Wales Vote 2011: Devolved elections campaign round-up
Ed Jacobs gives a round-up of the key issues, policies and dividing lines between the parties and their leaders in the forthcoming Welsh elections.
Liberal Democrats
Will David Cameron make Lansley a scapegoat, and will it work?
Dominic Browne asks whether Andrew Lansley will be scapegoated by David Cameron and suggests him being left in the job might work better for the left.
Is a vote for the Scottish Lib Dems a vote for independence?
Will Lib Dems compromise on the issue of Scottish independence for the sake of cutting a deal for power; the issue hots up the Scottish elections, Ed Jacobs.
Local Elections 2011: View from a student ward
When the Lib Dem MP Adrian Sanders wrote that his party had ‘lost a generation of young voters’, he may have had his party’s screeching u-turn on tuition fees in mind. So whether student disaffection with Nick Clegg’s party is likely to have an electoral impact is one of the key questions of the 5th May elections.
Is the government really “losing sleep” over cuts in university places?
Will Straw looks at whether the government are really “losing sleep” over the cuts to university places.
Lib Dem backbencher: “We have lost a generation of young voters”
Liberal Democrat backbench MP Adrian Sanders has attacked the party leadership for losing “a generation of young voters”, alienating “thousands of tactical voters” and a “lack of engagement”.
AV keeps the BNP in their cage
The official briefing paper on AV has flaws but makes the point well that the BNP will suffer from a Yes vote on May 5th, reports the Green Party’s Rupert Read.
Where do the Welsh Tories stand on the deficit?
Ed Jacobs reports on the Welsh Tory tactic of claiming to support the cuts, whilst simultaneously calling for extra spending.
Govt. must go beyond cosmetic changes to health bill warn Lib Dem activists
It’s at this time that the Liberal Democrat grassroots pressure for changes must be heard the loudest, to prevent the government from making cosmetic or wrong-headed amendments to the NHS legislation and try to pass them off as significant improvements to the policy.
No accident that emergency waiting times are longer
Dominic Browne reports on the rise in accident and emergency waiting times since Andrew Lansley scrapped government targets.