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Casting the net - Clegg, by a nose

by Aaron Heath
December 19, 2007 at 1:41 pm

Welcome to Casting the net, Liberal Conspiracy’s daily web review.

The Lib Dems have an early Christmas present…
In the shape of a new leader, Nick Clegg.

The Yorksher Gob - A Clegg Victory
The Huhne-lovin’ Gob is not a happy camper.

Simon Heffer/Telegraph - Why Nick Clegg’s election could change Britain
The Hefferlump thinks Clegg is “charming, serious, intelligent and even sincere.” If that’s not reason enough to loathe Clegg, I don’t know what is.

Jonathan Freedland/CiF - If Clegg gets it right in 2008, he could bring the Lib Dems into government
Clegg is the latest Mini-Blair to be elected to lead a major political party, and this one has a big job on his hands, too.

Steve Richards/Independent - Now that he is leader, Clegg cannot afford to trip up in the ways he did as a candidate
After a tepid election, Nick Clegg must get serious. Preparation is the key.

Chris Dillow - How to elect leaders
Does a crap campaign make a crap leader?

Stephen Tall/LDV - Now’s your chance, Nick
An open letter from one of the Lib Dem’s leading bloggers.

Obsolete - The clunking Clegg.
Clegg won: meh.

The Very Fluffy Diary of Millennium Dome, Elephant - Nick Clegg: His Hand on My Bottom
Millennium Elephant’s very different take on events.

Cicero’s Songs - Brown and Out
There will be no honeymoon, Clegg will have to get straight to work.

Highlights
Julie Burchill/CiF - Why I love Tesco
Independent shopkeepers should stop whining and get off their lazy arses. Tesco rules. Via.

New Direction - About liberalism
A lengthy essay from politico-in-waiting, Tom Miller.
Westmonster - A sad day

Newsnight’s coverage of the Lib Dem election was garbage, and indicates “the Death of Political Journalism on the BBC.” A little bit sensational, maybe?

Alex Parsons - The Church is stealing Christmas
The Christians are angry, the atheists are angry. It’s Christmas Time!

Jon’s union blog - Here we go, here we go, here we go?
Don’t expect the next round of union pay talks to be any easier.

Elsewhere
John’s Labour blog - Galloway sticks knife in over SWP sleaze
Graham Watson MEP/LDV - United in Europe
Chris Paul - Tory Health Charity Hijack: Ashcroft’s Bearwood Barefaced
Stephen Newton - Beth Ditto on Keira Knightley
Liberal Burblings - Iain Dale proves that the Tories wouldn’t recognise decentralisation if it hit them in the face
William Gumede/CiF - Zuma’s victory may trigger the break-up of the ANC

If you would like your blog or site to be considered as source material for future reviews, drop me an email at aaronh [at] liberalconspiracy [dot] org with the relevant url. I can then enter it into my RSS reader and monitor it for suitable content to be included. Likewise, if you have a specific article/post you feel deserves a little more traffic, get in touch.

· About the author: Aaron Heath is a regular contributor to Liberal Conspiracy. He is a writer based in Tallinn, Estonia. He is both socially and economically liberal. His main areas of interest are foreign affairs, culture, technology, and economics. As a father of two, he also writes about parenting. Also at: tygerland.net and Rational Geekery

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at 1:50 pm on December 19, 2007
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1. comment by
Lee Griffin

Obviously this subject was always going to be overshadowed by the Lib Dem contest, but I feel it’s really important that people interested in this site don’t miss the confusing issue of what the Government is actually trying to achieve with its new visa plans.

http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2007/12/visas-for-non-eu-visitors-another.html
& http://www.griffindor.org.uk/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1197997338&archive=&start_from=&ucat=2,12& (shameless I know) both go into this issue which seems to be trying to change things for the sake of change, or in worse scenarios change things because of an underlying prejudice in such a way that won’t really affect the richer, whiter world.

at 2:03 pm on December 19, 2007
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2. comment by
Lee Griffin

Interesting rant too by Julie, unfortunately seeming to be half of the truths that the anti-supermarket lobby keep missing but then bumped up with half of a lot of misguided opinion. If only both sides could reconcile and lose their respective junk!

at 3:12 pm on December 19, 2007
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3. comment by
Aaron Heath

Hi Lee,

Thanks for the links. Obviously I can’t see every single blog, every day - my Google reader doesn’t have them all… yet!

Please feel free to email me your tips, and then you can make sure they get exposure here. Likewise, other readers are free to email me, or, like you have, use the comments section to share recommendations.

It’s a big blogosphere - let’s sort the wheat from the chaff together.

BTW. That is *more* crap legislation.

at 4:22 pm on December 19, 2007
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4. comment by
Lee Griffin

Not a problem Aaron, I’m not seeking fame and fortune here ;) I knew that the big news from liberal blogs would be the leadership contest, and I would be pushing for the debate to start on the Visa consultation and for the word to get out there regardless.

Like you say, I think using the comments section when we have discovered a blog a little later in the day as I did here is a great way of making sure all the important issues for readers get proliferated a little more.

For now I’ve set up a facebook group to try and promote the fact that people can have their say about this (for as much as that may be worth). http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=29410830136

at 10:39 am on December 20, 2007
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5. comment by
Jennie

Bwahahahahahahaha top of the pile again

I think you just like to cause maniacal laughter in me, don’t you? I wouldn’t call myself a Huhnista, but I suppose, given my feelings on Clegg, I am a Huhnista by default… I’ve been impressed by Clegg’s balls in admitting to atheism in the current climate, though, so my feelings on him have softened a tad

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