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 Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Liberal Democrats are the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom.
The Liberal Democrat leader appoints a team of Members of Parliament (MPs) and Peers to speak for the party on different issues.
Liberal Democrat peers are also organised into teams broadly corresponding to the areas of Government departments.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberal_Democrat_Frontbench_Team   (864 words)

  
 THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS PARTY UK POLITICS
The Liberal Democrats are descended from the Liberal Party which dominated British politics for much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
During Labour's second term, the Liberal Democrats won support due to their opposition to the war on Iraq, and Charles Kennedy expressed his intention for his party to replace the Conservatives as the main opposition.
The Liberal Democrats are a member party of the Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and their 12 MEPs form part of the ALDE group in the European Parliament.
www.solarnavigator.net /embassies/liberal_democrat_party_politics.htm   (5101 words)

  
 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
The Liberal Democrats are descended from the Liberal Party which dominated British politics for much of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
In recent times the Liberal Democrats have won support due to their opposition to the war on Iraq, and Charles Kennedy has expressed his intention for his party to replace the Conservatives as the main opposition.
They therefore style themselves as a Shadow Cabinet, though this was previously the title used to describe the group of leading spokesmen and women associated with the official Leader of the Opposition, i.e.
www.irelandinformationguide.com /Liberal_Democrats_(UK)   (2400 words)

  
 Oliver Kamm: Liberal Democrats and tax
Liberal Democrat MPs are being urged to be more disciplined in making pledges on spending amid anxiety that Tony Blair is repeatedly using the issue to savage the party's leader, Charles Kennedy.
As a public service to any Liberal Democrats who might be reading this, I offer these observations on where I think in principle – leaving aside the empirical question of which of their spending commitments they would like us to take seriously and which not – their fiscal assumptions are vulnerable.
It’s fair enough for the Liberal Democrats to change their minds on what purposes the assumed revenues of their proposed tax hike should be allocated to.
oliverkamm.typepad.com /blog/2004/02/liberal_democra.html   (2302 words)

  
 The Alternative Green Cabinet
The liberals have majority support based within the leadership of small state parties, many of them with active memberships of under 100 Greens, some with single digits, while GDI adherents hold wide majorities based in the states with the largest parties that, under current Green Party bylaws, are highly underrepresented in the national leadership.
The liberal wing of the Green National Committee (GNC), however, strongly opposed this proposal and the vote to seat one pro-GDI delegate was defeated 57 to 34 (with 4 abstentions).
The Democrats continue to support the occupation of Iraq and the renewal of the Patriot Act, gave the margin of victory for the passage of CAFTA in the Senate, and stand prepared to confirm the nomination of conservative activist John Roberts to the Supreme Court.
www.greencabinet.org   (3988 words)

  
 Liberal Democrat
The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity.
We are determined to strengthen the democratic process and ensure that there is a just and representative system of government with effective Parliamentary institutions, freedom of information, decisions taken at the lowest practicable level and a fair voting system for all elections.
One of the architects of the Liberal Democrats capture of Sutton Council in South West London from the Conservatives in 1986.
www.municipalyearbook.co.uk /index.asp?pageid=410   (1603 words)

  
 PublicTechnology.net
The Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet reshuffle has been completed, with Jo Swinson MP joins the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland.
David Heath MP remains as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and the Shadow Cabinet Office Minister with responsibility for human rights legislation.
The Awards were supported by the Cabinet Office e-Government Unit, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm), and SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers).
www.publictechnology.net /article_avantgo.php?sid=4596   (674 words)

  
 Liberal Comment: May 01, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
British voters are notoriously tactical, and one of the main reasons that anti-war voters didn't flock to the Liberal Democrats was that they were terrified that doing so would allow the Conservatives to slip in by the back door.
And the Liberal Democrats, led by the youthful Charles Kennedy, didn't quite manage to replace the Conservatives as the main opposition party.
The mainstream media (yes, the so-called "liberal" media) immediately latched onto this statistic, and the myth of the "moral values election" was born.
www.liberalcomment.com /2005_05_01_tobyemden_archive.html   (7203 words)

