“Help to buy” undermines the very purpose of the Lib Dems in government

Unlike a lot of disgruntled former Lib Dems (and, for that matter, disgruntled current Lib Dems), I still have a lot of time and sympathy for the party. I still think that joining the coalition was the right thing to do. I see the Lib Dems stopping Tory madness on a daily basis and anyone… Continue reading “Help to buy” undermines the very purpose of the Lib Dems in government

Conference and canards

God know’s why I’m still up at 3am. Still a bit wired after conference I guess. I’m not staying up much longer but I wanted to write that I thought it was an excellent weekend both for the party generally, the Social Liberal Forum in particular and me personally. A few random thoughts: 1. I… Continue reading Conference and canards

Avast! How Clegg and Alexander are doing it wrong.

(Cross-posted from here) This article pretty much sums up what is wrong with the party’s communication strategy at the moment. Apart from the fact that it has been published roughly four days too late, it repeats many of the mistakes we witnessed last weekend. Reading it carefully, it is clear what Danny is getting at.… Continue reading Avast! How Clegg and Alexander are doing it wrong.