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		<title>Lord Smith of Clifton writes: trends and tendencies in contemporary UK politics and the future of the Lib Dems</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2012/01/10/1381/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lord Smith of Clifton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Preamble: Trevor Smith joined the Liberal Party in 1955 when it had five MPs; he fears he may die with the LibDems having the same number!) The Lib Dems are in a very serious state, possibly facing meltdown of the &#8230; <a href="http://socialliberal.net/2012/01/10/1381/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Debating Plan B</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2011/11/01/debating-plan-b/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Graham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report by Prateek Buch As detailed in a letter to the Observer, the campaigns group Compass has helped piece together a Plan B to boost the stalling economy, having declared the Government&#8217;s Plan A to have failed. I was at the &#8230; <a href="http://socialliberal.net/2011/11/01/debating-plan-b/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Returning to the fold</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2011/11/01/returning-to-the-fold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Graham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By James Graham I am delighted to announce that, as of this week, I am coming back to the fold of the Social Liberal Forum as its Head of Political Strategy. For those who don&#8217;t know, alongside Richard Grayson and &#8230; <a href="http://socialliberal.net/2011/11/01/returning-to-the-fold/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Alternative To Neoliberalism</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2011/10/15/the-real-alternative-to-neoliberalism/</link>
		<comments>http://socialliberal.net/2011/10/15/the-real-alternative-to-neoliberalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maryreid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Hindley writes: Neoliberalism is a right-wing form of economics that promotes expansive free markets, deregulation, and unfettered privatisation. It has been the prevailing economic outlook of the global economy for over thirty years. It is disputable the extent to &#8230; <a href="http://socialliberal.net/2011/10/15/the-real-alternative-to-neoliberalism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sign the petition to keep the death penalty banned</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2011/08/04/sign-the-petition-to-keep-the-death-penalty-banned/</link>
		<comments>http://socialliberal.net/2011/08/04/sign-the-petition-to-keep-the-death-penalty-banned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Graham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the hitherto libertarian blogger Guido Fawkes announced that he was launching a petition on the new government e-petitions website to reinstate the right of the state to execute its citizens.  The rightwing media leapt on the story, giving &#8230; <a href="http://socialliberal.net/2011/08/04/sign-the-petition-to-keep-the-death-penalty-banned/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Guest post: How do you pick an expert? by Mark Pack</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2011/06/06/guest-post-how-do-you-pick-an-expert-by-mark-pack/</link>
		<comments>http://socialliberal.net/2011/06/06/guest-post-how-do-you-pick-an-expert-by-mark-pack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maryreid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You need an expert. What do you do? Plenty of different ways of going about finding one, I’m sure. But I bet you don’t dig out the books from 20 years ago, look who was an expert back then, place &#8230; <a href="http://socialliberal.net/2011/06/06/guest-post-how-do-you-pick-an-expert-by-mark-pack/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Evan Harris writes in the Guardian, and interviews Nick Clegg, regarding tuition fees</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2010/12/12/dr-evan-harris-writes-in-the-guardian-and-interviews-nick-clegg-regarding-tuition-fees/</link>
		<comments>http://socialliberal.net/2010/12/12/dr-evan-harris-writes-in-the-guardian-and-interviews-nick-clegg-regarding-tuition-fees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prateekbuch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is little doubt that it has been a difficult week for Liberal Democrats; our Parliamentary party faced the choice between backing a rise in university tuition fees that the majority of Lib Dem voters and members do not support, &#8230; <a href="http://socialliberal.net/2010/12/12/dr-evan-harris-writes-in-the-guardian-and-interviews-nick-clegg-regarding-tuition-fees/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>David Hall-Matthews writes in &#8216;Renewal&#8216; &#8211; Coalition politics, a view from the Liberal Democrats</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2010/11/17/david-hall-matthews-writes-in-renewal-coalition-politics-a-view-from-the-liberal-democrats/</link>
		<comments>http://socialliberal.net/2010/11/17/david-hall-matthews-writes-in-renewal-coalition-politics-a-view-from-the-liberal-democrats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prateekbuch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Autumn 2010 edition of Renewal &#8211; a journal of social democracy &#8211; sees the Chair of the Social Liberal Forum David Hall-Matthews writing about the formation of the Coalition government from a Lib Dem perspective. The Liberal Democrats have &#8230; <a href="http://socialliberal.net/2010/11/17/david-hall-matthews-writes-in-renewal-coalition-politics-a-view-from-the-liberal-democrats/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Tories need to review the teaching of History</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2010/07/09/why-the-tories-need-to-review-the-teaching-of-history/</link>
		<comments>http://socialliberal.net/2010/07/09/why-the-tories-need-to-review-the-teaching-of-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Howson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone would have thought that Mr Gove was the first Secretary of State to have taken an axe to school building programmes. In the great devaluation crisis that played out during the final months of 1967 and early 1968, school &#8230; <a href="http://socialliberal.net/2010/07/09/why-the-tories-need-to-review-the-teaching-of-history/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How should Simon Hughes amend the budget?</title>
		<link>http://socialliberal.net/2010/06/24/how-should-simon-hughes-amend-the-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://socialliberal.net/2010/06/24/how-should-simon-hughes-amend-the-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Graham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes has announced an intention to amend the budget to promote fairness. He told the Guardian today that: When it comes to the Budget next week, we will vote for the budget. But &#8230; <a href="http://socialliberal.net/2010/06/24/how-should-simon-hughes-amend-the-budget/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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