Just over 100 days into coalition, it’s becoming clearer how the Parliamentary Party (in the Commons) is shaping up and where dissent is likely to come from in future. As I’ve argued previously, overall the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party has been remarkably united over the last few years. (Even the ousting of Charles Kennedy was
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 19th Aug 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
Writing about the Wikio top 20 political blogs for May, I promised another posting on the Lib Dem blogs. Charlotte Gore has kindly done the work for me and produced this list. These are all the Lib Dem blogs in the top 100, with last month's figures in brackets: 7. Liberal Democrat Voice (6) 31. Liberal England (23) 37. Quaequam Blog! (51) 38. People’s Republic of Mortimer (43) 41. Pete...
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LiberalEngland on 5th May 2009 (via liberalengland.blogspot.com)
THE future of Edinburgh's ruling Liberal Democrat-SNP coalition was in doubt today following the defection of a Lib Dem councillor to the Nationalists.
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Scotsman on 22nd Jul 2011 (via news.scotsman.com)
THE UK's new Tory-Lib Dem coalition must deliver early benefits for Scotland if it is to win support north of the Border, a senior Liberal Democrat has warned.
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Scotsman on 13th May 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 564 party members responded, and we are publishing the full results here over several days. According to our latest survey of paid-up party members, Liberal Democrats want to
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 21st Dec 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
The rebellion in the House of Commons by Liberal Democrat and Conservative MPs was a conduit for growing frustration on both sides at life in the coalition government
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FT on 9th Dec 2010 (via ft.com)
A quick round-up of four Lib Dem stories not otherwise covered here on Lib Dem Voice this week… Lib Dem revolt on solar subsidies crackdown… The Guardian splashes on how ‘Liberal Democrat councillors and MPs are preparing to revolt over the coalition government’s crackdown on solar subsidies, as a growing number have been greeted with
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 19th Nov 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
As the Coalition reaches 100 days in power, Simon Hughes, the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, says his party should have a veto on the Government's policies.
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Telegraph on 18th Aug 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 550 party members responded, and we’ll be publishing the full results in the coming days. Support for Coalition as high as ever LDV asked: Do you
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 17th Sep 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)