Is this what Cameron’s “liberal conservatism” looks like? er no thanks….
Ignoring the fiasco of the PM’s speech today, something caught my attention at Tory party conference yesterday that left me literally gobsmacked. “Call me liberal-Dave” has come out into the open and...
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Has Cameron made his last “liberal Conservative” speech?
Am I the only one who is getting increasingly annoyed at the two-faced Cameron that seems to be emerging ? On the one hand he urges us all to engage with his Big Society project – insisting that this...
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Rationing – coming to a local store near you soon
Just when you thought that the madness could not go any further – it does. Sitting down with a much-needed glass of wine last night to catch up on fellow bloggers activities elsewhere, I casually click...
View ArticleStephen Williams is not a liberal
Stephen Williams may be a member of the Liberal party but he is no liberal. Yesterday he wrote a piece for Lib Dem Voice championing the nanny state with the bizarre piece entitled, chillingly “How to...
View ArticleAustralia’s new plain packaging law for cigarettes may have got Andrew...
HAT TIP : Mark Littlewood (formerly of this parish) has posted an interesting article over on the Daily Mail today. It concerns tobacco plain packaging – but considers it from an angle we’ve not seen...
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Health Secretary shows dash of common sense shock!
Common sense from Lib Dem Members… now common sense from the Health Secretary… What is the world coming to? A beady-eyed reader of the Independent On Sunday brings us word that the Health Secretary has...
View ArticleLiberal Vision votes in LDV’s “Liberal Voice of the Year poll”
Much has been said on the subject of LDV’s “Liberal Voice of Year Poll”. Having read a good number of thoughts, on a range of blogs and posts, about who people think should (or shouldn’t) get the...
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Angela Harbutt joins the fight against plain packaging on tobacco
In December 2011 the Secretary of State for Health announced that a public consultation on the plain packaging of tobacco would commence Spring 2012.It will probably not come as a surprise to many of...
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Alcohol is Old News – Minimum Pricing for Digestives is the “Next Logical Step”
Last week witnessed a remarkable low when the leader of a coalition between a party claiming to oppose top down dictatorial government and another claiming to be liberal, announced his support for...
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Tackling the Shiraz riots of 2012
The Telegraph is carrying the stark warning today that the government is set to outlaw the discounting of bulk deals on wine by supermarkets, as part of a review on alcohol pricing. Ministers, they...
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Norman Lamb: Doh!
Only a short while ago Norman Lamb MP was one of our best. He stood up, and spoke out, on principle against needless government intrusion. A true poster boy for all those liberals amongst us who...
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