Category Archives: Liberal Democrats
Thoughts on Chris Huhne and the Eastleigh by-election
Chris Huhne did something that was wrong and stupid, and now he has to take the punishment for it. It’s a shame that a career that promised so much has to end this way, but if he’d taken the care to actually drive sensibly in the first place, he wouldn’t be in this position. As [...]
An easy opportunity to get more women in Parliament
Following some of the links from the Lib Dem Voice Golden Dozen, I found this post by Richard Morris suggesting names for potential new Lib Dem members of the House of Lords. As I’ve stated many times before, I’d like to see the House of Lords replaced with an elected chamber – it’s the 21st [...]
Why the party’s structures have put it in so much trouble
I’ve just read a pretty Related PostsTen years of blogging: looking back Ten years of blogging: 2012 Ten years of blogging: 2011 Ten years of blogging: 2010 Ten years of blogging: 2009
You are free to do as we tell you
Simon Titley’s got a lot of attention for the Liberator blog by posting the party’s latest ‘message script’ email. Obviously, as a mere councillor, I’m not important enough to have received that email – indeed, I seem to be missing a lot of emails from the party at present, which makes me wonder who I’ve [...]
Regional Policy Committee election result
I don’t have the full result yet, but I have been informed that, along with Janet Nunn and Nigel Quinton, I’ve been elected as one of the members of the East of England Liberal Democrat Regional Policy Committee. Thank you to everyone who voted for me – I look forward to having the chance to [...]
The cost of ‘shares for rights’
Via Gareth Epps, and also reported here, it looks like there’s even more evidence building up to show how George Osborne’s ‘shares for rights’ (or employee ownership, to give the official name) is going to cause a lot more problems than it solves. (Indeed, I’m not sure that it’s solving any actual problems) I’ve concentrated [...]
For coalitions to work, there has to be trust
Back in September, I explained my reasons for wanting to see an end to the coalition, and nothing I’ve seen politically in the last three months has caused me to change my mind on that issue. One of the reasons I gave for wanting to see it end was that “the coalition’s no longer about [...]
Shares for rights: The right to have your opinion listened to has been ignored
If you ever wonder why people think government consultations are just a matter of routine that they get out of the way before they go and do what they’ve always planned, then the Government’s response to their ‘shares for rights’ proposal (PDF file) won’t surprise you at all. It’s a masterpiece of setting out all [...]
Why oh why
Reading this, I’m struck by a question or two: Is there any issue the libertarian right think can’t be solved by the supposedly free market? And how many issues can be discussed by them without straw man arguments and ad hominem attacks on those who disagree with them? (I’m considering a longer post on the [...]
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