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Sunday Morning Live – 27/1/13
Andy Murray is going for grand slam glory, but Marr is features an interview with Nick Clegg, and the Sunday Politics follows the tennis. Come on Tim!
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Laurie Penny wants take back the net
As you might image, I don’t normally link favorably to Laurie Penny pieces, but today in the New Statesman she is pretty much bang on the money. Laurie is taking on the troll who terrorise women online if they dare to give an opinion. My personal experience...
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Stand well back, Paddy Ashdown is on Twitter
Hi all I am up on twitter and will occasionally tweet. But not about what I had for breakfast sort of things! P — Paddy Ashdown (@paddyashdown) January 29, 2013 Now this should be worth following….
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Paddy Ashdown taking the fight to Twitter
I was delighted this afternoon when I saw that Paddy Ashdown had arrived Twitter, and not just because the former Lib Dem leader promises to be very entertaining over 140 characters. Ashdown is leading the Lib Dems ground war into the next election, and...
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Welcome (back) to Virtually Naked!
I launched a blog at this domain a while ago, it was my first introduction to blogging really, and got me completely hooked on the format. I closed it to start digitalpolitico.net, focussing on tech in politics, but because of that I’ve also started writing...
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Clegg starts new year with attack on Labour, and a silly mistake
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has used the first day proper of 2013 to try and take economic battle to Labour once again. He has an op-ed piece in The Times(£) in which he says: The Labour leadership continue to complain about the coalition’s approach,...
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Coalition relaunch, but Lord Strathclyde resigns
Today is meant to be the second phase of the coalition, with Nick Clegg and David Cameron presenting a united front for a reforming future. We are to be told of all the exciting things the coalition is going to do over the next couple of years. Cameron...
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Sunday morning live – 6/1/13
Politics is back, with a full Sunday morning of political debate, including the Prime Minister on Andrew Marr.
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Coalition mid-term review commits to secret courts
There has been growing concern within the Liberal Democrats about Secret Courts – or Closed Material Proceedings as the government would prefer them to be known. Hundreds of Lib Dem members have signed a petition against the move, which was roundly rejected...
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Lib Dem Leech to vote against welfare cap
Just met with #Whips and let them know I will not be voting for the Benefit Cap tonight. Hope to speak in debate, too. — John Leech(@johnleechmcr) January 8, 2013 Sarah Teather having a rebel too. Think this one might get messy…
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Call Clegg – live
The Lib Dem Leader is preparing for his first weekly phone in show on LBC – 0845 60 60 973.
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Grieve-ous bodily harm
A hilarious in the Telegraph today, reporting that some 35 years ago whilst at Oxford University current Attorney General Dominic Grieve was involved in throwing future Government Colleague Damian Green off a bridge and into a river 12 fee below! Green...
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The Coalitions Mid-Term review
Mid-Term Review – The Coalition – Together in the National Interest
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Labour MPs who support an in/out referendum
Here are the Labour MPs who have signed the People’s Pledge calling for an in/out referendum. In other words, a list of MP’s who directly oppose their leader Ed Miliband’s position on this issue: Ronnie Campbell (Blythe Valley) Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire)...
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Guess who’s back?
Bozier accuses Mensch of “covering her back” after his arrest bit.ly/14uMmHr “She pushed me over the edge of a cliff” — Josh Halliday (@JoshHalliday) January 30, 2013
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Round up the usual suspects – the Lib Dem benefits rebellion
The debate on the Benefits Uprating Bill is well underway, and a small band of Liberal Democrats are rebelling against the 1% rise. Some of these used Twitter to announce and clarify their position on the bill, and the same name appear across the blogosphere,...
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William and Kate announce they are having a baby, Guardian decides we need a liveblog….
Sign up to the Despatch Box, the new weekly political e-magzine from digitalpolitico.net The world has finally be given the delightful news that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to have a child. It’s all very exciting, as the … Continue reading...
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The curious incident of the women in The Times
Today it was rather nice to see two remarkable women given rather a high profile by the mainstream media. Interestingly, it was via the same newspaper – The Times. They weren’t politicians or pop stars, but two talented women who are very good at what...
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In the end, Mitt Romney did get 47%
In the US they have finally finished counting the election results and, joy of joys, losing Republican Mitt Romney finished on 47%. If you need reminding why this is significant, on the campaign trail Romney was filmed saying: “There are 47 percent of...
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Boys club lobby must end
Mary Ann Sieghart has a fantastic column in the Independent today, laying out the huge significance of the lack of women in the Lobby (the body of journalists that report on the House of Commons.) Some of the stats are truly woeful – only one in five...