Comments on: “New Nagging” – a very Cameroon concept [UPDATED LOTS] http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/08/27/new-nagging-a-very-cameroon-concept/ “ferocity with a purpose” Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:30:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Simon R http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/08/27/new-nagging-a-very-cameroon-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-198682 Simon R Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:22:25 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/?p=1522#comment-198682 A very good post, James. Thanks. A very good post, James. Thanks.

]]> By: James Graham http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/08/27/new-nagging-a-very-cameroon-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-198619 James Graham Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:05:39 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/?p=1522#comment-198619 I've dealt with your points about Andrew Lansley in my update above. As for Reform itself, my concern is less with this speech (which as you say is just a speech) and more with the interventionist tone of your <a href="http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/06/03/calls-to-make-maths-chic-badly-miss-the-point/" rel="nofollow">maths pamphlet</a> a couple of months ago. I’ve dealt with your points about Andrew Lansley in my update above. As for Reform itself, my concern is less with this speech (which as you say is just a speech) and more with the interventionist tone of your maths pamphlet a couple of months ago.

]]> By: Dale Bassett http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/08/27/new-nagging-a-very-cameroon-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-198585 Dale Bassett Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:23:20 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/?p=1522#comment-198585 To be fair to Andrew Lansley, both the speech and his subsequent comments this morning were pretty explicit in stating that this initiative is NOT about government intervention or regulation, but rather is a case of "legislation as a last resort" - the idea is not to (ineffectively) lecture people, but to incentivise them to do the sensible thing. For example, he is not in favour of telling people which foods they should and shouldn't eat. In our (Reform's) defence, we did not write Andrew Lansley's speech, and nor was it meant to reflect our principles - we were providing a platform for debate. In fact, Andrew pointed out at the top of the speech that there's rather a lot (e.g. health funding) on which he and Reform disagree! Regarding our platform, I think our forthcoming papers on crime (September 2nd) and health (September 9th) will demonstrate conculsively that we are unwavering in our advocation of decentralised, free-market, low-intervention solutions for improving our public services. Dale Bassett New Media Politics Executive, Reform dale.bassett@reform.co.uk To be fair to Andrew Lansley, both the speech and his subsequent comments this morning were pretty explicit in stating that this initiative is NOT about government intervention or regulation, but rather is a case of “legislation as a last resort” – the idea is not to (ineffectively) lecture people, but to incentivise them to do the sensible thing. For example, he is not in favour of telling people which foods they should and shouldn’t eat.

In our (Reform’s) defence, we did not write Andrew Lansley’s speech, and nor was it meant to reflect our principles – we were providing a platform for debate. In fact, Andrew pointed out at the top of the speech that there’s rather a lot (e.g. health funding) on which he and Reform disagree! Regarding our platform, I think our forthcoming papers on crime (September 2nd) and health (September 9th) will demonstrate conculsively that we are unwavering in our advocation of decentralised, free-market, low-intervention solutions for improving our public services.

Dale Bassett
New Media Politics Executive, Reform
dale.bassett@reform.co.uk

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