News reaches us via Conservative Home and the Telegraph that Norsheen Bhatti, the Liberal Democrat PPC for Chelsea and Fulham, has defected to David Cameron’s party. It is odd that Tory Chairman (and Lib Dem Voice favourite) Eric Pickles suggested to The Telegraph that the environment was one area where his party shares Liberal Democrat values.

Over at The Guardian’s Comment is Free website, author and historian Timothy Garton Ash delivers a passionate call for public to ignore any thought of tactical voting, and vote Lib Dem today to compel the real change Britain needs. Here’s an excerpt: This time, vote Liberal Democrat. Vote Liberal wherever you can. Vote Liberal as if

It’s Sunday. It’s 9am. It’s time for photographs of bollards, but first the news. 2 Must-Read Blog Posts What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Here are two posts that have caught the eye from the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator: The Mood at Lib Dem Conference: Nick Thornsby takes the pulse The Saturday List: Lib Dem Constituency Songs: Will

My message to the Liberal Democrat Federal Executive, meeting this afternoon (mail yours to balancedparliament@libdemvoice.org). In one line – all four of our cast-iron priorities: deal. Anything less: no deal. In Full I hate the Tories. I hate Labour. I don’t want a deal with either of them. But we don’t have a Lib Dem majority, and we support a system that almost inevitably lea...

Here we go again. Lib Dem Voice announces this year's Awards.You have until the end of the month to nominate your favourite blogs in the following categories:Best new Liberal Democrat blog (started since 1st August 2007)Best blog from a Liberal Democrat holding public officeBest use of blogging or social networking by a Liberal DemocratBest posting on a Liberal Democrat blog (since 1st Septem...

Happy birthday to Jo Swinson, Lib Dem MP for East Dunbartonshire! 2 Must-Read Blog Posts What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Here are two posts that have caught the eye from the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator: Biometric data How many people have had theirs taken under the Terrorism Act 2000, and how successful have they been at

A couple of weeks ago, Lib Dem Voice posed the question: Who do you consider to be the best living Liberal Democrat orator? It sparked a fascinating comments thread, but there was a clear winner: Paddy Ashdown 38% (138 of all votes) Shirley Williams 18% (65) Cyril Smith 14% (51) Lembit Opik 9% (34) Jeremy Thorpe 9% (34) John Pardoe

Mike Smithson sees the Lib Dems playing power broker in a hung parliament. Smithson is a Lib Dem, if you didn't know, and his first rule of political polling is you always believe the poll that places the Lib Dems in the most favourable position. What you notice from this particular posting is the absolutely typical piece of Liberal Democrat opportunism. Smithson favours a deal not on policie...

Only a month to Christmas, but before you dash out pressie-buying, take a few moments to look at these. 2 Must-Read Blog Posts What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Here’s are two posts that have caught the eye from the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator: Talk of a hung parliament is good for the Lib Dems, says Anders

The London Evening Standard has the story: David Cameron today hailed the defection of a Liberal Democrat London mayoral hopeful to the Tories. Barrister Chamali Fernando, 30, from Finchley, ran to be the Lib-Dem candidate for Mayor of London but was defeated by Brian Paddick in 2007. Ms Fernando’s brother Chandila is also leaving the Lib-Dems to join