We Lib Dems, we hate the Standards Board, right? Got policy to abolish it even. Some of us, notably Islington Council Leader Steve Hitchens and East Yorks Councillor Colleen Gill, have even almost come unstuck by them. We have good reason to be very dubious about their rulings. So why – the fuck – are… Continue reading A question of standards
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Follow that Cab!
Readers will recall that I asked Simon Hughes to answer the following question via his e-hustings service: Simon, you’ve made a big deal out of the environment and green issues in the campaign, yet you drive a diesel powered Taxi. Ming Campbell has said he will give up his Jag – are you prepared to… Continue reading Follow that Cab!
Things hot up
With just a few days to go now until the ballot closes, the Lib Dem leadership contenders are starting to bring out the big guns. Alarmed by the “increasingly confident” Simon Hughes’ coup of not just “Bingo” Bob Russell but also Charles Kennedy’s brother-in-law (a man of such seniority within the party that he is… Continue reading Things hot up