A brief note, reflecting on the criteria by which I proposed we should judge the budget, now it has sunk in:
What is the timescale? 5 years, so this is a clear Conservative victory. I am deeply concerned about this, possibly more than anything else, because I think it will damage growth over the next [...]
In association with The Equality Trust, Demos have today published three pamphlets focusing on equality from the perspective of each of the main political parties. The Liberal Democrat one, A Wealth of Opportunity, is written by Julia Margo and William Bradley and has a foreword by David Laws MP.
A concern with inequality lies deep [...]
A short film to promote The Spirit Level, the paperback edition of which came out this week:
Okay, it ever so slightly over-eggs the pudding, but it is good fun nonetheless.
The Social Liberal Forum will be running a joint fringe with the Equality Trust at the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference in March. More details soon.
I read The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better whilst watching the last two seasons of The Wire and so Chris Grayling’s claims last week that parts of the UK were beginning to resemble the Baltimore portrayed in that TV series did cause me to smile wryly. Grayling’s prescription for [...]
This is just a short reminder that our discussion evening with Lynne Featherstone MP will be taking place this Wednesday.
Title: After the recession, a different future
Date: Wednesday 1 July 2009
Time: 7.30pm-8.30pm
Location: Room Q, Portcullis House, Westminster, SW1A 2JR
Full details are available on the Flock Together website. Please confirm if you are likely to be attending [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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