1. PoliticalBetting on the runners and riders for Labour in the 2012 London Mayoral election and also the likely contestants to be the next Speaker of the House of Commons.2. Valleys Mam has a Top Ten List of Irritating Phrases.
3. Dizzy on Labour's attack blog which may need to give its domain name back.
4. Ros Scott on the morning after the day before.
5. John Redwood says tax cuts? Yes we can!
6. Charles Crawford on diplomatic memoirs.
7. The FT Westminster Blog reveals the senior Labour figure who wants tax cuts.
8. Liberal England tracks the declining LibDem membership figures.
9. Michael Meacher explains what he wants for President Obama.
10. Neil Stockley on the New Zealand election result.
11. Tom Harris shows how little he understands the Tory Party.
12. Cranmer says Cameron is going Hindu.
5 comments:
Actually, His Grace said that yesterday.
Today he has been remembering those who gave their lives in defence of what Parliament is handing over gratis to our lords and masters in Brussels.
He wonders why they bothered.
And he also wonders why he bothered.
Valley Mam, number 2 on list is out of date.
List was actually in Thursdays Express.
11th most irritating phrases "I buy the Daily Express"
Iain, I am reading lots of stuff that argues that blogging is dead and it's all twitter now (I paraphrase). What's your take on that? I can't imagine what you do here taking place on twitter!
Re the role of President in the Lib Dems:
"The President has a role in this but most importantly, has to work to develop and strengthen the culture and structures which enable the whole Party to feel more confident and assertive."
From what I have seen, members of the party are not lacking in confidence. What they require is some strong and consistent moral leadership to actually put into universal practise those lofty principles enunciated on the back of their membership cards. Otherwise, the party risks being closer to Crimson Tide than Camelot; existing to preach liberal democracy rather than to practise it.
I know this is a dry blog but it is the 150th anniversary of the Gin and Tonic
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