Over at the Huffington Post, the Voice’s Mark Pack has a post examining some interesting – and surprising – polling data, complete with a graph (don’t say Mark doesn’t spoil you). Here’s Mark explaining what the graph shows: It comes from polling carried out by MORI, asking the same question over the years: “How interested
submitted by
LiberalDemocratVoice on 26th Nov 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
So reports the Huffington Post: Senior Liberal Democrats have accepted that the party may need to resort to all-female shortlists or other tough measures to increase the representation of women and minority groups among its MPs… Tim Farron MP … said that he was “utterly embarrassed” that only seven of the party’s MPs were women.
submitted by
LiberalDemocratVoice on 19th Sep 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
The Voice’s Mark Pack has been guesting over on the Huffington Post again, this time writing about what he thinks is missing from the Birmingham conference agenda: There are many weighty issues on the agenda for the Liberal Democrat autumn conference in Birmingham, as well as some potentially significant debates overthe party’s medium term strategy and policy
submitted by
LiberalDemocratVoice on 1st Sep 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
Andrew Stunell, the Communities and Local Government Minister, has an article in the Huffington Post today, announcing Government plans to increase social housing after decades of declining numbers and soaring waiting lists: Liberal Democrats in government are ensuring this trend is reversed. We fought hard to make sure that the Comprehensive Spending Review last October
submitted by
LiberalDemocratVoice on 18th Jul 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
Gordon Brown has written movingly in The Huffington Post of his support for a huge, co-ordinated response to the recent Pakistan floods: I have proposed a global reconstruction corps to offer civilian help – engineers, doctors, builders – to build homes, rebuild the schools, staff the hospitals and get agriculture and industry moving again. We have set up a British corps – and a ...
submitted by
LabourMatters on 31st Aug 2010 (via labourmatters.com)
Yes, courtesy of Huffington Post you can do all the work, get none of the money and not even see your name in lights! The Huffington Post has openings for unpaid blog team internships for the fall. Primary responsibilities include: -Evaluating blog submissions and editing copy -Correspondence and other communication, including editorial and technical problem-solving, with
submitted by
TimWorstall on 29th Jul 2010 (via timworstall.com)
You might enjoy: Jennifer Rubin in Contentions: The Jig Is Up? Michael Stickings in The Huffington Post: How Obama’s Strategy on Health-Care Reform Makes Perfect Sense Nikhil Arora in The Adam Smith Institute Blog: Unite to destroy an airline, and...
submitted by
CommentCentral on 25th Feb 2010 (via timesonline.typepad.com)
You might enjoy: Michael Shaw in The Huffington Post Reading The Pictures: Volcker and the White House Sarah Ebner in School Gate: An Education - and why it made me think of Ed Balls Jonathan Isaby in Tory Diary: A...
submitted by
CommentCentral on 21st Oct 2009 (via timesonline.typepad.com)
It is not everyday you find an email in your email box telling you someone you know is a real, honest to goodness spy, but that is what happened to me this morning. According to The Huffington Post: Nozette allegedly informed the agent that he had, in the past, held top security clearances and had access to U.S. satellite information, the affidavit said. The scientist also allegedly said that he w...
submitted by
Samizdata on 21st Oct 2009 (via samizdata.net)