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Campbell on Trident: ‘today is not the day’

By the founding editor | Mon 4th December 2006 - 8:21 am

Menzies CampbellToday Menzies Campbell will call for no final decision on Trident before 2014, while halving our capability to one hundred warheads and three submarines before then.

“There is no need to rush to judgement on a replacement for Trident.

“The decision can be delayed, as the Defence Select Committee has already concluded.

“We can maintain the present system with half the number of warheads and still provide the necessary insurance for Britain’s security, while making a real contribution to the cause of multilateral disarmament.”

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Take out the trash on Sunday evening

By the founding editor | Sun 26th November 2006 - 11:53 pm

The Voice is supposed to cover good news and… not so good news, so as it’s late on Sunday night lets get some not so good news out of the way:

Tomorrow is another …

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Campbell pays tribute to Nick Clarke

By The Voice | Thu 23rd November 2006 - 2:27 pm

Menzies Campbell has paid tribute to The World At One presenter Nick Clarke, who has died at the age of 58:

“Nick Clarke was one of the best broadcast journalists of his generation. He was always well informed and brought an urbane authority to everything he did.

“Woe betide any politician who tried to avoid giving direct answers to his direct questions.

“He was a professional to his fingertips who made the World at One his own programme.”

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Ming’s good day at PMQs

By The Voice | Wed 22nd November 2006 - 2:40 pm

BBC News reports that “The old Ming Campbell – and I mean that in the non-ageist sense – is back.”

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PM “trying to legislate his way in to history”

By The Voice | Wed 15th November 2006 - 11:49 am

Leader of the Liberal Democrats Menzies Campbell has accused the Government of ‘statutory addiction’ and commented that this Queen’s Speech was ‘remarkably similar to those which have gone before’.

Menzies Campbell said:

After nearly ten years in office the government and the Prime Minister are still chasing the same elusive goals and the same elusive headlines.

This is a rush from judgement towards legislation. The government suffers from a statutory addiction.

This is a Prime Minister trying to legislate his way into history.
Before the Prime Minister was elected he told us that his priority was education, education, education.

Since he was elected his priority has proved to be legislation, legislation, legislation.

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With one, united voice

By the founding editor | Mon 13th November 2006 - 1:19 pm

Commenting on the resignation of David Sainsbury, the Liberal Democrats said:

“David Sainsbury was the best thing about the Government’s science policy. He provided continuity and an obvious enthusiasm”

oh, and:

“In March Sir Menzies Campbell highlighted the obvious conflict of interest in having the Labour party in hock to one of its own ministers. Lord Sainsbury has done the right thing by standing down.”

 

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Heads up: Campbell & Clegg to launch Freedom Bill at 10am

By the founding editor | Thu 9th November 2006 - 8:22 am

Menzies Campbell and Nick Clegg will launch a “Freedom Bill” in Westminster this morning, calling for the repeal of 10 parliamentary acts passed since Labour came to power.

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UPDATE: After that, Menzies Campbell and our shadow cabinet will gather for a strategy meeting in Henley-Upon-Thames from lunchtime Thursday to lunchtime Friday. According to Cowley Street “The party is preparing for a possible general election in October 2007”. I’ve heard there’s a good motivational speaker available in Henley…

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Conservative Question Time

By the founding editor | Fri 3rd November 2006 - 12:20 pm

DimblebyIf you were as hacked off as I was that last night’s Question Time had three Conservatives on it, do take the time to send in a complaint to the BBC.

Menzies Campbell did a good job on the panel, but both he and Charles Clarke were largely drowned out by Heseltine, Platell and the increasingly barmy Hitchens – a very unbalanced programme, even under David Dimbleby’s stewardship.

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“The party certainly owes Charles Kennedy a great debt, and it is £2.4 million.”

By the founding editor | Wed 1st November 2006 - 5:16 pm

In the event that the Electoral Commission, more than a year and a half after Michael Brown’s £2.4m donations were received, DO decide they must be repaid, then it seems likely following Menzies Campbell’s performance on Sunday A.M. this week that the party will appeal the accompanying court order.

The Times reports that the party is making arrangements to create a fund to help fight any such appeal.

One interesting line from the story: “The Lib Dem leader is privately furious with his predecessor for leaving the party with the damaging saga.” Clearly not that privately, as it’s …

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Activists to help write next manifesto

By the founding editor | Wed 25th October 2006 - 10:03 pm

The party has announced today that Steve Webb will lead the group writing our next election manifesto.

Steve has pledged to use online consultation to engage as many activists as possible in the process,  and according to the Guardian “He hopes that as many as half of the party’s 70,000 members will help to feed in ideas.”

Steve has told the Guardian: “There was a feeling that there was a lot of good policy in our manifesto, but it didn’t tell a story about the kind of party we are and the sort of society we want.”

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‘Troops out’ – but we still have responsibilities

By Richard Huzzey | Fri 13th October 2006 - 10:10 am

Lib Dems Say NoSir Richard Dannatt’s comments about British presence in Iraq are welcome and overdue in public debate.

On the issue itself, Sir Richard is doubtless right that ‘coalition’ (Anglo-American) forces in Iraq are part of the problem, not part of the solution. Seen as a hostile occupying force, our troops are increasingly counter-productive to the stated goal of founding a united, peaceful, liberal democracy.

However, the problem is, who will replace them? The Iraqi civil war is clearly so advanced that peacekeeping forces will be necessary long into the future. Withdrawal of British and American forces is now vital, but we need international support to do so. No matter how much the invasion of Iraq was a grave error, only the most irresponsible detractor would support an action that made its future even worse. The attrocity of invasion is a national sin, and the long-standing opposition of millions of Britons cannot erase our communal responsibility for the future of Iraq; that means that we should be unfaltering in our genuine committment to rebuilding Iraq, but our troops no longer contribute to that goal.

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Ming Campbell movie online

By Mark Pack | Tue 29th August 2006 - 10:49 pm

We’ve just put up a brief movie about Ming and his beliefs. You can view it from Ming Campbell’s biography page on the party’s website.

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