When I was 16 I joined the Labour Party for much the same reasons Daniel Clarke did; now the former Labour PPC for Eastleigh has joined the Liberal Democrats because he feels that our policies best advance the causes he cares passionately about, social justice, the environment and above all moving towards a Britain of [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Apr 22
Labour’s Swansong – Our Opportunity
By the time Alistar Darling rose to deliver his speech Prime Ministers Questions had already set the tone with David Cameron undermining the government’s projections at every opportunity and Nick Clegg questioning the record of delivery on pledges of ‘one million new jobs’. Darling had an impossible task because the media narrative of a government [...]
Apr 20
Social Liberal Forum to attend Compass Conference
The Social Liberal Forum will be hosting a fringe event at this years Compass Conference; No Turning Back – building a new political economy for the 21st century. The Conference will be held on the 13th June at the Institute of Education in London
Running in the afternoon slot the SLF session is titled Work and [...]
Apr 08
Abolish the Audit Commission, Ofsted and more
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(7 votes, average: 3.43 out of 5) Loading ...The Ideas Factory is a chance for you to pitch your own idea of what should be in the next Liberal Democrat manifesto. The proposal here is not the policy of the Social Liberal Forum. We will however be passing it – and the response it generates – onto the Manifesto Working Group.
The Proposal
Richard Church: [...]
Apr 06
Money talks: a response to David Boyle
I very much welcome the challenge laid down by David Boyle to the Social Liberal Forum. Indeed, there is very little in it with which I can disagree. In particular, I share the view held by David that the view that ‘everything can be solved by tax and spending’ is mistaken. I strongly believe that [...]
Apr 05
Save us from Fabianism
This article originally appeared in the April 2009 issue of Liberator Magazine (#332). Liberator have kindly allowed us to reproduce this here, along with Matthew Sowemimo’s accompanying article.
We have a new Liberal Democrat think-tank. And when there has been little or no thinking around the party for two decades, that has to be a [...]
Apr 05
Reconnecting with our radical heritage
This article, an adaptation of the speech Matthew Sowemimo gave at the Social Liberal Forum fringe meeting at Harrogate Spring Conference in March, originally appeared in the April 2009 issue of Liberator Magazine (#332). Liberator have kindly allowed us to reproduce this here, along with David Boyle’s accompanying article.
Social Liberalism is the mainstream philosophy [...]
Apr 05
Land Value Tax NOW
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(12 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5) Loading ...The Ideas Factory is a chance for you to pitch your own idea of what should be in the next Liberal Democrat manifesto. The proposal here is not the policy of the Social Liberal Forum. We will however be passing it – and the response it generates – onto the Manifesto Working Group.
The Proposal
Tony Vickers: [...]
