Author Archives: Alex Foster

On Monday, Lib Dem Voice will be hosting a live question and answer session with our party’s Climate Change and Energy spokesman Steve Webb MP.

Steve will be here on the Voice from 6.30pm on Monday to answer your questions and emails. You can send in a question on the evening, or submit it in advance to LDV’s Alix Mortimer who will be hosting the event. E-mail questions to [email protected]

Redcar Lib Dems have a very reasonably priced calendar available for sale:

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And keep your eyes peeled here for exciting news about Christmas merch from Lib Dem Voice.

The dodgy donor Michael Brown has been found guilty in absentia, the BBC reports:

Top Lib Dem donor stole millions

A bogus international bonds dealer who donated £2.4m to the Liberal Democrats has been found guilty of stealing more than £30m from clients.

Southwark Crown Court heard Michael Brown defrauded £36m, including £8m from former Manchester Utd chairman Martin Edwards.

He was tried in his absence after skipping bail and is still on the run.
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said the party had done all the necessary checks and was “totally unaware” of the fraud.

“We took that money in good faith, everyone recognises,”

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Conservative US blogger John Hinderaker thinks Bush’s control of the English language has been misunderestimated.

Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. He needs to understand that as President, his words will be scrutinized and will have impact whether he intends it or not. In this regard, President Bush is an excellent model; Obama should take a lesson from his example. Bush never gets sloppy when he is speaking publicly. He chooses his words with care and precision, which is why his style sometimes seems halting. In the eight years he has

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A couple of presidential trivia questions whilst we’re all waiting for the Main Event, courtesy of Lord Norton over at the Lords Blog.

When was the last US presidential election which was won by the Republicans in which a Nixon or a Bush was not on the ticket?

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What is it that Barack Obama and John McCain have in common and which they share with Gerald Ford and his 1976 running-mate Bob Dole? When one of the current candidates enters the White House, he will actually share this feature with most of his recent presidential predecessors – and the chances of most …

Just as Clegg and the Lib Dems say the UK is as far away as it has ever been from joining the common currency, it seems that the rest of northern Europe is starting to change its mind.

As yesterday’s Independent reported,

The Danish and Swedish governments have begun preparing the ground for referendums on joining the euro, as part of a huge political reversal across Europe’s northern fringes in favour of the single currency. Although voters have overwhelming rejected the euro in the past, both countries are now pointing to the recent damage inflicted on their national currencies as evidence

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Tim Ireland of Bloggerheads fame has started a list of reasons why the two women are the same… but has struggled to get past 7.  Perhaps our readers could help his complete the list.