Do you actually believe in freedom of speech? Not, it would appear, from your reported remarks and threats about Jenny Tonge which triggered her resignation. (See http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/feb/29/lady-tonge-lib-dem-israel for the context among other places) Let us examine the remarks which you call ‘wrong and offensive’. They are:- “Beware Israel. Israel is not going to be there [...]
The test for me is not about how much credibility particular heroes to the Liberal Democrat conference can lend to a particular position, but whether the changes to the Bill make it palatable, in the eyes of the professionals and the patients who raised it on the doorstep last May. This report, by someone who [...]
With amendments to the Health & Social Care Bill being tabled and ongoing debate whether the Bill should be abandoned altogether, Paul Burstow is addressing South Central Lib Dem Conference, followed by a fringe debate on the Bill. This is some of what he has to say:- The principles of the NHS, unchanged since the [...]
Along with most of the population of Reading, I was not informed that there was a public exhibition coming along on the latest proposals for redeveloping Station Hill. I suspect most people in Reading were similarly unaware. So I’ve had a good look at the proposals online at http://www.stationhill-reading.co.uk – and filled in a feedback [...]
In amongst the furore about the NHS Bill – of which more soon – there is increased scrutiny of Conservative Parliamentarians who stand to potentially profit from increased private sector involvement of the NHS. One of these is the hapless Reading East MP who has registered shares in Vital Interest, a private screening company. This [...]
