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Stephen Tall

In other news… Jo on Easter eggs, Brian interviewed, Dr Pack post-budget wallchart, and more…

By Stephen Tall | Sun 1st April 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…

Confectionery giants ‘not doing enough’ to reduce Easter egg packaging (Daily Mail)

Easter egg manufacturers have been criticised for not doing enough to reduce packaging and improve how much can be recycled. Currently, an estimated 3,000 tonnes of waste is produced in the UK every year just from Easter egg packaging alone. And an annual survey by Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson has found the percentage of Easter egg boxes actually filled by chocolate was 38 per cent – the same figure as

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Mark Pack

Liverpool Lib Dem leader stands down after electoral fraud allegations

By Mark Pack | Mon 18th April 2011 - 1:23 pm

Warren Bradley, leader of the Liberal Democrat group in Liverpool, has stood down as leader today after allegations about forgery on election paperwork for this May’s council elections.

As the Liverpool Echo reports,

His leadership was plunged into crisis after revelations today that he had witnessed an election nomination for his teenage son Daniel for the forthcoming local elections.

The candidate himself must also sign the form but the teenager has said he did not want to stand and that his own signature on the form is “a fake”.

The revelation leaves Cllr Bradley, 44, facing questions as to who he witnessed signing

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Nick T

LibLink: Chris Davies – Be angry, be proud – and campaign hard

By Nick T | Tue 12th April 2011 - 7:25 pm

Over on his blog, North West Lib Dem MEP, Chris Davies, expresses his astonishment at the reluctance of some Liberal Democrats to shout our government successes from the rooftops (or, alternatively, on a FOCUS leaflet). His blog is particularly timely given the frankly extraordinary email sent to Liberal Democrat MPs by the former Leader of Liverpool City Council, Warren Bradley, calling on the Liberal Democrats to pull out of the coalition.

It’s an excellent piece, and the whole thing’s worth a read, but here’s an extract:

“We should never have gone into a Coalition with the Tories,” say some, but do

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Stephen Tall

Lib Dems’ Moore praises Gove apology as schools building programme axe triggers coalition tensions

By Stephen Tall | Fri 9th July 2010 - 3:40 pm

The blunder in the education department which led to the publication of a list of axed school building schemes containing 25 errors continues to rumble on. Conservative education secretary Michael Gove has apologised and taken the rap for his officials’ mistakes.

The Lib Dems’ Michael Moore was sympathetic to Mr Gove’s plight on the BBC’s Question Time last night, commending the quick and full apology:

I think he did that with grace. I think he did it appropriately and he’s determined that that doesn’t happen again. Nobody would wish that had happened. It was a major mistake, it has been

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Lib Dem councillor faces investigation over Facebook photo storm

By Stephen Tall | Fri 11th June 2010 - 10:45 am

The Liverpool Daily Post reports on the latest incident of a councillor landing themselves in hot water as a result of a posting on social networking site Facebook. Lib Dem councillor Sharon Green is alleged to have posted a photo of disabled people “with text comparing them with the city’s Labour group”:

Cllr Sharon Green, who represents St Michael’s ward, will face an inquiry despite city Liberal Democrat leader Cllr Warren Bradley deciding against launching a probe.

The national Lib-Dems have now intervened and asked their regional standards chiefs to get to the bottom of the affair, which caused widespread outrage

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