  
 Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Liberal Democrats are the official opposition to the Conservative-run Council.
The Liberal Democrats on the County Council have joined in pressing Thames Water for more detail on why the proposed new reservoir at Steventon is needed.
The local County Councillors for the Radley Lakes and the adjacent area, Liberal Democrats Bob Johnston and Lesley Legge have expressed their disappointment at the Secretary of State's decision not to call in the Conservative County Council's approval of the application for dumping ash in Radley Lakes.
www.oxfordshirelibdems.org.uk   (784 words)

  
 Scottish Lib Dems: News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Nick Clegg MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, today warned the Government that it should not try to impose compulsory ID cards until the British people have had the chance to make their own judgement on them at the next General Election.
John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, has accused the Conservative leader, David Cameron of failing to control his backbench MPs who are attempting to 'talk out' the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill.
Alistair Carmichael, Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland is leading the calls to allow compensation to be paid to the British victims of terrorist atrocities abroad.
www.scotlibdems.org.uk /news/march.shtml   (1978 words)

  
 Manchester's Parking Woes Continue (Manchester Liberal Democrats Online)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Manchester's 33 Liberal Democrat Councillors and MP work hard all year round.
Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet member Councillor Paul Shannon, who sits on Manchester Council's powerful Executive Committee, said that the latest figures are just not good enough:
Contrast this with Liberal Democrat Liverpool: with only 138 appeals last year, it had a top-ten performance as the 8th-best Council in the country for its rate of parking appeals.
www.manchester-libdems.org.uk /news/55.html   (343 words)

  
 About Susan (Susan Kramer)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
She serves as the Shadow International Development Secretary for the Liberal Democrats.
Since being elected she has also been appointed as the Liberal Democrat Ambassador to The City of London, and Chair of the Environmental Taxation Taskforce.
Susan first made her mark in politics as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London in 2000, campaigning to stop the privatisation of the Tube and for dedicated local police teams.
www.susankramer.org.uk /pages/susanbio.html   (486 words)

  
 Blair's sleaze probes leading to loss of public trust (Wolverhampton Liberal Democrats)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Liberal Democrat web development by Prater Raines Partners.
The Cabinet Secretary was called upon to check whether Ms Jowell had breached any rules and it was Tony Blair who cleared her of wrongdoing.
Sir Alistair told the interviewer that at the moment a local government councillor is subject to a more onerous regime as far as their ethical standards are concerned than a senior government minister.
www.wolverhamptonlibdems.org.uk /news/347.html   (456 words)

  
 Charles Kennedy resigns as Liberal Democrat leader
Charles Kennedy resigned as leader of Britain's Liberal Democrat party.
The Liberal Democrat system calls for a vote (I would guess by mail) by all the 70,000-odd dues paying members of the party, using a "transferrable vote," or instant run-off, system.
From the looks of it, it may settle into a battle between the social liberal (big state) and the libertarian (small state) wings of the party.
homepage.mac.com /dtnelson/iblog/C925187820/E20060107144022/index.html   (189 words)

  
 Liberal Democrats : LIBERAL DEMOCRAT SHADOW CABINET RESHUFFLE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
John Thurso MP will combine Shadow Transport and Scotland Secretary; Don Foster MP becomes Shadow Secretary for Culture, Media and Sport; Sandra Gidley MP will be Spokesman for Older People as well as Shadow Minister for Women.
Tom Brake MP joins the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary for International Development;  Malcom Bruce MP rejoins the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary for Trade and Industry.
* Evan Harris MP is leaving the Shadow Cabinet for personal reasons.  His partner was recently diagnosed with a serious form of cancer.  He hopes to return to the Shadow Cabinet at some time in the future.
www.libdems.org.uk /index.cfm/page.homepage/section.home/article.5325   (567 words)

  
 Liberal democrat shadow cabinet (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-01.bu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
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 The new Shadow Cabinet | Liberal Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Some have suggested that this is a meagre reward for a man who gained 43% of the final vote in the leadership election.
After all, Environment is not generally considered to be one of the 'great offices of state', and to shadow the Environment minister is not, perhaps, one of the most glamorous jobs in politics.
I take a similarly dim view of this as I do of their liberal credentials.
www.liberalreview.com /node/111   (771 words)

