Clegg's Fresh Start for Britain: education, 'green jobs', political reform
There’s an in-depth interview with Nick Clegg in today’s Independent trailing the launch later today of ‘A Fresh Start for Britain’, a document outlining the principles on which the Lib Dems will build...
View ArticleThe Guardian’s approving verdict on the Lib Dems’ manifesto principles is...
Nick Clegg will have enjoyed reading this morning’s Guardian editorial (Nick Clegg: Liberal parenting) over his breakfast porridge today. The paper commends Nick for yesterday’s launch of the...
View ArticleLib Dem manifesto launch attracts media plaudits
Five years ago, I think it’s only fair to say, the Lib Dem manifesto launch was not without its hitches. Today’s was toruble-free. The website is slick and engaging, the Nick & Vince double-act...
View ArticleSerious about fairness, serious about power
I almost had an article published on the Guardian’s Comment Is Free website on Wednesday, marking the launch of the Lib Dem manifesto. For convoluted reasons it never saw the light of web – but most of...
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Is 75% of the Coalition Agreement drawn from the Lib Dem manifesto? Alas, no…
One of the key justifications for Lib Dem involvement in the Coalition — one which has comforted many party members through the first two difficult years of being the junior partner in government with...
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A brief (recent) history of the Lib Dems’ flagship tax-cut for the low-paid
George Osborne’s fourth budget saw him finalise the commitment to implement in full the Lib Dems’ number one manifesto commitment: taking out of income tax all those who earn less than £10k a year. It...
View Article‘Red lines’ v ‘a long shopping list’: Clegg sets out plan for slimline 2015...
Nick Clegg will be speaking today at the party’s local government conference in Manchester (Nick Thornsby will be covering it throughout the day here on LDV) and The Independent is one of the...
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Why looking back on the 2005 Lib Dem manifesto depresses me. And why The...
What did the Lib Dem manifesto in 2005 propose? I asked myself the question when reflecting on the legacy of The Orange Book 10 years after it was published. I remember Paul Marshall, the book’s...
View ArticleIs this the front page of the next Lib Dem manifesto?
Ryan Coetzee, recently appointed the Lib Dems’ General Election Director of Strategy, was snapped today clutching papers which look like they might reveal the party’s top four priorities for the 2015...
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