Sweeping changes to conference motions rules come into force
Here’s the email which has gone out to party members today: Seasoned conference-goers might have been expecting the Preliminary Agenda for the autumn conference in Bournemouth to have arrived by now....
View ArticleThe MP conference fringe league table
Using the official information on which MP is attending which fringe meeting, this is how the league table looks: 17 Cable 11 Goldsworthy Hughes Lamb Laws 10 Farron 9 Baker 8 Webb 7 Browne Clegg Davey...
View ArticleThe Which? survival guide to conference
An email pings in to The Voice’s inbox to say: Which? is producing supplements for this year’s party conferences, providing people with a one-stop guide to surviving Bournemouth, Brighton and...
View ArticleConference: what to watch out for on Saturday
Running rather against the modern trend of reorganising events to suit the media, this autumn’s Liberal Democrat conference is starting and finishing a day earlier. With a Saturday start and a...
View ArticleReal Women policy paper debate: live blog #ldconf
With my technological fingers crossed, here we go… [Several people in the hall are also tweeting through the debate. You can keep up with their and other conference tweets through this search link. The...
View ArticleMedia news from Bournemouth – and our media at its very best
A round-up of more media coverage from conference here in Bournemouth: Nick Clegg faces backlash over weakened pledge on university fees Richard Dawkins condemns British libel laws Lib Dems are a...
View ArticleTuesday will be about the applause, not the votes
Tuesday morning sees the party’s pre-manifesto document, A Fresh Start for Britain, up for debate. It’s been a regular feature of recent Liberal Democrat conferences to have high-profile votes on tax...
View ArticleFederal Finance and Administration Committee report: live blog
The crowds are flooding through the doors. The good news is that they are leaving the hall … because it’s a sure sign of a party’s financial state whether people are coming or going. Bad times: people...
View ArticleConference round-up: the last 24 hours
Here are the three main lines promoted by the party from conference to the media in the last 24 hours: Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference unveils plans to increase the pay of Britain’s lowest-earning...
View ArticleFederal Executive report and constitutional amendments live blog #ldconf
Ryan’s been warned to get extra bandwidth in, and here we go with the must-see session of conference: FE report, constitutional amendments and a special bonus of election regulation amendments too....
View ArticleChris Rennard’s conference rally speech 2009
The former Liberal Democrat Chief Executive, Chris Rennard, gave one of the speeches at the party’s conference rally in Bournemouth earlier this month: A related update: the House of Lords ruling...
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Nick Clegg’s blogger interviews
This morning a group of 10 bloggers interviewed Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg. The questions ranged over a wide area and here are a few selected highlights: MPs’ expenses: Nick eloquently made the...
View ArticleThe inside story of how the Lib Dem general election manifesto will be drawn up
The debates and disputes around the Liberal Democrats’ Bournemouth conference give a taste of what is likely to be a tricky process of drawing up the party’s manifesto for the 2010 general election....
View ArticleA Delicate Balance: the history of Liberals and hung Parliaments
The Liberal Democrat History Group meeting at Bournemouth conference, supported by The Guardian, looked at hung Parliaments and lessons from the past for the Liberal Democrats. In his introduction, the...
View ArticleTax on £1 million houses: 69% in favour finds YouGov poll
Both here and on Lib Dem Voice, I don’t usually do individual polls, relying instead on Stephen’s monthly round-ups for LDV. But I do make exceptions when there’s something particularly striking or...
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