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Day: July 2, 2006

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

Published 2 July 2006
Categorized as musings Tagged Liberal-Democrat-Policy-Consultations, Menzies-Campbell, tax-commission

Make Absentions Count?

I’m usually quite sceptical of a lot of the schemes you read about on tinternet for solving our problems with democracy in this country, but this idea is at least worth debating: I want to see political parties get penalized for a low electoral turn out. In other words, if we are fed up with… Continue reading Make Absentions Count?

Published 2 July 2006
Categorized as musings Tagged democratic-renewal, ideas

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