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Scottish LibDems need to rebuild trust
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Scottish LibDems need to rebuild trust. May 27, 2015. I used to describe myself as a social liberal. I was a member of the Scottish Liberal Party in the 1980s and Secretary-General of IFLRY. I think Willie Rennie is probably a decent man, but to see him attack the SCVO and call for the resignation of Martin Sime, because they had the temerity to suggest that Home Rule should be an option in the indyref, was shockingly, profoundly and deeply illiberal. The fundamental challenge for the LibDems is one of t...
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The lies and smears of Project Fear are coming home to roost
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The lies and smears of Project Fear are coming home to roost. May 2, 2015. A key pointer is the level of mistrust revealed in recent polls regarding Scottish Labour. The SNP line is that in joining forces with the toxic Tories during the referendum campaign Labour betrayed the trust of voters in Scotland. The deeper truth is that it is the way in which Labour campaigned for a No vote that finally alienated the trust of many. Multinational supermarket chains who claim to compete on price were persuaded to...
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A reasonable Irish view on Scotland?
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A reasonable Irish view on Scotland? April 3, 2015. I suppose Mark Hennessy didn’t have much luck with timing in publishing his article. In his own glass house before he starts chucking stones. I don’t know if Mark Hennessy has been speaking with Douglas Alexander MP who recently claimed. Of September to watch the BBC forensically dissect the inconsistencies and improbabilities of the promises of more powers, when they had failed to query the Vow at the time. One does not have to believe in conspiracy th...
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You don’t win a battle of ideas and values with torture and drone strikes. November 17, 2015. Through the looking glass. October 21, 2015. The next UK General Election will be in the autumn of 2016. July 27, 2015. Victory on Europe, but at what price? June 22, 2015. Little risk of political accountability for the incompetence of perfidious Albion. June 4, 2015. Seumas Milne writing in The Guardian today had an excellent piece. Scottish LibDems need to rebuild trust. May 27, 2015. May 12, 2015. May 2, 2015.
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Victory on Europe, but at what price?
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Victory on Europe, but at what price? June 22, 2015. We got a glimpse last week of the virulent, extreme right wing insurgent political force that is likely to dominate UK politics for the next decade. If you thought Cameron unleashed was bad, just wait until Conservatives for Britain are in charge. Very concerned by ongoing death threats against Imad Abu Shamsiyya who I met in May in #Hebron. About 4 hours ago. Discusses digital activism @NABEELRAJAB. And other crackdowns in #Bahrain. About 5 hours ago.
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Who will be the next Secretary of State for Scotland? March 25, 2015. The dangerous lure of what is possible. March 24, 2015. The BBC was busy again last week. The case against human rights. January 12, 2015. The sight of autocrats who deny freedom of expression marching through the streets of Paris is perhaps a good time to belatedly reflect on Eric Posner’s, The Case Against Human Rights. October 20, 2014. Arriving in Brussels to meet with colleagues who had questioned Scotland’s independence ref...
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The next UK General Election will be in the autumn of 2016
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The next UK General Election will be in the autumn of 2016. July 27, 2015. The UK will probably vote to stay in the EU. And the Tory party will almost certainly split over such a result. Those MPs who campaign for an out vote will not come back in line to keep Cameron in Number 10. They will be angry and alienated. And it will not be a few die-hard Euro-sceptics defecting to UKIP. Conservatives for Britain. Are likely to have at least 50 MPs and possibly many more. So what happens if the Tories split?
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Victory on Europe, but at what price? June 22, 2015. We got a glimpse last week of the virulent, extreme right wing insurgent political force that is likely to dominate UK politics for the next decade. If you thought Cameron unleashed was bad, just wait until Conservatives for Britain are in charge. [Read more…]. Scottish LibDems need to rebuild trust. May 27, 2015. Imagine if the Scottish LibDems backed Home Rule. May 12, 2015. How did it come to this? May 2, 2015. A reasonable Irish view on Scotland?
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Little risk of political accountability for the incompetence of perfidious Albion
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Little risk of political accountability for the incompetence of perfidious Albion. June 4, 2015. Seumas Milne writing in The Guardian today had an excellent piece. On how the US fuelled the rise of Isis in Syria and Iraq. It followed the collapse. Alliance with the brutal, misogynist, extremist funding and exporting regime in Saudi Arabia. We might not be able to put out the fires we have helped to start, but we could at least stop fanning the flames. About 4 hours ago. And other crackdowns in #Bahrain.
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Winter is coming
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April 1, 2015. Would be a good starting point. Very concerned by ongoing death threats against Imad Abu Shamsiyya who I met in May in #Hebron. About 4 hours ago. Discusses digital activism @NABEELRAJAB. And other crackdowns in #Bahrain. Nabeel in prison for Tweeting htt. About 5 hours ago. Moving film on the struggle against disappearances and for justice by women human rights defenders in the Americas https:/ t.co/K4fRazGb0r. About 5 hours ago. Through the looking glass. On Heartbroken but unbowed.
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