I find myself in danger of ending up on the wrong side of an important debate. I’ve written before about how Chris Rennard’s departure as Chief Executive of the Liberal Democrats is a chance for the party to rethink how it campaigns and last week speculated whether our heavy dependence on “ground” campaigning makes it… Continue reading The trouble with “Rennardism” (clue: it isn’t the leaflets)
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The state of the Lib Dem blogosphere
Stephen Tall has issued these questions for Lib Dem bloggers to answer over the weekend and so I thought I’d try to bash out my responses before dinner (UPDATE: not quite): What are the greatest successes of the Lib Dem blogosphere? Lib Dem Blogs remains a very powerful spine, although I personally find it is… Continue reading The state of the Lib Dem blogosphere
Nick Clegg’s far, far, far, far, far, farce over tuition fees
Oh God. Here we go again. Remember all that nonsense last year when Nick Clegg started claiming that the Lib Dems were about to unveil a package of £20 bn of cuts – the “vast bulk” of which was to be passed on in the form of tax cuts? Remember how, after an ugly row… Continue reading Nick Clegg’s far, far, far, far, far, farce over tuition fees