It looks like we are set for a “war” in the autumn over the Lib Dem Tax Commission’s proposals to drop the party’s commitment to a 50p supertax. The Federal Policy Committee are insisting that removing it should only be an “option” for the party to vote on, while Ming is staking his leadership on… Continue reading Willy waving over 50p
Month: July 2006
Make Absentions Count?
I’m usually quite sceptical of a lot of the schemes you read about on tinternet for solving our problems with democracy in this country, but this idea is at least worth debating: I want to see political parties get penalized for a low electoral turn out. In other words, if we are fed up with… Continue reading Make Absentions Count?
Loony Rooney
No, not the ugly mug who arguably just got us kicked out of the World Cup, but Josephine Rooney, the latest pensioner who has been getting all excited over the thought of being under the jackboot of Joan “the freak” Ferguson (only to be frustrated when a do gooder went and paid her council tax… Continue reading Loony Rooney