 - 6:45 pm

Lib Dem councillor and blogger Mary Reid has issued the following plea, which The Voice is delighted to advertise further:

Lib Dem MP Phil Willis has put down EDM 1935 as follows:

FUNDING FOR BLETCHLEY PARK (20.07.2009)
Willis, Phil

That this House recognises the signficance of Bletchley Park, historic site of secret British code-breaking activities during the Second World War and birthplace of the modern computer; acknowledges that the use of the intelligence gained at Bletchley Park and subsequent related actions of the Allies is said to have shortened the Second World War by two years, saving countless lives; and calls on

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Posted in News | Also tagged bletchley park, bob russell, phil willis, stephen williams | 3 Comments

Lib Dem bloggers’ summer reading (Part I)

By Stephen Tall | Published 19th July 2009 - 11:30 am

For me, it’s the most difficult decision of the year – which books to take with me on holiday. So, I thought, what could be better than to pick the brains of my fellow Lib Dem bloggers, and ask them to select just two: one should be a political book – whether you want to re-read it, or try something new you’ve been recommended. The other should be your own choice of summer reading – the book you’re most looking forward to reading (again, could be something new or something old). Here’s what they said:

Posted in Books | Also tagged costigan quist, paul walter | 5 Comments

Daily View 2×2: 22 June 2009

By Helen Duffett | Published 22nd June 2009 - 8:19 am

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Whips accused of fixing Speaker vote
The Times reports:

The race to become the most powerful Commons Speaker in modern history is being undermined by party whips who are trying to install Margaret Beckett as their anti-reform candidate.

Senior Labour figures have been accused of colluding with Conservatives to ensure that Mrs Beckett is elected today. She was the only candidate not to endorse plans to remove the powers of patronage from the Whips’ Offices — so that MPs, rather than party whips, would choose the chairmen of select committees.

Her candidacy was pushed by Nick Brown, the Chief

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Posted in Daily View | Also tagged commons speaker, iraq, mark thompson | Leave a comment

Daily View 2×2: 31 May 09

By Mark Pack | Published 31st May 2009 - 8:00 am

Welcome to the Sunday outing for our Daily View. As it’s a Sunday, today’s comes with a special examination paper supplement. If you spot anything for future posts, do let us know on .

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Opinion polls

It’s been a tale of two polls: a disappointing Populus poll on Saturday followed by a spectacularly good ICM poll in today’s Sunday Telegraph, putting the Liberal Democrats in second place in both general election and European election voting intentions:

The ICM poll for The Sunday Telegraph is the worst possible news for the Prime Minister as he enters his most important week since taking

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Posted in Daily View | Also tagged esther rantzen, frank cook, lord avebury, mps expenses, pakistan | 4 Comments

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