Tag Archives: Leadership

The danger of the Blue Book

It was only a matter of time before they rallied. They bit their lip when he was elected leader, they knew that if they said anything that might damage him that it would probably be turned against them, they thought … Continue reading

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Signing the “Peoples Pledge” is not compatible with being a part of a political party

Here is “the peoples  pledge”: “I will only vote at the next election for a candidate who publicly promises to support a binding referendum on our EU membership and to vote for it in the House of Commons” I can’t … Continue reading

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Policy pass but process fail

On Wednesday – finally – we saw a concerted offensive from David Cameron, Nick Clegg, CCHQ and assorted others to explain and promote the tuition fee proposals which have just passed. I’m not going to discuss the proposals themselves again … Continue reading

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Changes To Student Finance Are Progressive, Fair And Absolutely Necessary

The proposals to reform Higher Education funding, which will be voted on in a couple of hours time, are progressive, unavoidable and utterly necessary for our Higher Education (HE) system to be able to compete globally in the future.  They … Continue reading

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Mothers of Invention

Critics on the right, and I include myself, have often charged the Prime Minister and those around him with lacking ideology. But since the beginning, it has seemed clear that this Coalition was a radical liberal government, determined to reshape … Continue reading

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