Monthly Archives: September 2009

>Brown’s barbaric plans to stigmatise teenage mothers.

Posted on September 29, 2009 by caronlindsay

>I’m going to leave others to rip to shreds Gordon Brown’s claims on the economy and his new found belief in local Post Offices he made in his speech today. There’s plenty of scope for an awful lot of shreds. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gordon Brown, Teenage Pregnancy, Tom Harris | 6 Comments

>More Child Safety nonsense – a tale of two wonderful women

Posted on September 28, 2009 by caronlindsay

>Let me tell you about two wonderful women in my life. They’ve recently got to know each other and become good friends. They will know who they are. Both are in their mid 30s (and one of them is, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Family | 6 Comments

>Hamilton on Pole as Brawns struggle in Singapore

Posted on September 27, 2009 by caronlindsay

>“apart from the shunt at the end of the qualify it was a positive day…flat out tomorrow” You have to love Rubens Barrichello. It can’t be easy to maintain a positive attitude on a day when the Gearbox Fairy had … Continue reading →

Posted in Eddie Jordan, F1, Jake Humphrey, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Ross Brawn, Rubens Barrichello, Sebastian Vettel | Leave a comment

>Of Savage Cuts and Tuition Fees

Posted on September 22, 2009 by caronlindsay

>Sometimes we Liberal Democrats can be too honest for our own good. It would have made our lives a lot easier if we had concentrated on passing the fabulous policies on our agenda without looking at the financial context in … Continue reading →

Posted in Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg | 1 Comment

>A Very Sweary Conference

Posted on September 22, 2009 by caronlindsay

>I had to laugh last night when, at 6pm, BBC Parliament introduced the recorded coverage of the day’s proceedings at Party Conference at Bournemouth with a warning about offensive language. In fact, there were 3 incidents of swearing that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Davies, Liberal Democrats Conference. | 2 Comments

>Relief for Renault as Flavio shown the door

Posted on September 21, 2009 by caronlindsay

>The World Motor Sport Council met this morning in Paris to decide the fate of the Renault F1 team after it as good as admitted that its former team principal, flamboyant Flavio Briatore, and his engineering director Pat Symonds, had … Continue reading →

Posted in F1, FIA, Flavio Briatore, Nelson Piquet Jr, Renault | Leave a comment

>Lang and Lyon back Referendum on Independence

Posted on September 20, 2009 by caronlindsay

>I sat down to watch the debate on Devolution from Liberal Democrat Conference in Bournemouth a bit grumpily because I had forgotten the time and missed Alistair Carmichael’s opening speech. In virtually any debate, I’d always class Alistair’s contribution as … Continue reading →

Posted in George Lyon MEP, Independence Referendum, Kevin Lang, Liberal Democrats Conference. | 2 Comments

>Real Women get Liberal Democrat Conference off to a cracking start

Posted on September 19, 2009 by caronlindsay

>Someone in the first policy debate of the Conference complained that the Real Women policy paper had in some way been sidelined by giving it such an early slot in the agenda. I don’t think so. If the quality of … Continue reading →

Posted in Jo Swinson, Liberal Democrats Conference., Real Women | 1 Comment

>Happy Birthday, Stephen Glenn

Posted on September 19, 2009 by caronlindsay

>Forty years ago today, in Northern Ireland, the phenomenon that is Stephen Glenn was born. He was raised in the beautiful seaside town of Bangor, home to some of my favourite relatives, but he doesn’t seem to know any of … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, Stephen Glenn | 2 Comments

>Nick Clegg’s Liberal Moment

Posted on September 17, 2009 by caronlindsay

>I haven’t yet had either the time or the energy to read through the entire 92 pages of Nick Clegg’s new pamphlet, “The Liberal Moment.” I will do and I’ll write more about it later when this horrible cold that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Nick Clegg, The Liberal Moment | 2 Comments