Gavin’s Gaily Gigest

The Lib Dems (and the divine and by no means equine Chris Huhne) yesterday launched their new Freedom Bill. The successor to Clegg’s Great Repeal Act, the Bill would roll back 20 of the most insidious and authoritarian pieces of New Labour and Conservative legislation, including ID cards, control orders and the worst elements of [...]

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Charlotte Gore has a very good bloggers’ interview with Our Dear Leader over on her website. This bit in particular caught my eye:
Richard changes the mood a little by asking about old Twinkletoes. If Gordon Brown offered him the job of running the economy, he’d take it, yes?
“I don’t think there’s any question of that [...]

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Ryan Cullen, the genius behind LibDemBlogs, has launched a new website, LibDig.co.uk. Party members can vote for their favourite blog posts, news items, events or videos to recommend them for others who visit LibDig.
I am, of course, desperate for the traffic, so I’ve put the LibDig button on each post (if you’re on Wordpress, its [...]

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On the Sunday morning of conference, five bloggers and Liberal Democrat Youth and Equalities spokesperson Lynne Featherstone MP* huddled in the press conference room of the Bournemouth International Centre to talk Russia, London politics, campaigning and bullshit.
The whole thing was organised by that resourceful pachyderm Millennium Dome, and, along with his Daddy Richard, bloggers Alex [...]

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At the Lib Dem conference this week, and had the chance to see Vince Cable and Charles Clarke battle it out over whether the Lib Dems and Labour are allies or enemies. My write-up is now up on Lib Dem Voice, so read it now if you dare.

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From the Lib Dem party website:
Nick Clegg is leading a campaign to knock on one million doors across the UK.
Personally? Both challenging (for Mr Clegg) and frightening (for the general populace). Seriously, do you want him doing his lustful milkman act in your street?
“I’m passionate about connecting with people.”
Yes, we’d heard about that.
“Talking with them, [...]

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The Liberal Democrat blog of the year awards nomination deadline closed a mere nineteen hours ago, and already the anticipation is killing me. Will I actually bother to give a shit this year, or will it be like every year: a single post acknowledging how badly I’ve done, and then move on?
Regardless, here are the [...]

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Iain Dale has published his list of the Top 50 Lib Dem Blogs today, as voted for by the blogging public and, well:

You’re all a bunch of bastards.
Gracious loser my arse. Don’t you go thinking I’m going to forgive slipping from 24 down to 47. I know where you all live and I’m coming to [...]

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What the hell?

Wait…

Ah I see. Phew!

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Sara Bedford has a pretty full run down of the incidents against Watford Liberal Democrats which led to today’s conviction of former Tory PPC Ian Oakley for harrassment and criminal damage.
Mr Oakley was forced out of resigned from the Conservative party and as PPC two weeks ago, although oddly enough, he’s still sitting (and presumably [...]

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