The handout says: In addition there are specific political challenges that must be faced up to: Trust: public participation in party politics is at an all-time low, even if interest in political issues remains high. The public largely feels that it is not listened to and that ‘politicians are all the same.’ New Political Climate:… Continue reading Meeting the Challenge 3: Political Challenges
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Lib-Lab-Landery
A bit of cross-party co-operation I can wholeheartedyl endorse, the Labour Land Campaign and the Liberal Democrat Association for Land Tax and Economic Reform (ALTER) have jointly published a leaflet setting out the principles of land value taxation. You can read it here (pdf) – it’ll only take a couple of minutes.
My head hurts!
Okay, so, we’ve clearly established that Lib Dem MPs are being a bit daft opposing new laws to devolve pub licensing to local authorities, right? Well, it turns out (well, it’s news to a lily livered southerner like me), that in Scotland – where they already have liberalised licensing hours – Labour have just reneged… Continue reading My head hurts!