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Opinion: Long term gains from short term arguments
Most participants in the post-election debate have concentrated on specific changes they want now: the Leader, his advisers, the communications team, the detail of policy issues etc. I firmly believe...
View ArticleOpinion: “Values” and Party
There has been a lot written about the importance of “values”. I’m not convinced. Talk about values reinforces the idea that one can pick and mix principles and ideas – just as with policies, one can...
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Introducing the Social Liberal Forum
New members have been asking about Lib Dem organisations that they can join. You are welcome to submit similar items on behalf of other organisations. What we believe The Social Liberal Forum exists...
View ArticleOpinion: Let’s put members in the driving seat
“Caron’s test” for emails to Party members is good, but I think we can go further. The underlying problem, as I’ve written before, is that too many of the emails seem to be written by marketing...
View ArticleIn Depth: Person-centred Liberalism
Person-centred liberalism is a tautology – there’s no other form of liberalism. However, it might be useful to explore a little of what we mean when liberals talk about individualism, the freedom of...
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Opinion: Long term gains from short term arguments
Most participants in the post-election debate have concentrated on specific changes they want now: the Leader, his advisers, the communications team, the detail of policy issues etc. I firmly believe...
View ArticleOpinion: “Values” and Party
There has been a lot written about the importance of “values”. I’m not convinced. Talk about values reinforces the idea that one can pick and mix principles and ideas – just as with policies, one can...
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Introducing the Social Liberal Forum
New members have been asking about Lib Dem organisations that they can join. You are welcome to submit similar items on behalf of other organisations. What we believe The Social Liberal Forum exists...
View ArticleOpinion: Let’s put members in the driving seat
“Caron’s test” for emails to Party members is good, but I think we can go further. The underlying problem, as I’ve written before, is that too many of the emails seem to be written by marketing...
View ArticleIn Depth: Person-centred Liberalism
Person-centred liberalism is a tautology – there’s no other form of liberalism. However, it might be useful to explore a little of what we mean when liberals talk about individualism, the freedom of...
View ArticleSouthport and strategy
This is my personal view about the Southport Conference Strategy motion – what’s good and what can be improved. There are four big ideas: A dual approach to politics. We are an insurgent party In our...
View ArticleFour Go in Search of Big Ideas
The Social Liberal Forum is publishing this book to contribute to a Progressive Alliance of Ideas, People and Campaigns. Contributors including leading Liberal Democrats and people from other political...
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Liberals and Neo-Liberals
Professor David Howarth, formerly LibDem MP for Cambridge, contributes to the new Social Liberal Forum book with a powerful, closely argued essay on Liberal economics. This an extract: Here is a...
View ArticleVince Cable on internet regulation
In the years before the 2008 crash, Vince Cable built a reputation for seeing further ahead than most in politics and economics. Vince’s essay in the new Social Liberal Forum book “Four Go in Search of...
View ArticleAlderdice Review: Campaigning or Enforcing?
The Party is coming to terms with the implications of John Alderdice’s review: “Race, Ethnic Minorities and the Culture of the Liberal Democrats.” We spent much of last Saturday’s Federal Board...
View ArticleCommunity Politics is not a technique for winning local government elections
There has been a bit of discussion recently on a couple of Party websites about community politics and whether that idea contributed to recent success in the local elections. But is this defining...
View ArticleFour go in search of big ideas
In the recent Social Liberal Forum book, David Boyle asserts that “free trade and anti-trust lay at the heart of Liberalism and Liberal economics from the start of the party”. His essay overlaps with...
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Opinion: Long term gains from short term arguments
Most participants in the post-election debate have concentrated on specific changes they want now: the Leader, his advisers, the communications team, the detail of policy issues etc. I firmly believe...
View ArticleOpinion: “Values” and Party
There has been a lot written about the importance of “values”. I’m not convinced. Talk about values reinforces the idea that one can pick and mix principles and ideas – just as with policies, one can...
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Introducing the Social Liberal Forum
New members have been asking about Lib Dem organisations that they can join. You are welcome to submit similar items on behalf of other organisations. What we believe The Social Liberal Forum exists...
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