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Home of the Green Arrow (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
The only wreaths I want when it is my time to go are BNP ones There I was, just researching into the continuing failings of the Social Services and the NSPCC in protecting innocent children from people who should have have been sterilised at birth but instead prefer to play at politics - when Beep . Off goes my search engine as another attack is launched at the British National Party . Checking it,...
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Moments of Clarity (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
Interesting report by Iain Dale on a meeting he attended last night. His comments on the Lib Dems ran thus; "Willie Rennie was the victor of the 2006 Dunfermline by-election. He is also the head of the LibDems Parliamentary Campaigns team (or so it said on the programme). LibDems are normally very switched in with regard to campaigning. Generally, they "get" what technology can contribute to campaigns....
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
Yesterday afternoon I was part of a panel at the e-Democray conference . Pete Bazalgette (who created Big Brother), Labour MP Margaret Moran and LibDem MP Willie Rennie were the other participants. Normally, this sort of panel is quite tepid because there is a certain amount of agreement across the panel. Not yesterday. Willie Rennie was the victor of the 2006 Dunfermline by-election. He is also the...
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Caron's Musings (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
Willie Rennie MP today launched a Ten Minute Rule Bill in Parliament which aims to end the scandal whereby a driving instructor who has been convicted of sexually assaulting a client can continue to work while the process takes place to remove them as an approved instructor. He had been made aware of this loophole by a brave constituent who had endured an assault by her driving instructor. She assumed...
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Aberavon & Neath Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
Over 9,000 MoD properties which could have been used to house service personnel and their families were left vacant last year, according to new figures revealed by the Liberal Democrats. In response to a Parliamentary Question by Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson, Willie Rennie, Defence Minister Kevan Jones revealed that: · A total of 9,046 units of Service Family Accomodation (SFA) are currently...
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Caron's Musings (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Aided by a rather majestic looking golden eagle, Liberal Democrat candidate for Glenrothes Harry Wills launched his campaign today accompanied by Tavish "Tax Cut" Scott, Dunfermline by-election winner Willie Rennie and Dunfermline West MSP Jim Tolson. Willie's comments reminded me of the last cold and wintry Scottish by-election - his own, in Dunfermline, in February 2006. That campaign was fought...
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Caron's Musings (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
New MP for Glasgow East John Mason debated, among other things, the issue of ID cards with Dunfermline by-election victor Willie Rennie and Aberdeen South MP Anne Begg on Scotland at Ten. He and Willie were obviously on the same side. Now, there are very many reasons to oppose ID cards and the biometric information they hold. Put simply, they are an expensive, ineffective waste of time. It's an easy...
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Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Now in my third month in Scotland, I’m on my second by-election. Glenrothes has come around following the tragic death of John McDougall. It is one of four Parliamentary seats in Fife; we hold two of them, Sir Menzies Campbell in North East Fife and Willie Rennie in Dunfermline (which as you will recall we won [...]
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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
Commenting on the Scottish Affairs Committee’s report on the defence industry in Scotland, Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson, Willie Rennie said: "The yards at Rosyth and on the Clyde have been waiting far too long for the deal to build Britain’s new aircraft carriers. "The Government’s go ahead for this deal, which it gave last month, was welcome. "But many people will not believe the carriers...
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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
Responding to today's report by the Armed Forces Pay Review Board, which confirms a major shortfall in the number of service personnel, Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson , Willie Rennie said: "The MoD is seriously threatening the effectiveness of our forces. They are asking too much of too few. "This level of overstretch is alarming but unsurprising. With extensive operations in Iraq and Afghanistan,...
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LibDem Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/08/2007
Following on from my review of the uses MPs are making of Facebook, here’s the top ten listing of Liberal Democrat MPs, based on how many friends they have: Ming Campbell Steve Webb Jo Swinson Lembit Opik Stephen Williams Lynne Featherstone Julia Goldsworthy Willie Rennie Sarah Teather Chris Huhne (Rankings are based on number of friends in their official profiles on Facebook, as at 30 July [...]