Tag: Simon-Hughes
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With just a few days to go now until the ballot closes, the Lib Dem leadership contenders are starting to bring out the big guns. Alarmed by the “increasingly confident” Simon Hughes’ coup of not just “Bingo” Bob Russell but also Charles Kennedy’s brother-in-law (a man of such seniority within the party that he is…
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A spokesman for Simon Hughes said: “My feelings – as usual – we will slaughter them all.” Quoth Mr Hughes: Although the race is close, the evidence is that I have a slight lead with the other two battling it out for second place. Good luck to Simon, and I’m really pleased for him if…
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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…
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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…
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Far be it for me to get a reputation as a nay-sayer all the time. I have just read the three leadership contender’s positions on land value taxation (courtesy of ALTER) and pronounce myself Well Pleased. There are subtle differences. I’m not entirely sure about Ming/Cable’s line that LVT should be set nationally rather than…