Why Charlotte Henry’s purity test of “real” liberalism is misguided

Charlotte Henry has a curious article on the Total Politics blog, suggesting that Clegg’s speech on a more participatory form of industrial democracy will help us to seperate the “real liberals” from the “SDP-statist-sandal wearers”. There are several problems with this diagnosis. For one thing, the famed “sandal wearers” and the SDP members are very… Continue reading Why Charlotte Henry’s purity test of “real” liberalism is misguided

Tory Coops?

David Cameron is launching the Conservative Cooperative Movement today: He is set to announce the creation of the Conservative Co-operative Movement to help people form groups to take control of some local public services. Chris Huhne has a head start on this. His policy review on public services made a big deal about mutuals running… Continue reading Tory Coops?