Opinion: What price authenticity in our policy making?
As a mental health social worker, I have been trying to keep up with the debate, both within and without the party, on the progress of the Welfare Reform Bill. There are many commentators far more...
View ArticleKeeping Party policy fresh, relevant… and ours
Yesterday, I outlined some of the issues that impact on how we make policy as Liberal Democrats, and some very interesting comments came from that, for which I am grateful. Today, here are some...
View ArticleLibLink: The Lib Dems’ policy shortage
Lib Dem Voice’s ubiquitous co-editor, Mark Pack, has been writing for Total Politics. He says: Performers who make the leap from stage show to the TV very often run into a simple problem: TV eats up...
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Opinion: How we made policy on asylum issues
Ever wondered how party policy is made? I was on the “Immigration, Asylum and Identity” Policy Working Group, and the process has taken a whole year. Living in the north east, I daren’t begin to add up...
View ArticleCreative commons government
As much as it saddens us we need to be realistic about our electoral chances over the next few years. We have the opportunity, especially with the ongoing collapse of the Labour Party, to do quite...
View ArticleReform the Reformers – Part 1 Policy making
The business world has its special expressions for what politicians call ‘reform’. ‘If you are standing still you are going backwards’ for example. In Japan there is the business concept of ‘kaizen’,...
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