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Julian Huppert’s Green opponent in trouble for Twitter transphobia

By Caron Lindsay | Fri 23rd January 2015 - 2:56 pm

One of the best moments for me of the debate on the Same Sex Marriage Bill was when Cambridge’s Liberal Democrat MP Julian Huppert spoke out against elements of the Bill which would cause real heartache and injustice for transgender people and their partners. His understanding, sensitivity and eloquence on these matters was second to none. Of course he was well briefed by Sarah Brown and Zoe O’Connell among others but he put his head above the parapet to try and secure fairness for people who are all too often marginalised.

His expertise on this matter (and many others) is a …

Posted in News | Also tagged cambridge, general election 2015, julian huppert, sarah brown and zpe o'connell | 4 Comments

Opinion: Fear was the key in Iraq (and Norwich)

By Terry Gilbert | Thu 2nd July 2009 - 8:15 pm

The Washington Post reports that Saddam Hussein’s interrogations by the FBI have been released, under US Freedom of Information laws, to the ‘National Security Archive’, an independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University. The NSA’s website has
“Twenty Interviews and Five Conversations with “High Value Detainee # 1”, should anyone still be interested.

Fortunately, the Post has done the hard work for us. There is of course the usual, now unsurprising, confirmation that Saddam had no link to, nor even any sympathy with, Al Qaeda:

Piro raised bin Laden in his last conversation

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Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged april pond, charles kennedy, iraq, norwich north, saddam hussein and washington post | 14 Comments

Rupert Read and the false allegations

By Mark Pack | Sun 28th June 2009 - 11:54 am

A bit of background for any Voice readers who either have seen some of the slightly elliptical comments posted in earlier threads by a couple of people about the past actions of Rupert Read, the Green party candiate for the Nowich North by-election.

Last year, Rupert Read accused a Liberal Democrat councillor, Judith Lubbock, of perjuring herself more than once. Given that perjury is a serious offence which can result in someone being jailed (see Jeffrey Archer), this is a pretty serious allegation. It was also wholly untrue.

Rupert Read subsequently had to apologise and withdraw the allegations he had made.

Posted in Parliamentary by-elections | Also tagged norwich north | 103 Comments

Live from Norwich – ICM poll shows close result and Clegg stands by Lib Dem campaign

By Stephen Tall | Fri 26th June 2009 - 2:42 pm

Ladies and gentlemen, we have the first constituency poll of the Norwich North by-election campaign, and it shows a close contest in store. Before I give you the figures, though, it should come with two big health warnings. First, the poll’s sample size is very small – 500 overall, and fewer than 300 for the voting figures. Secondly, polls this early in a by-election campaign, and when a polling date isn’t yet known, have proven unreliable predictors in the past. With those caveats firmly in place, here it is (comparisons with 2005 general election result in brackets):