  
 Welsh Liberal Democrats - news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly leader Michael German today accused the Conservative Party of drifting without a coherent policy for the Government of Wales.
And as Mr Howard announced his shadow cabinet, there is no place for a shadow Secretary of State for Wales, despite the views of the outgoing Nigel Evans, dropped from Mr Howard's team.
Mr Howard was the shadow Home Secretary who in 1997 pledged to do all in his power to stop the Referendum Bill that led to devolution for Wales.
www.welshlibdems.org.uk /news_e_detail.asp?newsNo=445   (435 words)

  
 Paul Burstow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-01.bu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
He is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam.
He was promoted to the Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet as the Shadow Secretary of State for Health in 2003.
He was stood down from the Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet following the 2005 General Election, but was appointed as the spokesman on London.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Paul_Burstow   (585 words)

  
 Ashford Liberal Democrats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Liberal Democrats work hard to keep in touch with local people right across the Ashford and Tenterden area.
Shadow Cabinet Minister Ed Davey is to be the guest speaker at the 2006 Ashford Liberal Democrat dinner.
Liberal Democrats from across Britain are heading for Brighton this weekend to put in place the policy framework that will take the party through the rest of this Parliament.
www.ashfordlibdems.org.uk   (647 words)

  
 The Apollo Project
If the Liberal Democrats are to be credible on public finances and on social policy, we will need to demonstrate that we are capable not only of suggesting extra spending, but also identifying savings.
Most Liberals would take it for what it is - patronising, insulting, and a useful reminder of why we're not members of the Conservative Party.
Ming, on the other hand, took the line that persuasion and leadership would be more effective and essayed a liberal philosophy that I was impressed by.
www.liberalism2010.blogspot.com   (10163 words)

  
 Can Dems form a "SHADOW GOV'T" NOW? Will Europe and Russia Seek to Check U.S. Power? - BuzzFlash Reader ...
In the UK, the conservatives who have been so long out of power have a "SHADOW CABINET" which is recognized by the British media and reported on.
There is a "Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and House of Lords", and "Shadow" Secretaries for all of the Cabinet offices.
A "SHADOW GOV'T" of Democrats could be the Rove-like PR gimmick that wins the public's attention.
www.buzzflash.com /contributors/03/05/19_shadow.html   (461 words)

  
 Colin Breed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Colin’s first parliamentary job was as the Party’s spokesman on Competition and Consumer Affairs and his report "Checking out the Supermarkets" instigated the Office for Fair Trading report and the Competition Commission investigation into supermarket profitability.
In October 1999, Charles Kennedy appointed Colin to the Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister.
In 2002 Colin Breed was appointed junior Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on Defence which forms part of the Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs and Defence team headed up by the Rt.
www.colinbreed.org.uk /biography/Colin.phtml   (395 words)

  
 Corrupt government, conspiracy, new world order, no future.
y Richard Boylan Ph.D. The secret "shadow" government is the large organizational network which operates alongside the officially elected and appointed government of the United States of America.
However, unlike the official government, the purpose of the non-executive branches of the Shadow Government is simply to distribute various functions, but not to achieve a system of checks and balances, as was supposed to happen constitutionally between the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. Government.
That is because the Shadow Government is a creature of a powerful elite, who need not fear being dominated by an instrument of their own creation.
www.pushhamburger.com /shadow_gov_.htm   (1215 words)

  
 LiberalOasis: Archives For The Week of May 22, 2005
To be clear, it is generally not an imperative to filibuster executive branch nominations.
The fight to reform and modernize the Democratic Party to survive in today’s political and media environment is by no means over.
liberals seem to be taking solace in that the filibuster was saved, the fringe fundamentalists are livid and Bill Frist looks weak.
www.liberaloasis.com /archives/052205.htm   (3844 words)

  
 Romseyredhead: Bird flu treatment
According to the Times politicians are to be first in line to receive bird flu pills.
Not clear whether this is to be restricted to Cabinet Ministers or distributed more widely.
She is in the Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet with responsibility for women and older people.
romseyredhead.blogspot.com /2005/08/bird-flu-treatment.html   (142 words)

  
 Liberal democrat shadow cabinet (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-01.bu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
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 Liberal Democrats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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One of the more interesting trends observed at the election was the Lib Dems replacing the Conservatives as Labour's main opponents in several urban areas.
Using a two-dimensional scale, Political Compass has labeled the Liberal Democrats as central on economic issues but liberal on social issues.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)   (4738 words)

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