Tag: Simon-Hughes
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I’ve more or less given up on my attempt to blog the Meeting the Challenge paper – I found it too rigid a structure around which to frame my thoughts. But I did get stirred up by the plenary session at yesterday’s conference about narrative (more about which you can read here). In short, I…
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Ming: good content, below par delivery. This election is Ming’s to lose. We know that when he is good he is very, very good, but it has been disappointing that he has been so tepid so far. Someone in his team needs to read him the riot act. Simon: if I didn’t have strong reservations…
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Is Alice Miles a blogger? I certainly can’t see why she is being paid to write this drivel. How can you take seriously a man who believes that posing in his Speedos is a political event? Well, The Times has taken Tony Blair far too seriously for years, but if it is having a change…
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I’ve been working with a small group of party activists on a number of questions to put to the leadership contenders. We’ve now agreed the list and they have been sent to all the candidates who have declared. In view of the General Election and events since, would you agree that a fundamental overhaul of…
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Hold the phone! Campbell to ditch high-tax policy They are likely to propose that the system be made more progressive without the higher top rate. Instead, the party may suggest higher capital gains or property taxes on the better off. It looks like a head of steam is brewing to both ditch the supertax and…