Labour are consistent in the legacy department, and they are really good at spending money that’s not theirs and that  they don’t have. You want proof ? After 13 years in power at Westminster they left the country with a debt of such magnitude that we as ordinary mortals can’t even begin to relate to, after all just [...]

First Publish on Liberal Democrat Voice By Stephen Tall | Published 27th April 2011 – 5:55 pm A few weeks ago, the Voice highlighted that three Tory ministers — Eric Pickles, Carloline Spelman and Bob Neill — were up for a very special gong: the Friends of the Earth Talking Rubbish Award to help debunk the [...]

First Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By Nick Thornsby | Published 27th April 2011 – 10:55 am Earlier this week, chief executive of Index on Censorship and former New Statesman editor (and Lib Dem supporter), John Kampfner, penned a piece for the Financial Times expressing his view as to how Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats [...]

Which? magasine has provided a new tool to help consumers claim compensation if their train journey is delayed. The compensation for train delays depends on the train company, and can also depend on the route travelled within the rail network. To help passengers to find how much they are entitled to, Which? has examined the [...]

First Published on BBC NEWS Politics: 27 April 2011 Last updated at 11:30 Alan Johnson has said the issue of voting change is a “real dilemma” for his party as the No campaign in the AV referendum claimed a majority of Labour MPs were backing it. The ex-home secretary acknowledged the party was split on the [...]

In an opinion piece, Cllr Clyde Loakes, Vice Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Environment Board, calls for the scrapping of a legal loophole which makes it almost impossible to punish people who throw litter from cars. He writes: “More than 100 councils have told the Local Government Association that they want a change in [...]

 I will be meeting with the reporter/producer of BBC Radio 4′s World Tonight’s programme later today to discuss next week’s local elections from a Walsall perspective. I always get a bit concerned about such meetings as they invariably seem to come with an agenda in mind and certainly the initial conversation yesterday did seem to be more about [...]

A letter in the local press last week sort of puts the AV debate in context. The writer said that he had not made up his mind about which way to vote in the referendum until he read the stuff that came through his door from the NO Vote Campaign. The writer went on to [...]

First Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By Nick Thornsby | Published 26th April 2011 – 12:25 pm On Saturday, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg delivered a speech at an AV rally in Norwich in which he set out the deficiencies of our democracy, and the reasons why AV – combined with other political reforms in the [...]

First Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By Stephen Tall | Published 26th April 2011 – 7:55 am Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Over 500 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full [...]