Tag: Mark-Oaten

7 questions for candidates

I’ve been working with a small group of party activists on a number of questions to put to the leadership contenders. We’ve now agreed the list and they have been sent to all the candidates who have declared. In view of the General Election and events since, would you agree that a fundamental overhaul of… Continue reading 7 questions for candidates

Mark Oaten’s David Davis moment?

Iain Dale recounts an hilarious yet under-reported exchange that happened on Wednesday afternoon: Oaten was on Andrew Neil’s sofa and asked by Andrew Neil to respond to the claim by an anonymous Lib Dem MP that “Mark Oaten can be summed up in four words: unlimited ambition, limited ability”, Oaten replied “That’s more than four… Continue reading Mark Oaten’s David Davis moment?

Blink and you’ll miss it: the return of Lib Dem property taxation?

Hold the phone! Campbell to ditch high-tax policy They are likely to propose that the system be made more progressive without the higher top rate. Instead, the party may suggest higher capital gains or property taxes on the better off. It looks like a head of steam is brewing to both ditch the supertax and… Continue reading Blink and you’ll miss it: the return of Lib Dem property taxation?