Liberal Provocateur

Why is the Lib Dem front bench so afraid of talking sensibly about drugs?

2008-06-28T11:00:49Z

How many scientific reports do we need before we can have the "science based" policy that Nick Clegg says we should have ? Back on the 31st of July the Commons Science Select Committee released their recomended rating system as part of their repo...

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Wallington MP and Councillor are illiberal nimbys

2008-06-05T14:06:36Z

Apparently the Home Secretary isn't being Tough On Drugs enough for Tom Brake (LD MP for Wallington), so he sent a letter questioning why it's legal for shops to sell hookah pipes (which apparently can only be used for drugs like opium or skunk, a...

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Response to "Lessons from May's elections"

2008-05-27T08:49:42Z

In response to Lynne Featherstone's piece at libdemvoice and the comments there. From what I’ve seen of the comments everybody responding is a lib dem. (I’ve voted lib dem, paid my membership, contributed towards leadership campaigns, set up ma...

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Party HQ telephones to ask for cash (again)

2008-05-21T14:07:11Z

Good god people! Think outside the box - do you really think the nation will notice if the lib dems blow an extra few hundred thousand splurging out on billboards, leaflets, focus groups and all that tosh. Seriously - only a few decades ago part...

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Just the person to review MP expenses.. not

2008-02-25T20:45:44Z

Well thanks Nick Clegg for not sticking with the status quo, and really rocking the boat with your bold leadership on reforming parliament. I think it's great you're supporting somebody who claimed tens of thousands of quid for his wifes shopping...

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Still undecided about Clegg vs Huhne..

2007-11-22T14:49:05Z

..but I am firmly decided that I'm fed up with the cheerleaders and campaigners. Both candidates have a lot of common and party policies, so it's only on the personality smaller/detailed issues that you can really tell them apart, and this is whe...

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Being tough on the causes of crime and immigration

2007-09-03T10:51:48Z

To actually be tough on the causes of crime and immigration means doing almost exactly the opposite of Tory and New Labour's rhetoric. Fortunately, even if it's only in one area, the Lib Dems are pushing something powerful through - if you legiti...

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Wither the intelligent debate on drugs legislation?

2007-08-22T12:39:32Z

So, apparently the RSA report back in march was a "wake up call" according to our party leader, Sir Campbell, and since then Transform have also published a report on how we need to reform drug laws. We've also seen a media backlash against the ...

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Political Spectrum...

2007-08-21T08:53:48Z

So I was reading the political spectrum article about UK parties in the last few years ( http://www.politicalcompass.org/extremeright ) and was surprised how far right (both socially and economically) the liberal democrats have veered - I don't th...

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A stupid and clumsy 'green' tax

2007-08-03T10:31:49Z

Apparently the liberal democrat great and good have decided on a blanket 10 pound a flight "green tax".. wtf?!? What an incredibly badly thought out idea. Last time I flew I paid a fiver 'airport development fee', then another tenner of airport a...

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