I finally got around to reading Simon Titley‘s article in the latest Liberator about Lib Dem “Maoists” and “Trotskyists” (his argument is that there are two mindsets within the Lib Dems that are roughly analagous to two Marxist factions: Maoists for whom campaigning has become an end in itself and Trotskyists who seek to cause… Continue reading Revolutionaries
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Tax Commission Response 1: Principles
One of the reasons I decided to resume blogging was that the Lib Dems have a number of major policy consultations going on at the moment and I thought this would be a good place to develop my personal responses. Rather than write it all in one go however, I thought it might be better… Continue reading Tax Commission Response 1: Principles
Cigarettes and alcohol
Matt Turner hailed my return to blogging by saying: Champagne on me. But not after 11 if you lot get your way today, I guess. I presume that by this, he’s referring to the decision by the Lib Dem Parliamentary Party yesterday to “pray” for the government not to introduce the new licensing laws, which… Continue reading Cigarettes and alcohol