Steve Webb MP will be amongst those responding to Jon Cruddas at the Compass Summer Lecture on the future of Social Democracy.
On the one hand with the crisis of capitalism and the systemic failure of free markets, coupled with the election of Barack Obama in the United States, centre-left politics is getting far more interesting [...]
Author Archives: Alison Goldsworthy
Steve Webb MP to respond to Jon Cruddas at Compass Summer Lecture
Social Liberal Forum joins Observer campaign for a fairer voting system
Richard Grayson, Chair of the Social Liberal Forum joined people from across the political spectrum today calling for:
“On the day of the next general election, there should be a binding referendum on whether to change to a more proportional electoral system. This should be drawn up by a large jury of randomly selected citizens, given [...]
Labour’s Love lost
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Volunteercorps
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
Simon Radford:If [...]
Nick Clegg and today’s FT – by Gareth Epps
Today’s news that the Liberal Democrats have reviewed the pledge to cut the overall burden of taxation is timely and welcome.
It was obvious that financial pressures were disproportionately hitting those on the lowest incomes, even before the start of the recession. Labour’s 10p tax fiasco showed by public reaction that hitting the poorest is [...]
