Tag Archives: Conference

Firesale?

Posted on Monday October 12th 2009 by Fiona Melville

Gordon Brown is apparently to list out the ‘non-financial’ state assets which he wants to sell off to help pay our debts. I don’t have any ideological objection to this (indeed, I question why on earth the state owns such things … Continue reading →

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Flipping the media

Posted on Sunday October 11th 2009 by Fiona Melville

George’s speech (fair, stern, in it together) was excellent. I’ve always been a huge fan of George’s political brain. I want a Chancellor to think about his policies in human terms – and that means a political Chancellor, not just … Continue reading →

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Showing the money

Posted on Saturday October 3rd 2009 by Fiona Melville

No, David, this isn’t going to be yet another of my doom and gloom, we’re all bankrupt posts… Last week Gordon Brown announced a variety of policies in his conference speech. Some were good so let’s give him some credit: … Continue reading →

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Should it be a two-way street?

Posted on Sunday September 27th 2009 by Fiona Melville

I went to the Lib Dem conference in 2004. It was in Bournemouth and it was my first ever political conference. I hasten to add that I was sent there officially by the Tory party – but I came back … Continue reading →

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Reflections on conference

Posted on Sunday October 5th 2008 by Michael

It was just a week ago that I arrived in Birmingham for another Party Conference and I thought I would offer a few reflections on a surprisingly successful week. 1.       Conference risked being completely overshadowed by the momentous economic news. While … Continue reading →

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