Tag Archives: Nick Clegg
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It’s polling day! – Five things to know about today
2May 7, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
1. Rules for the poll booth – For those of you for whom today is your first opportunity to vote, congratulations, …
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A look at what might happen on May 8th
Leave a commentMay 4, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
So here we are, the final week of this election campaign and it has a different feel to most UK …
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5 Thoughts about Thursday’s Leaders’ Question Time
13May 2, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
1. What a fine advert for our democracy that was The star of the programme was the audience. Excellently researched …
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Liberal Democrat manifesto – a UK election first
Leave a commentApril 18, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
The Liberal Democrat manifesto was a UK election first. It was the first time that a party has actually campaigned …
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Why the Liberal Democrats must be giving thanks for First Past the Post
3April 12, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
At one stage, during the mass leaders’ debate last week, Nick Clegg turned and demanded an apology from Ed Miliband …
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The leaders’ debate. How they rated.
4April 3, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
So that was the mass debate (stop saying it quickly at the back). Seven adults shouting at each other repeating …
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An explanation of the election debate fudge…sorry, compromise, reached
Leave a commentMarch 23, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
So finally an agreement has been reached between the political parties and the broadcasters on how the televised “debates” will …
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It is constituency polls, not national polls , that matter for the Liberal Democrats.
Leave a commentFebruary 27, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
In recent weeks Ryan Coetzee, the Liberal Democrats’ director of strategy, has commissioned private polling from Survation in 100 marginal …
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A Tory-Lib Dem coalition in May 2015 will only happen with a massive reduction in Lib Dem influence
1January 19, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Reports emerged earlier this month that the Conservatives are planning to change the way Coalitions are formed to limit the …
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Politicians should walk the walk, not just wear the T-shirt
6November 4, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
The picture about is both an example of the pathetic state of our political culture at the moment and an …
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Lib Dems and Mental health care – the right target.
Leave a commentOctober 11, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Nick Clegg brought the curtain down on the Liberal Democrats’ conference with a centerpiece that surprised many, as there had …
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Who is the most principled political party leader in the Scottish Independence campaign?
3September 12, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
As the leaders of all the UK’s major political parties gathered in Scotland to try and persuade the Scots not …
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Nick Clegg and the politics of border controls.
Leave a commentAugust 10, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
How can a proper immigration control system exist in his country that counts and checks the people coming in but …
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Do we want state funding for 50p per voter, or do we want to complain about bankers and unions buying influence?
Leave a commentJuly 3, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Last night at the Hurlingham Club in Fulham and next week at the Roundhouse in Camden the Conservative and Labour Party …
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Nick Clegg’s press conference shows the problems for democracy of being in a coalition
Leave a commentJune 17, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
If you are ever in need of a primer in the problems of coalition government, you should look no further …
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Free school meals for 4-7 year olds – The best of intentions, but are the consequences worse than we thought?
Leave a commentMay 10, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
The leaked emails yesterday between the Department of education and the Office of Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, reveals …
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