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8 May 2010: A pact, huh? That’s pact spelled m-i-n-e-f-i-e-l-d
So – no definite result in the general election and a chance of some sort of coalition. We’re all supposed to put our tribal loyalties aside and work together for the common good. I’m not very good at that. So this is what I sent to the party when it canvassed views, asking people to set out who they are and what they think.
14 Jan 2009: Lynne Featherstone's new portfolio (video)
Lib Dem MP Lynne Featherstone has been given the new job of overseeing the party’s online campaigning as chair of its new technology board – this video illustrates the sort of issues she’ll be grappling with.
29 Nov 2008: Labour of love
I’m no fan of the Labour Party at all, or its doings, but I was impressed by one item among the usual drivel in its latest local newsletter.
15 Oct 2008: Oh how exciting – it's election time again
Party election time again. Bah, humbug. Reminds me far too much of student union elections 20 years ago.
18 Jul 2008: It all sounds a bit familiar…
The longer this government lasts, the more its rhetoric sounds like the bad old days of the Thatcher years – and the easier it gets to spot its mistakes coming.
12 Jun 2008: David Davis resigning as an MP? Blimey!
News just breaking that the Tory shadow Home Secretary David Davis is resigning – not just from the shadow cabinet but from the House of Commons.
6 Dec 2007: Huhne overtakes Clegg – sort of
Look – it’s close, OK? Too close for the difference to be meaningful. And it may not actually be good news for Huhne anyway. But there has been a small but measurable swing to him from Clegg in the attention they’re both receiving among bloggers.
5 Dec 2007: Your metaphor leaves me cold, Mr Pritchard
“Taking Christ out of Christmas is like serving the Christmas turkey without the stuffing,” says Tory MP Mark Pritchard. As both a pagan and a vegetarian, I’ll have to take his word for it…
5 Dec 2007: Mr Smug, Mr Smarm and my naked ballot paper
With time running out in the Lib Dem leadership election, I’ve finally thought of something that might make me vote – even though the one thing I’ve been certain of all along is that I don’t want either candidate in charge of my party.
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