How to prove you’re qualified to be a British citizen
David Boyle brings us news that one of the sample questions in the ‘Britishness test’, which immigrants must pass if they wish to become British citizens, is to define a quango. As David comments: It...
View ArticleDaily View 2×2: 17 July 2009
2 Big Stories Troops need more, says Dannett The BBC has the interview and the story: The head of the UK Army has said better equipment is needed to protect troops from roadside bombs in Afghanistan....
View ArticleMore on Richard Grayson, Liberal Democrats and ideology
A footnote to my piece earlier this week about Richard Grayson’s pamphlet. In it I commented: What I think Richard under-plays is the way the party’s attitude towards the state has changed not in...
View ArticleThe Saturday Debate: Local government is to the Lib Dems what the unions are...
Here’s your starter for ten in our Saturday slot where we throw up an idea or thought for debate… I was struck by this recent article by the Economist’s political columnist Bagehot, headlined When...
View ArticleMeet the Lib Dem bloggers: David Boyle
Welcome to the latest in our series giving the human face behind some of the blogs you can find on the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator. Today it is David Boyle, who blogs at The Real Blog. 1. What’s...
View ArticleLib Dem MPs set to rebel over ‘back-door’ nuclear power subsidy
‘Liberal Democrats have long opposed any new nuclear construction. Conservatives, by contrast, are committed to allowing the replacement of existing nuclear power stations provided that they are...
View ArticleUpdating Community Politics: the role for social capital
My short answer in response to David Boyle having only two cheers for Community Politics is: “I agree”. The slightly longer response to David is: “I mostly agree, but [insert couple of small caveats]“....
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David Boyle’s appointment is excellent news
Under Charles Kennedy’s leadership, the party had a simple and generally popular approach to public services: Kennedy consistently supported higher spending on favourite public services and appointed...
View ArticleOpinion: A new direction for choice
“What’s a nice guy like you doing with a bunch of Tories?” one journalist asked me as I discussed the Barriers to Choice Review. “You see, I’m a Liberal Democrat,” I explained… The truth is that this...
View ArticleI’m sorry to see Richard Grayson resign, but I’m sticking with the party of...
I was sorry to see Richard Grayson has resigned from the Lib Dems. We’ve met only once. It was at the 2010 Brighton party conference when we were interviewed together for Radio 4′s The Westminster...
View ArticleLDVideo: Glasgow 2013 party conference redux
Why attend a Lib De conference? And what happens when you do? Those are two of the questions communicatios firm covi set out to get answers to in this 5-minute video featuring Alison Goldsworthy, Vice...
View ArticleLibLink: David Boyle – The future? We’ve seen it all before
View image | gettyimages.com Over on the Guardian’s Comment is Free, former editor of Liberal Democrat News and Liberal Democrat blogger of the year, David Boyle, argues that technological change is...
View ArticleOpinion: How time banks play a crucial role in health care
Imagine that health professionals had the time to make everyone feel valued and cared for personally. Imagine there was an infinite resource to provide the kind of informal care that keeps people...
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The Independent View: “How to save public service choice for liberalism?” a...
In a series of essays that CentreForum will be releasing over the next few months in anticipation of the book, The Challenges Facing Contemporary Liberalism: 2015 -2025, the liberal think tank has...
View ArticleLibLink: David Boyle – Tim Farron – history demands you step into the breach...
David Boyle has been writing for the Guardian following the EU referendum result: I believe that we have to take the referendum result seriously. We can’t just finesse it or constitutionalise it away....
View ArticleHow to prove you’re qualified to be a British citizen
David Boyle brings us news that one of the sample questions in the ‘Britishness test’, which immigrants must pass if they wish to become British citizens, is to define a quango. As David comments: It...
View ArticleDaily View 2×2: 17 July 2009
2 Big Stories Troops need more, says Dannett The BBC has the interview and the story: The head of the UK Army has said better equipment is needed to protect troops from roadside bombs in Afghanistan....
View ArticleMore on Richard Grayson, Liberal Democrats and ideology
A footnote to my piece earlier this week about Richard Grayson’s pamphlet. In it I commented: What I think Richard under-plays is the way the party’s attitude towards the state has changed not in...
View ArticleThe Saturday Debate: Local government is to the Lib Dems what the unions are...
Here’s your starter for ten in our Saturday slot where we throw up an idea or thought for debate… I was struck by this recent article by the Economist’s political columnist Bagehot, headlined When...
View ArticleMeet the Lib Dem bloggers: David Boyle
Welcome to the latest in our series giving the human face behind some of the blogs you can find on the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator. Today it is David Boyle, who blogs at The Real Blog. 1. What’s...
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