As an attendee of the BOTYs and not nominated myself for any category i have to agree with every word spidey wrote.

Stephen Glenn considers the new security requirements to attend Liberal Democrat Federal Conference and questions how as a membership development officer for the Northern Ireland local party his work may be hampered by this.

A moving post by Michael looking at living with HIV both for the person infected and their negative partner living in a serodiscordant relationship.

New Lib Dem blogger, Keith McGrellis bursts onto the Lib Dem and Northern Ireland blogospheres with a heartfelt and deeply moving post about coming out as gay to himself, his friends, and family, work colleagues and now the world. This post is extremely well crafted, and has made me, a gay man who's been 'out for 13 years' sit down and cry. Thank you Keith. Keep up the good work.

Gerry Adams wanted a swift indentification to "ease the burden" for, one of 'The Disappered', Peter Wilson's family. But Michael asks what about the burden of the last 39 years not known who had taken, and killed the man.

Traditional Unionist Voice says why they think Northern Ireland doesn't need a Cohesion, Sharing and Integration Programme. For the sake of cohesion, sharing and integration Michael basically tells us why the majority of Northern Ireland don't want or need to hear a traditional unionist voice of this ilk.

44 years to the day since the Aberfan Disaster, Mark Cole gives a perspective on the disaster that shows how it has affected generations of Welsh school children. It made me remember about my English class that read about it for a comprehension - no one was able to speak after that class - everyone was in tears. And I was the only one who had heard of Aberfan before. We need to remember.

Stephen Glenn writes gives his take on the news that the DUP's Peter Robinson is now calling for integrated education in Northern Ireland to try and change the sectarian nature of schooling in Northern Ireland. Time to change the NI 'apartheid'.

There is a rebellion within the Liberal Democrats. Angularities says, "It is a rebellion by Liberal Democrat Ministers in the UK Government against the firm principles of their party."

Micheal reminds one our ministers of her maiden speech when she implored 'honourable members to oppose the measures (tuition and top-up oppose the measures when the time comes) when the time comes'.