Tag: social liberal forum
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Jonathan Calder demands that the Social Liberal Forum answers the following question: “What is the difference between a social liberal and a social democrat?” Personally, I don’t think we should do any such thing. It is certainly up to us to say what we mean by social liberalism, which is why we launched the SLF…
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I was a bit disappointed by Andy Beckett’s article on the future of the Lib Dems in the Guardian today. It is not that I have been misquoted – although I seem to recall saying that the number of Lib Dem MPs after the next election could be as low as 30 rather than probably…
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Over on the Social Liberal Forum website I’ve written two articles today. The first is on social care and the mess the Tories have got into attacking Labour’s “plan” for what they call a “death tax“. The second is about why I’m sceptical about the so-called Robin Hood Tax.
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The cat is now well and truly out of the bag and it will be interesting to see how the blogosphere responds. Beyond the usual “OMG!!1! YOU’VE SOLD OUT TO ZaNuPFLieBore!?!11!” of course. I thought I’d add a few comments here in a vain attempt to clear a few things up and prebut some of…
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I’ve written a response to Andy Burnham’s astounding Guardian article on the NHS on the SLF website: Given the choice between “national”, “health” and “service” the word that Burnham considers most key to the Labour approach is the former. Ignore “health”, never mind “service” – who needs a bandage when you can wrap yourself in…