Saturday, May 31, 2014

The race for the Party Presidency: some questions for the candidates

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Alright, I've given the matter some consideration, and whilst John Tilley gave me food for thought (despite rather missing the point to...
Friday, May 30, 2014

The race for the Party Presidency: efficiency isn't likely to be a problem

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Well, that was quick! Yes, within the day, every one of the four candidates has kindly replied, and all are willing to answer my questi...
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Party Presidency: now there are four, how are they getting on?

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For obvious reasons, I take an interest in the Presidency of the Liberal Democrats, and today's not entirely surprising announcement th...
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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Liberal Democrats: what is the point of playing the game just like everyone else?

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Four years ago, Liberal Democrats fought a General Election campaign on the basis that we would be different - not just in terms of ideas, ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Liberal Democrats: staring into the abyss, or just another day in coalition

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It's been another not particularly great day to be a Liberal Democrat, with one of our Parliamentarians acting in the manner of a kamik...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Reflections on the NHS... and why we might be our own worst enemies

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Yesterday, I blogged about my recent minor surgical procedure, noting how well everything went, how kind and caring the nurses were, how ef...

@LibDems4Change - can we leave them alone, please?

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The launch of LibDems4Change last week has offered an interesting insight into the internal democracy of the Liberal Democrats, and not a v...
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Monday, May 26, 2014

Pampering my inner walrus

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It was Christmas here in Creeting St Peter today, or at least, time for me to enjoy my gift. Yes, I know, Christmas was some time ago, but ...

My own personal NHS experience, and not one that I'd seen coming...

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I had, since the New Year, been suffering from a series of cysts in and around my eyes, and although my left eye had healed up, my right ey...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

Dear Anonymous...

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I have a rule here, in that; I do moderate comments, rejecting those I deem to be offensive, libellous or otherwise unacceptable. Anonymo...
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@ALDE Party Council: the lull before...

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It was three weeks ago that the ALDE Party Council met in Vienna, with nothing in particular in the agenda, but a lot of anticipation for t...
Saturday, May 24, 2014

@libdems4change: Clegg must apparently go, but whither the Liberal Democrats?

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Last night, I received an e-mail from a group calling itself "Lib Dems 4 Change", asking for my support for a letter calling upon...
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Thursday, May 22, 2014

The pandas of Schonbrunn

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Not long after the pandas arrived at Edinburgh Zoo, Ros went to see them with her sister. It's a long way to Edinburgh from mid-Suffolk...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Moravian food for the soul

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And so, as noted on Liberal Democrat Voice , Ros and I had gone to Vienna to attend a slightly odd meeting of the ALDE Party Council. Odd, ...

"You're not singing, you're not singing, you're not singing any more..."

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* blows dust off * Gosh, it's gone a bit quiet here of late, hasn't it? Anyone would think that my life had become rather dull,...
Sunday, May 04, 2014

Europe in my head, England in my heart...

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I'm in Vienna, following a successful ALDE Party Council meeting, and reflecting on the European campaign at home. In my travels around...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Creeting St Peter: a 20 mph speed limit?

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I returned home on my community bus this evening, only to notice that a Speed Indication Device, or SID for short, was placed by the roadsi...
Friday, April 18, 2014

A century reached. Not an unbeaten century, as such, but a century nonetheless.

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Catching up with events, I was reading Liberal Democrat Voice's latest 'Golden Dozen' and was most gratified to find that my pi...

A nation enters the European Union, walks up to the Commission, and asks for... what, exactly?

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The relationship between the British public and the European Union has seldom been a strong one. Decisions by politicians past and present ...

Adrift beside an azure sea...

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I am, once again, somewhere else, something that will not entirely surprise my regular readers. So, this week, I thought that I would take a...