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  @william_summers: Paddy Ashdown speaking at #ldconf - we need a new Reform Act for Parliament
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  @NickThornsby: My MP is the joint 59th most authoritarian http://rank.libdemvoice.org/ranked/
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  @waswasere: You only get Vince Cable if you vote Liberal Democrat - Paddy Ashdown #ldconf
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  @CatTurner: You only get Vince Cable if you vote Liberal Democrat - Paddy Ashdown #ldconf
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  @peterblackwales: Paddy speaking to rally. Would Tories and Labour invite former leaders to address their conference? #ldconf
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  @sarabedford: Four Birmingham PPCs and one MP telling #ldconf Rally what a LibDem government would mean for the country. Good stuff.
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  @paulwalteruk: ‘Humiliation’ for Nick Griffin http://bit.ly/bd8kjD
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  @fosterjon: BNP still racist shock! http://bit.ly/a4lUaD
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  @stephenpglenn: Blogged: ***Breaking*** Tory MEP Defects to Lib Dems http://bit.ly/9mEBoP
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  @PaulBurstow: another sign of how flakey the Tory campaign with the defection of a Tory Euro MP to Lib Dems.
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  @meralhece: Equality & HRC wins legal case to stop BNP's unlawful discrimination http://tinyurl.com/ygrxvfp
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  @markpack: LibDemVoice blog launches digital tool rating MPs' 'authoritarian' status - http://bit.ly/b8dRvG
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  @nickjbarlow: Good news to kick off #ldconf - Edward McMillan-Scott MEP has joined the Lib Dems.
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  @markpack: What happens to MPs' websites when Parliament is dissolved? http://ldv.org.uk/18305
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  @peterblackwales: has blogged on a key defection from the Tories to the Liberal Democrats http://tinyurl.com/ycg4m6m
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  @rbsnb: #positivepolitics if there were more young people like @bevaniteellie and @byrnetofferings the world would be a better place
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  @chriswiggin: Overwhelmed and very grateful for support from all sides following adoption as LibDem PPC for Barnsley Central. Thank you!
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  @christopherward: Most senior Tory MEP defects to the Liberal Democrats. #ldconf
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  @alexfoster: Still pondering how Lab winning a seat from Ind means the Lib Dems gain a seat on the Jt Ctte Strat Planning & Transport
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  @jamesgraham: Good to see Michael Crick travelling standard class (what's the LD Conf hashtag?)
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Front Bench Blogs

• A Major chance for Gordon?

  by Sara Bedford (@sarabedford) on Monday, 1st March 2010

  So the Tories haven't sealed the deal yet. There seems to be a great deal of puzzlement as to why HM Official Opposition isn't gliding gracefully into the role of HM Government, most of all from the Conservatives themselves. Even Labour seem confused.

  Some believe that the Conservatives have been only too ready to sit back and let Labour lose the election, for instance feeding the media frenzy over the Brown bullying allegations last week, rather than just pressing on with the Conservatives' own agenda. This gave Cameron the double blow of looking opportunist and also losing a chance... read more »

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• Step up, or we're destined for another decade of McBrides

  by Kasch Wilder (@KaschWilder) on Thursday, 25th February 2010

  I've been engaged with politics and involved in grassroots campaigning for about eighteen months now. With the general election fast approaching as well as the start of a BSc in Politics and International Relations from September, I thought I would take the opportunity now to put down on paper where I am personally in terms of the state of our democracy.

  I was lucky enough to have an interest in American politics sparked in December 2007. I caught the tail end of the period where Presidential candidates were putting the finishing touches to campaign machinery for the Iowa caucuses. I... read more »

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• The bullied lose again

  by Lisa Harding (@spiderplant88) on Monday, 22nd February 2010

  Watching todays' 'bullygate' unfold it is very clear that other forces are at play outside of the fundamental question of whether Gordon Brown is or is not a bully.

  Two points strike me:

  1. The damage that this episode has had on the work and reputation of other more reputable charities who work hard in the anti-bullying field. BullyingUK are such a charity who have had a particularly bad day today. Their Twitter Manager has tweeted on at least half a dozen occasions today that his charity is not the one mentioned on the media as breaching confidentiality of callers.

  2.... read more »

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• Fall of Gordon

  by Liam Pennington (@doktorb) on Monday, 22nd February 2010

  Peter Hennessy's "Prime Ministers - the Job and its Holders" is one of my most well-thumbed reference books. Each post-war PM is treated with care and consideration, with a chapter heading as concise as they are cutting. John Major is the "solo-coalitionist", Tony Blair introduced by "command and control".

  So what if Hennessy updates his book to include Gordon Brown? What chapter heading then, what treatment given through the window of recent history? "Flawed by de... read more »

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• Monarchy, checks and balances

  by Luke Richards (@hypnotic) on Thursday, 18th February 2010

  Having just read Adam White's piece here on House of Twits about the Monarchy and Democracy, I feel a need to add my own thoughts.

  Adam's thoughts were primarily focussed on ideology, and the principles of democracy. I certainly don't disagree with that and, if every other argument fell down, that one alone would still be strong enough to show the desperate need to get rid of the monarchy.

  My belief comes not from this though, but from the internal workings of government. If we look at some of t... read more »

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• The point is the Conservatives are out of touch

  by Sara Bedford (@sarabedford) on Monday, 15th February 2010

  So the Tories mislaid a decimal point? So what, you might say. Mistakes happen. It's embarrassing that the error wasn't picked up, but no-one's perfect - certainly not the Tories. So whilst this headline gives some temporary amusement, it isn't in itself proof that the Tories are unfit to run the country or are generally innumerate.

  I don't believe for a minute that the Conservatives decided to spice the report up a bit by fiddling the figures, read more »

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