I was planning to write a nice, leisurely blog post about a) why Lib Dems should be following Lynne Featherstone’s lead and resign from the Phi100 panel and b) the wider trend by the right to take control of the media agenda, but events rather got..
Topics: media, politics and life, politicshome, the right

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Camden Council have apologised to a self-employed dress-maker for not lending her a pair of scissors:Lorna Watts, 26, a self-employed dressmaker, was turned down at Holborn Library in central London.She said: “It’s ridiculous – public...
Topics: bbc, camden, libraries, politics and life, scissors

{"title":"Public libraries: the final cut?","post_url":"http:\/\/www.theliberati.net\/quaequamblog\/2009\/09\/26\/public-libraries-the-final-cut\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.theliberati.net\/quaequamblog\/feed\/","author":"jamesgraham","date":"2009-09-26 06:40:48","summary":"Camden Council have apologised to a self-employed dress-maker for not lending her a pair of scissors:Lorna Watts, 26, a self-employed dressmaker, was turned down at Holborn Library in central London.She said: “It’s ridiculous – public..."}

I spent most of the Lib Dem conference in a cold fury, venting off to journalists, on Comment is Free and on twitter throughout. It is therefore surprising to find that the one thing I’ve had the most stick for is simply encouraging people to ask..
Topics: federal executive, politics and life, ros scott

{"title":"On asking too many questions\u2026","post_url":"http:\/\/www.theliberati.net\/quaequamblog\/2009\/09\/26\/on-asking-too-many-questions\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.theliberati.net\/quaequamblog\/feed\/","author":"jamesgraham","date":"2009-09-26 06:27:42","summary":"I spent most of the Lib Dem conference in a cold fury, venting off to journalists, on Comment is Free and on twitter throughout. It is therefore surprising to find that the one thing I’ve had the most stick for is simply encouraging people to ask.."}

Clegg has come up with a great Cleggism today: “ferocity with a purpose.”I think it’s actually the first genuinely candid thing he’s said all week. What he’s basically saying is that all this talk about “savage”.
Topics: false killer whales, politics and life

{"title":"Nick Clegg\u2019s angry dolphin","post_url":"http:\/\/www.theliberati.net\/quaequamblog\/2009\/09\/23\/nick-cleggs-angry-dolphin\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.theliberati.net\/quaequamblog\/feed\/","author":"jamesgraham","date":"2009-09-23 02:52:41","summary":"Clegg has come up with a great Cleggism today: “ferocity with a purpose.”I think it’s actually the first genuinely candid thing he’s said all week. What he’s basically saying is that all this talk about “savage”."}

18 of the 29-strong Lib Dem Federal Policy Committee have signed a letter in the Guardian today asserting that……as a clear majority of members of the FPC, we think it would be valuable to clarify now that we predict that our commitment to...
Topics: bones commission, politics and life

{"title":"Policy Committee says no to Clegg: game over?","post_url":"http:\/\/www.theliberati.net\/quaequamblog\/2009\/09\/22\/policy-committee-says-no-to-clegg-game-over\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.theliberati.net\/quaequamblog\/feed\/","author":"jamesgraham","date":"2009-09-22 16:37:19","summary":"18 of the 29-strong Lib Dem Federal Policy Committee have signed a letter in the Guardian today asserting that……as a clear majority of members of the FPC, we think it would be valuable to clarify now that we predict that our commitment to..."}