People who know me may have noticed that by halfway through autumn conferences in the last few years I have become very sullen and withdrawn, wandering around the halls of the conference centre muttering darkly under my breath. The truth is, in recent years I’ve come to loathe party conferences. They’ve increasingly become worryingly close… Continue reading I enjoyed conference shocker!
Tag: Liberal-Democrat-Policy-Consultations
Willy waving over 50p
It looks like we are set for a “war” in the autumn over the Lib Dem Tax Commission’s proposals to drop the party’s commitment to a 50p supertax. The Federal Policy Committee are insisting that removing it should only be an “option” for the party to vote on, while Ming is staking his leadership on… Continue reading Willy waving over 50p
Taxation Okey-Kokey
The Observer has been given a sneaky-peak of the Lib Dem’s Taxation Commission’s current thinking and it sounds good. 2p off the basic rate of income tax, paid for by increases in environmental taxation and “tougher tax rules for the wealthy”. By the latter, I’m taking it to mean, at least in part, to some… Continue reading Taxation Okey-Kokey