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London Mayoral Election: Why I refuse to back Boris Johnson
BufferEarlier this week, I wrote about why I have chosen Brian Paddick as my first preference vote in the London Mayoral Election. Since then, a post in response has asked me to give my second...
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Gay Marriage: Obama has shown true leadership, our party leaders should take...
BufferIn what seems like a headline that should be at least 20 years old by now, a president of the United States has expressed his ‘personal’ support for the concept of same-sex marriage for the...
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Public school dominance is indefensible Mr Gove, so what are your cabinet...
BufferThe most shocking part of my day was, without doubt, finding that I agree with Michael Gove about an educational issue. He has called the influence of ex-public schoolboys in our most powerful...
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Do the Liberal Democrats have a future? What could they have done differently?
BufferIt has been a week since our council seats dropped below 3,000 to the lowest level in our party’s history. It has been a week since we were beaten to third place in the mayoral elections by the...
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The Nanny State: What a great idea
BufferOn top of nursery vouchers, we now have parenting vouchers. This will cost millions of pounds to deliver, probably have a reasonably low take-up rate and has an awful smell of snobbery about it....
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Leveson Inquiry: An ‘expensive sideshow’ of misplaced arrogance
BufferIt’s the week the Lib Dems have been waiting for. This week (fingers crossed…) we get to sit back and be smug for a bit whilst everyone turns their eyes towards Lord Leveson and begins to bash...
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Sorry boys, one can’t discuss female reproductive rights without cracking out...
BufferIf you haven’t had the pleasure of reading some of the coverage of Lisa Brown’s wonderful remarks in the Michigan House of Representatives, please go away and google ‘vagina Michigan’ now. In...
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Let’s Make the Legacy of a Great Few Weeks about Health, Not Medals
It’s been wonderful to be a London resident ever since the 27th July. The tube has had a community spirit, (even/especially on the Jubillee Line, a sight I thought I’d never live to see), there’s been...
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Heathrow Third Runway: A fool’s errand that Cameron would be foolish to pursue
I find myself saying a lot that I never anticipated in this column. This time it’s this – I’m glad that Zac Goldsmith is the MP for Richmond Park. I voted against him in 2010, and even lost a bet with...
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The Nasty Party is Back: How the benefits cap shows the Conservatives don’t...
So, in what was one of the less shocking results of the coalition, the 1% cap on benefits, keeping rises below the anticipated rate of inflation for the next three years, has been passed. As a...
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