The Lib Dems alone are truly serious about voting reform
Whatever Gordon Brown or David Cameron say, their new enthusiasm for changing our political system is deeply unconvincing.
AR
31 May 2009
News
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Disaster for Gordon Brown as Labour falls below Lib Dems in new poll Gordon Brown has suffered a devastating blow with a new opinion poll showing Labour's support in a general election falling behind the Liberal Democrats for the first time in 22 years.
Gordon Brown has suffered a devastating blow with a new opinion poll showing Labour's support in a general election falling behind the Liberal Democrats for the first time in 22 years.
PHPE
30 May 2009
New Poll Puts Lib Dems in 2nd Place Nationally
The ICM poll for The Sunday Telegraph puts the Liberal Democrats in second place for the first time in the party's 21 year history.
30 May 2009
A 100 Day Action Plan to save Britain's Democracy
Britain's democracy is at a turning point. Not in living memory has confidence in politicians, trust in the system, or faith in the government's capacity to change things been as low as it is today. The expenses scandal has exposed a culture of arrogance and secrecy that has long been at the heart of our democracy.
29 May 2009
No holiday for MPs till we fix politics - Nick Clegg - Lib Dem leader unveils 100-day plan to abolish Lords and reform voting following MPs' expenses row
Britain's politicians should be barred from taking their summer holidays until the constitutional crisis sparked by the expenses row is resolved and "every nook and cranny" of the political system is reformed, Nick Clegg declares today.
NWASRT
28 May 2009
UKIP Must Answer for Opposition to Expenses Reform
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has been foremost in criticising MPs in the recent expenses row. Now the Liberal Democrats' Ed Davey MP has challenged UKIP to publish details of their MEPs' expenses and to explain their shameful record of voting against reform in the European Parliament.
27 May 2009
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