Liberal Martin

Lib Dems learnt the hard way that a surge in votes can bring...

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:36:44 +0200

Lib Dems learnt the hard way that a surge in votes can bring little dividend at Westminster. UKIP predicted to have zero MPs in 2015.

Twitter / martinpetts: My jaw is on the floor! ...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:46:40 +0200

Twitter / martinpetts: My jaw is on the floor! ...:

Three years ago…

Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal: Luigi Zingales: Pro-Market vs. Pro-Business

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:32:56 +0200

Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal: Luigi Zingales: Pro-Market vs. Pro-Business:

supplysideliberal:

From Chrystia Freeland’s book Plutocrats, pp. 261-262:

Luigi Zingales, a professor at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, frames [a central issue for government policy] as the choice between being promarket and being pro business. Super-elites are often the product of a…

Photo

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:34:23 +0100

Photo

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:38:36 +0100

A Brief History of Liberty: So the poor are getting poorer while the wealthy enjoy tax cuts, right?

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:25:24 +0100

A Brief History of Liberty: So the poor are getting poorer while the wealthy enjoy tax cuts, right?:

abriefhistoryofliberty:

The popular narrative at the moment is that the Coalition Government has been cutting the rates of tax for millionaires while making life harder and harder for those on low incomes.

Well, Income Tax is just one part of the story, but regardless, I wanted to look at how much the richest have been…

One does not simply leave the EU without endangering the economy

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:09:40 +0100

One does not simply leave the EU without endangering the economy

liberalmartin: “Until same sex marriage is permitted it is...

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:46:24 +0100

liberalmartin:

“Until same sex marriage is permitted it is impossible to claim gay and straight couples are treated equally”

An earlier graphic

What the Liberal Democrats can achieve in a week…

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:34:21 +0100

What the Liberal Democrats can achieve in a week…

Congratulations Lynne Featherstone, Attitude Magazine’s...

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:28:56 +0200

Congratulations Lynne Featherstone, Attitude Magazine’s Politician of the Year for her work to deliver equal marriage

bindersfullofwomen: Ermahgerd Brindrs full of Wormern!

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:07:50 +0200

bindersfullofwomen:

Ermahgerd Brindrs full of Wormern!

Fantastic speech by Julia Gillard!

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:24:53 +0200

Fantastic speech by Julia Gillard!

Three things you should know about the Labour Party Conference...

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:46:43 +0200

Three things you should know about the Labour Party Conference (according to Guardian commentators)

The new tuition fees system is “substantially more...

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:59:54 +0200

The new tuition fees system is “substantially more progressive than its predecessor” according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

How much can you earn before the government charges you income...

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:22:51 +0200

How much can you earn before the government charges you income tax?

Labour's old instincts come to the fore

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:55:00 +0200

Assuming Jackie Ashley is correct in her interpretation of Labour’s direction of travel, she has succeeded in making a convincing case for the continued existence of the Liberal Democrats as a progressive alternative.

For example, whereas Labour will focus on populist, but ultimately ineffective changes to the top rate of tax, Lib Dems are easing the income tax burden for the lowest paid workers.

Labour’s politically opportunist reversal of the Coalition’s NHS reforms, would presumably reintroduce the bias in favour of private healthcare providers that Liberal Democrats succeeded in reversing.

While Labour’s recipe for national renewal is about “changing the institutions people work in and rely on in their daily lives”, the Liberal Democrat approach is to empower people to make their own changes to the lives they lead and the public services they use.

The picture painted of Miliband’s Labour Party is one that is yearning for a return to the 1960s Wilsonian economic tinkering, albeit with more women and fewer smoked-filled rooms. The real and continued division between the philosophies of Britain’s two centre-left parties is that in their hearts Labour remain wedded to ‘top-down’ solutions, while Liberal Democrats trust people to take control of their own affairs.

landofmaps: British Isles circa 820 [1076x1127]

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:33:43 +0200

landofmaps:

British Isles circa 820 [1076x1127]

Defiant!

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:22:14 +0200

Defiant!

To make blue go green you have to add yellow

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:45:40 +0200

To make blue go green you have to add yellow

National renewal: that is our mission

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:37:50 +0200

National renewal: that is our mission