LDV Events at conference
There will be three opportunities to come and meet the Lib Dem Voice team and chat with fellow readers and contributors at conference. Saturday, 21.45 Harry’s Bar, Highcliffe Liberal Democrat Blog of...
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Democracy Dragons’ Den: What’s your one big idea to improve democracy in this...
Do you have a big idea that you think could improve democracy in the UK? This opportunity to shine is open to any Liberal Democrat party member attending the party’s autumn conference. Give your...
View ArticleConference: a response to the housing and mortgage crisis
“Can I ask James Graham to stand by?” said the chair at the start of this morning’s first debate. Do I detect the approaching rumble of intergenerational equity? We shall see, but for now Julia...
View ArticleThe Sustainable Communities Act – at last an opportunity for liberal local...
Liberal Democrats have every reason to be excited about the Sustainable Communities Act, which kicks in this year. Co-sponsored by our very own Julia Goldsworthy, and passed with cross-party support,...
View ArticleThe Independent View: Broke Britain, not Broken Britain – have banks and the...
Banks are jeopardising the prospects of the next generation, discouraging financial responsibility and leaving young people facing the sharp end of the credit crunch. With the Government, they have...
View ArticleOpinion: First they came for the Icelanders
Gordon Brown, earlier this month, used anti-terrorism legislation to freeze Icelandic assets in Britain, in response to their government failing to guarantee British deposits in their faltering banks....
View ArticleOpinion: January Reshuffle – Big Surprises and the Liberal ‘Big Beasts’ (Part...
Part Two – Beyond the Big Beasts (To read Part I – Two Big Surprises – published yesterday, please click here). Lynne Featherstone has clearly earned a promotion to shadow Ed Balls at the Department of...
View ArticleNine out of ten people spied on by local authorities are innocent
From today’s Daily Mail, following up the story about the widespread using of snooping powers by councils (as covered yesterday by Home Office Watch): Nine in ten of 10,000 spied on by councils using...
View ArticleTaxpayers helping to fund Tories’ Cornwall electioneering
Last month Mark Prisk, Tory MP for Hertford and Stortford, got himself into hot water with the Commons authorities for breaking Parliamentary rules in relation to political campaigning. Now Mr Prisk is...
View ArticleLib Dem MPs’ expenses: it could’ve been worse (and might still be)
The Telegraph has now published its Lib Dem MPs’ expenses revelations. At first glance, my initial reaction is… phew: compared to the Labour and Tory abuses covered in previous days it looks like the...
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Local Solutions 2009 – Julia Goldsworthy and Paul Scriven
This is the fourth and final instalment of podcasts recorded at the Sheffield Local Solutions 2009 conference organised by ALDC. You can hear the earlier instalments here: Clegg and Scott; Scriven on...
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South West under siege from Tory “lovebombing”?
Lib Dem constituencies in the South West (map from the Independent) The Independent has a piece today on the Lib Dems’ General Election prospects in the South West: On the Cornish doorsteps, the...
View ArticleJulia Goldsworthy condemns Grayling’s ‘The Wire’ comparison
In the absence of much real political news, Tory shadow home secretary Chris Grayling’s rather bumbling attempt to drink the kool-ade – by referencing cult US crime TV show ‘The Wire’ in a speech...
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Are these the three most fanciable Lib Dem MPs?
According to the Sky News Blog, three Lib Dem MPs are among the most fanciable of the 2005-2010 Parliament. They are: Lynne Featherstone (1st place overall) Julia Goldsworthy (5th place overall) Nick...
View ArticleLibLink … Julia Goldsworthy: You Ask The Questions
The Liberal Democrat MP for Falmouth and Camborne is the latest to answer questions from The Independent’s readership, including: Is Britain Broken? Wouldn’t it have been better if you’d had a proper,...
View ArticleJulia Goldsworthy calls for BBC to scrap Radio 1 (or not – updated)
The BBC itself reports: Cornwall MP Julia Goldsworthy says the BBC should consider scrapping Radio 1. The Lib Dem communities spokeswoman was responding in a BBC3 debate, First Time Voters’ Question...
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Julia Goldsworthy re-selected as Lib Dem candidate for Camborne and Redruth,...
Congratulations to Julia Goldsworthy, selected last Friday to fight what is, on paper at any rate, the Lib Dems’ top target in the 2015 general election: Camborne and Redruth. This was the seat which...
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Rose Garden love in “sick inducing” but necessary says Julia Goldsworthy
In an interview in yesterday’s Independent on Sunday, Julia Goldsworthy, former MP for Falmouth and Camborne and ex Special Adviser to Danny Alexander, had this to say about the Rose Garden love-in on...
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By-election update: Lib Dems jump from 4th to 1st to take seat from Tories in...
There were five by-elections in principal authorities this week (Cornwall, Torridge, Barnsley and two in Cheshire West and Chester) and one deferred election in North Hertfordshire. The Liberal...
View ArticleCute seals for Earth Hour Day – and some serious points about Liberal...
On the day Earth Hour takes place, the Liberal Democrats have released a video with Nick Clegg and Julia Goldsworthy at a Cornish seal sanctuary. They highlight the nature bill that’s part of our 5...
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