Social Liberal Forum Secretary James Graham and Chair of Compass Neal Lawson have an article in Tuesday’s Guardian calling for a “coalition of progressive ideas” between social liberals and liberal socialists within the Liberal Democrats, Labour and more widely.
Progressives in all these parties are committed to greater equality and dealing with the challenge of climate [...]
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Social Liberal Forum and Compass announce “coalition of progressive ideas”
Celebrating 100 years of liberals fighting the ‘taxpayers’ alliance’
Yesterday, obscure fact fans, was the 98th anniversary of the first Parliament Act*. The Parliament Act 1911 came about because of Asquith, Lloyd George and Churchill’s 1909 ‘People’s Budget’ which proposed paying for, among other things, the first state pension with a rise in taxation aimed mostly at the most wealthy – and in [...]
No turning back? A response to Compass
At the launch of the Social Liberal Forum in Harrogate, there was considerable enthusiasm among those attending for talking to people outside the Liberal Democrats where there is scope for developing policy ideas together. One organisation specifically suggested was Compass.
Coincidentally, an article appeared in the New Statesman just a few days ago which [...]
