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Opinion: Payday loans – a never ending debt
South Central Region Liberal Democrats have discussed and passed a motion against Pay Day Loans at our Regional conference in the autumn of 2012. The notion of such loans is valid: provide a small...
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The spring conference at Brighton 2012 proposed a motion (F20) on Medically Assisted Dying which was carried and I was the only one who spoke against it. Now Lord Falconer has introduced a Bill on...
View ArticleOpinion: Experience tells us that attacking Syria would harm rather than help
I live near Forbury Gardens in Reading where the Maiwand Lion statue was erected in 1886 to commemorate the loss of 280 soldiers from the 66th Royal Berkshire Regiment at the Battle of Maiwand in...
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Opinion: Islamic State – it’s a conundrum
I see myself as a small time politician who has an opinion on everything. But the proposed bombing of ISEL / ISIS (IS) worries me as I am conflicted as to what the right answer is. Does the term ‘We’ve...
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Opinion: Payday loans – a never ending debt
South Central Region Liberal Democrats have discussed and passed a motion against Pay Day Loans at our Regional conference in the autumn of 2012. The notion of such loans is valid: provide a small...
View ArticleOpinion: Choose Life
The spring conference at Brighton 2012 proposed a motion (F20) on Medically Assisted Dying which was carried and I was the only one who spoke against it. Now Lord Falconer has introduced a Bill on...
View ArticleOpinion: Experience tells us that attacking Syria would harm rather than help
I live near Forbury Gardens in Reading where the Maiwand Lion statue was erected in 1886 to commemorate the loss of 280 soldiers from the 66th Royal Berkshire Regiment at the Battle of Maiwand in...
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Opinion: Islamic State – it’s a conundrum
I see myself as a small time politician who has an opinion on everything. But the proposed bombing of ISEL / ISIS (IS) worries me as I am conflicted as to what the right answer is. Does the term ‘We’ve...
View ArticleShould the Liberal Democrats sell themselves like chocolate?
The UK consumed £3.5bn worth of chocolate in 2009, according to market researchers. Further research shows advertising spending by Cadbury’s results in them making £3 for every £1 they spend. We all...
View ArticleRebuilding the Party – a short term fix or a long-term dilemma
My team’s manager, Arsene Wenger, had a short-term problem to replace the players who left in January and a long-term problem because we haven’t won the league since 2003-04. Arsene repeatedly called...
View ArticleGINI Coefficient – is it really a measure of Press Power?
The Gini* coefficient provides an index to measure inequality. A measure of 0 shows everybody is equal, and 1 where the country’s income is earned by a single person. Allianz calculated (in 2015) each...
View ArticleAusterity and Napoleon
There is an old joke: Income tax was introduced (by Pitt the Younger) to pay for the Napoleonic wars and now that those wars are over, surely it must be time to get rid of Income tax. As a Liberal I...
View ArticleA Canvasser’s Dilemma: “Hello, Mr Smith”
Knock, Knock! Door opens… “Hello Mr Smith, my name is Tahir. We are out today …” Mr Smith: Let me ask you a question. A Labour guy and the Tory bloke came last week and promised the same things....
View ArticleWe must deliver upon the Alderdice Review
Before I discuss this report I want to put it into perspective: An article in the Guardian, some time ago now, stated that there were 159 seats where the winning margin in 2015 general election was...
View ArticleSame old Economic Orthodoxy
In 1997, the Labour Party inherited a balanced budget from the Tories and for well over ten years we had Gordon Brown telling us that he had got rid of the boom and bust cycle. By 2009 the deficit had...
View ArticleA day in the life of…a newly elected member of Federal Conference Committee
As a newly elected member of the Federal Conference Committee (FCC) I was keen to get involved. I left home at 10:00 am in the morning to get to Southport and my first FCC meeting at 2:30 pm....
View ArticleEuratom was not on the ballot paper
Embed from Getty Images The Treaties of Rome of 1957 founded the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) to create a European market for nuclear power. Its membership includes EU member states and...
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Has social media compromised liberty?
Do we lose the right to privacy when we involve ourselves in social media? The obvious answer to this question is “of course not” and that should be the case, but is it? Facebook, a business that...
View ArticleElectoral Commission investigate possible funding abuse by Vote Leave
The Electoral Commission is again investigating Vote Leave after whistle-blower Shahmir Sanni who worked for BeLeave came forward to say that when the sum of £625,000 was given to them by Vote Leave,...
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Opinion: Payday loans – a never ending debt
South Central Region Liberal Democrats have discussed and passed a motion against Pay Day Loans at our Regional conference in the autumn of 2012. The notion of such loans is valid: provide a small...
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