YouTube 'cos we want to: Bercow, New Labour and Obama
Welcome to this Friday edition of our new LDV feature rounding up some of the best/worst/most curious political videos doing the rounds. Guaranteed Wimbledon/Jacko free. First up, let’s enjoy new...
View ArticleYouTube 'cos we want to: Obama, Miliband and Mitchell & Webb
Welcome to the weekend edition of our new LDV feature rounding up some of the best/worst/most curious political videos doing the rounds. First up, everyone’s seen that picture of Presidents Obama and...
View ArticleThe Saturday Debate: The last thing we need is politicians who emote
After an extended election break, we’re reviving our Saturday slot posing a view for debate: The election campaign of 2010 will, above all, be remembered for the transformative effect of the television...
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The last book I read in 100 words: O: A Presidential Novel, Anonymous
O: A Presidential Novel, Anonymous The jaunty dust-jacket illustration suggests a sly, quirky, entertainingly intelligent political romp — a Primary Colours for the Obama generation. The reality is a...
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NEW POLL: Who is your Liberal Voice of the Year?
Today’s the day we launch our search for the Liberal Voice of 2011 to find the individual or group which has had the biggest impact on liberalism in the past 12 months. This is the fifth annual award,...
View ArticleWhat The Spectator says: ‘Obama the Lib Dem’. (PS: It may even be a compliment.)
Over at The Spectator, Jonathan Jones looks at the US and UK approaches to their forthcoming budgets — cutting the deficit, taming debt, etc — and his fourth and final point concludes: Obama the Lib...
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LDV Caption Competition: The Obama & Cameron ‘Special Relationship’ Edition
There’s no prize at stake – just the opportunity to prove you’re wittier than any other LDV reader… Here’s the popular leader of a leading nation whose economy is on the road to recovery on a Boy’s...
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Politics in pictures: How Cameron, Clegg & Miliband led from the front this week
It’s been a tumultuous week in the political world. So let’s have a look at how the three main party leaders led from the front in statesmanlike fashion… David Cameron played badminton in a suit… Ed...
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Flow-chart guide to the key battleground states that’ll decide the US...
With a hat-tip to Paul Walter, whose tweet alerted me to this — and with an even bigger genuflection in the direction of its creator, Buzzfeed’s Ruby Cramer — here’s the flow-chart guide which narrows...
View ArticleSteven Spielberg presents… President Obama: “I’m Daniel Day-Lewis.”
The 2013 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the annual event which disproves any notion the Americans can’t do irony… (Watch it on YouTube here.) And here’s the full 20 minute Obama routine: (Watch it...
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