Opinion: RIPA – Lib Dems are leading the way in improving scrutiny of council...
As the latest series of reality show Big Brother graces our TV screens, I wonder if all those millions of viewers remember that – 60 years since George Orwell published 1984 – we are increasingly...
View ArticleCommentIsLinked@LDV… Terry Stacy: Councils must be transparent and...
Well, it’s not quite an op-ed article, but there’s a detailed letter from Lib Dem leader of Islington Council, Cllr Terry Stacy, urges all councils to follow Islington’s example, and reject the local...
View ArticleBoris Johnson brings the house down
The Mayor of London, who is in charge of the capital’s planning issues, was told to remove a wooden summer house at his Islington home because it was built without planning permission. From the Times:...
View ArticleDonna Boffa RIP
Sad news has reached us here at Lib Dem Voice that Islington Councillor Donna Boffa died today after a long illness. From the Islington Tribune: Cllr Boffa, 43, was first elected to represent Bunhill...
View ArticleBrian Coleman tops lists of expense claims, again
Conservative London Assembly member Brian Coleman has often been in the news over the years for his expense claims (not to mention his attempt to ban questions of himself), so I hesitate slightly to...
View ArticleLiberal Democrats receive Queen’s Birthday Honours
Graham Watson, Liberal Democrat MEP for South West England and Gibraltar, has received a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2011. He’s listed under Knights Bachelor – Knighthoods: Graham Robert...
View ArticleOpinion: Under Occupation – The Catch 22 of the Welfare Reform Bill
Most of the measures in the Welfare Reform Bill are extremely sensible. Designed to streamline a byzantine system where fraud was far too easy and anomalies like benefit recipients living in million...
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