Monthly Archives: October 2012

Happy Rennieversary to Willie and Janet

Posted on October 31, 2012 by

Exactly 4 weeks ago, we all saw Barack Obama mention his 20th wedding anniversary as he started the first presidential debate. I will eat my own iPhone if Willie Rennie does similar in Holyrood this afternoon, but the occasion should … Continue reading →

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Willie Rennie "coolly impressive"….as SNP reject openness in the independence debate

Posted on October 31, 2012 by

Willie Rennie “coolly impressive”…..says journalist Euan McColm, who is not known for dishing out praise without good reason. He was speaking after Willie’s contribution in the Scottish Parliament debate on the events of last week, when it emerged that the … Continue reading →

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In full: Jo Swinson’s speech to Scottish Liberal Democrat Conference

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

Jo Swinson gave her first speech to Scottish Conference as a Minister. Her remarks were similar to the speech she gave at Federal Conference last month – but that didn’t matter because there many people in Dunfermline on Saturday hadn’t … Continue reading →

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In full: Michael Moore’s speech in full to Scottish Liberal Democrat Conference

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

Good speech from Mike on Saturday – a bit more fire towards the SNP than we normally get from him, which I liked. Also lots of positive reasons to stay in the Union and a “watch out, the Electoral Commission’s … Continue reading →

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Why we are better together #indyref

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

These lovely people at Better Together have put together a video of young people from across Scotland talking about why they think Scotland should stay as part of the UK. Like they say, nobody’s saying we couldn’t manage on our own, … Continue reading →

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Praise for Willie Rennie in the Herald of all places

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

It’s not, shall we say, anything like usual for the Herald to say anything nice about Liberal Democrats. Sometimes I wonder if they have a special container of bile that they dip their keyboards in before they write about us. … Continue reading →

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Scottish Liberal Democrat Conference according to Twitter

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

I’ve done a quick Storify of tweets from Scottish Liberal Democrat Conference – it has lots of pictures and lots of points of view of the day. There’s tweets from the keynote speeches, the fringe and the general atmosphere. Oh, … Continue reading →

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