The latest football fuss about racism (or allegations thereof) appears to have ended in a belated apology from Luis Suarez and Kenny Dalglish (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17004667). The apology for the failure to shake hands isn’t by any means the most significant episode in this sorry story, and it’s important to recognise that much of it has [...]
Those 57 Liberal Democrat MPs, whether on the Government payroll or not, are going to have some very tough choices when they come to vote on all the amendments to the Welfare Reform Bill. It’s been suggested that the difficult position the Party finds itself in is all down to communications. Tell the world about [...]
The Liberal Democrats’ vision of a John Lewis economy, and an end to ‘crony capitalism’, as articulated by Nick Clegg, is welcome. So why, then, is this approach not yet embedded in Government? Rewards for failure, a failure to listen to small business over big property interests, short-termism and the perpetuation of a failed business [...]
Tim Gordon, new Chief Executive of the Liberal Democrats, starts this week, and I wish him the best of luck. His inbox will be filled with all sorts of things of greater or lesser importance, but here are the items I’d be placing at the top of the pile:- 1. Greater role clarity. The Liberal [...]
Way back on New Year’s Eve, 2010, I made the following ten predictions. How well did I do? Well, fair to middling really. Not great, but not bad. I’ll leave it to others to comment but Mark Thompson (at http://markreckons.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-did-i-do-on-my-2011-predictions.html) did much the same as me. Great minds think alike and all that….. 1. All [...]
