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Day: February 15, 2006

Notice he didn’t say no

Paul Rowan MP just asked Tony Blair if he would consider going into coalition with the Conservatives. I think the failure of Tony Blair to come up with a simple yes or no answer, and instead bluster and dissemble, is highly significant. UPDATE: Bloody hell! Ming was brilliant on PMQs today. About time! UPDATE 2:… Continue reading Notice he didn’t say no

Published 15 February 2006
Categorized as musings Tagged conservatives, labour, Menzies-Campbell

Hughes4Tokenism?

Regular readers will have gather that I’m not only in favour of the party having more women MPs, but I want to see it take positive action on the issue. What I do oppose however is positive discrimination where it is not warranted, and simplistic tokenism. What therefore am I to make of this: Mr… Continue reading Hughes4Tokenism?

Published 15 February 2006
Categorized as musings Tagged Chris-Huhne, lib-dem-leadership, liberal-democrats, Menzies-Campbell, Simon-Hughes

Smoking Ban Balls

A lot of nonsense has been written in the blogosphere about the smoking ban being “illiberal”. It isn’t. What it is is a perfect example of how liberalism doesn’t deal in absolutes. I make it a policy of distrusting anyone who suggests otherwise. For example, the smoking ban most definitely does pass Mill’s famous harm… Continue reading Smoking Ban Balls

Published 15 February 2006
Categorized as musings Tagged lib-dem-leadership, liberal-democrats, Simon-Hughes

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