http://socialliberal.net Mon, 21 May 2012 19:43:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/21/2012-coalition-budget-slf-response/ http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/21/2012-coalition-budget-slf-response/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:42:50 +0000 Joe Jordan http://socialliberal.net/?p=1545 There are elements of this budget we as social liberals, and of course Liberal Democrats, can be proud of, though the removal of the 50p rate of income tax is something we would clearly never endorse; those with the broadest … Continue reading →

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]]> http://socialliberal.net/2012/01/10/1381/feed/ 18 http://socialliberal.net/2011/11/01/debating-plan-b/ http://socialliberal.net/2011/11/01/debating-plan-b/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:04:23 +0000 James Graham http://socialliberal.net/?p=1351 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’s Plan A to have failed. I was at the … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2011/11/01/debating-plan-b/feed/ 5 http://socialliberal.net/2011/11/01/returning-to-the-fold/ http://socialliberal.net/2011/11/01/returning-to-the-fold/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:00:37 +0000 James Graham http://socialliberal.net/?p=1345 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’t know, alongside Richard Grayson and … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2011/11/01/returning-to-the-fold/feed/ 3 http://socialliberal.net/2011/10/15/the-real-alternative-to-neoliberalism/ http://socialliberal.net/2011/10/15/the-real-alternative-to-neoliberalism/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:29:50 +0000 Maryreid http://socialliberal.net/?p=1337 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 … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2011/10/15/the-real-alternative-to-neoliberalism/feed/ 4 http://socialliberal.net/2011/08/04/sign-the-petition-to-keep-the-death-penalty-banned/ http://socialliberal.net/2011/08/04/sign-the-petition-to-keep-the-death-penalty-banned/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:55:43 +0000 James Graham http://socialliberal.net/?p=1174 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 … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2011/08/04/sign-the-petition-to-keep-the-death-penalty-banned/feed/ 7 http://socialliberal.net/2011/06/06/guest-post-how-do-you-pick-an-expert-by-mark-pack/ http://socialliberal.net/2011/06/06/guest-post-how-do-you-pick-an-expert-by-mark-pack/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:22:01 +0000 Maryreid http://socialliberal.net/?p=1016 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 … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2011/06/06/guest-post-how-do-you-pick-an-expert-by-mark-pack/feed/ 3 http://socialliberal.net/2010/12/12/dr-evan-harris-writes-in-the-guardian-and-interviews-nick-clegg-regarding-tuition-fees/ http://socialliberal.net/2010/12/12/dr-evan-harris-writes-in-the-guardian-and-interviews-nick-clegg-regarding-tuition-fees/#comments Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:35:05 +0000 prateekbuch http://socialliberal.net/?p=668 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, … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2010/12/12/dr-evan-harris-writes-in-the-guardian-and-interviews-nick-clegg-regarding-tuition-fees/feed/ 4 http://socialliberal.net/2010/11/17/david-hall-matthews-writes-in-renewal-coalition-politics-a-view-from-the-liberal-democrats/ http://socialliberal.net/2010/11/17/david-hall-matthews-writes-in-renewal-coalition-politics-a-view-from-the-liberal-democrats/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:36:41 +0000 prateekbuch http://socialliberal.net/?p=634 The Autumn 2010 edition of Renewal – a journal of social democracy – 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 … Continue reading →

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