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What David Laws and Jeremy Browne said at conference..

By Angela Harbutt
September 23rd, 2011 at 1:04 pm | 1 Comment | Posted in Liberal Democrats

On Monday evening Liberal vision and the Institute of Economic Affairs co-hosted a fabulous fringe event  in Birmingham. Our distinguished panel considered how entering government has changed the Liberal Democrats. Whether deficit reduction meant the party has embraced a new economic direction? Whether the days of the Lib Dems making high public spending pledges were over? And to what extent the LibDem leadership is now decisively “free market liberal”?

Our thanks to the wonderful Michael Crick for being such an organised, as well as thoroughly entertaining, chairman and to our speakers Jeremy Browne MP, David Laws MP, Mark Littlewood (IEA), Simon Goldie (LV) and especially to James Forsyth (Spectator) who was drafted in with less than 12 hours to go when Peter Oborne was unavoidably detained elsewhere.

Despite the huge numbers attending the event (standing room only) there are still a loads of you out there who could not make the event and have been begging ( yes begging!) to be told what was said.  We will try to get a more professional video up for you in the next day or two covering comments from all the speakers…. But for those who cant wait – here are the speeches from David Laws and Jeremy Browne (and err… apologies for “shakeycam” – these clips have been grabbed off the back up camera)…..

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Lib Dem Conference Event: Lembit Opik, Guido Fawkes, Jeremy Browne, Richard Grayson, Stephen Haseler…

By Julian Harris
September 15th, 2010 at 11:55 am | 1 Comment | Posted in coalition, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats

guidoSo…

This is the week we’ve all been waiting for. Waiting, patiently. Silently. Waiting.

Then waiting some more.

Yet suddenly HARK! IT STARTS!

Yes, that’s right – the Liberal Democrat Conference 2010 begins this Saturday. I can almost feel your auricles fluttering from here.

If you’re going to conference, come to this:

“Coalition, Cuts and Conservatives: an attractive agenda for the Lib Dems?”

It features:

  • GUIDO FAWKES!
  • JEREMY BROWNE MP!
  • LEMBIT OPIK!
  • PROFESSOR RICHARD GRAYSON!
  • STEPHEN HASELER!

And me.

Mark Littlewood, now head of the IEA, chairs the event.

It’s on Sunday 19th September, 8pm – 9:15pm.

Location: ACC Liverpool, Hall 11C

It’s free, but get there early to avoid disappointment. It’s inside the venue, so you need a conference pass.

Also, if you would like to HELP Liberal Vision during the conference, drop me an e-mail with “Help! You need somebody (me)” in the subject line. I know, I know. I have my coat and am heading for the door. I can only apologise.

And finally… young Liberal Democrat Niklas Smith has been doing valuable work critiquing the free schools motion. You can read his excellent evidence-check against the motion here: http://ldv.org.uk/20890

But for now adios, and we’ll see you in Liverpool.

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