Sentences with phrase «libdem policy»
For example, George Osborne is going to try to enact at least part of the LibDem policy on raising the income tax threshold.
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Being in uneasy alliance if a Huhne - Cable - Farron axis assert more control over LibDem policy may get trickier, but Vince doesn't hate the Prime Minister anything like as viscerally as some of the 1922.
Also, don't forget that the 50p rate was never a LibDem policy or priority, but increasing the tax free allowance to # 10k for people on low to middle incomes was a key manifesto commitment (higher rate tax payers get less of an increase + those earning over # 100k get no tax free allowance).
(i) in - depth debate about the detailed LibDem policy platform.
Not exact matches
Clarke's Green Paper on sentencing policy reform, while not by any means ideal, is easily the best thing we can hope for on several fronts, including especially the national scandal of IPPs; and Clarke, with LibDem help, is an essential brake on illiberal proposals, instincts and policies elsewhere in government, especially the home office (as usual).
13eastie This piece was simply flagging up quite a significant policy suggestion by the LibDem deputy leader, which though the South London Press had splashed it in print had not been mentioned at all online in the media / blogs / twitter.
And it still depends on fluking a hung Parliament at the next election, with Labour as the largest single party and having enough LibDems to produce a workable majority... and that's before the horse - trading on policies begins.
IF, and it's a big IF, there were to be a hung Parliament next time around, far better that the LibDems (and I guess this applies to the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Dr. Dick Taylor too) act as kingmakers by voting for or against the government, whether it be Labour or Conservative, * on the merits of each individual piece of legislation * than propping up some of the most loathsome, reactionary policies this side of the self - styled moral crusaders from the ear of High Thatcherism.
The same tribal tendencies and insatiable desire to criticise policies based on who came up with them, not what they are, is likely responsible both for this post and for the various of the cited LibDem criticisms of the policy when Labour had it.
It would be worthwhile for the LibDems and for the country if Cable's economic policy replaced Brown's.
The LibDems are not in power, and I think it's unreasonable for the original OP to heap blame on Nick Clegg for acceding to policies which otherwise the LibDems would never have supported, in return for concessions on the Conservative side.
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No wonder the policy of the LibDems in opposition up to the 2010 election was to close down the DTI.
This was a policy more progressive than Labour's own points - based system, which may not have been known or understood by much of the electorate, whereas the LibDem's policy was widely known.
In addition, the same research shows that the LibDems» stated policy of an amnesty for the longest resident irregular migrants was the only policy where it outpolled Labour.
I'm sure they now think it is an even better idea than putting 5p on plastic bags, an idea David Laws assures me is the most popular policy the LibDems have put forward since, er, the abolition of tuition fees.
Brian Binley urged Cameron to rethink policies that are too LibDem - friendly while Jackie Doyle - Price said that some of UKIP's messages were more appealing to Tory voters than Cameron's policies.
Francesco, I can't myself see a Tory - LibDem coalition working, because it would need an EU policy, and the «being open'to electoral reform is very contentless.
Whilst not resiling from a LibDem position Laws is perceptive and judicious when looking at policies and personalities.
Friday, December 03, 2010 in LibDem - Tory relations, Parliamentary Conservative Party, Party democracy and membership, Policy groups, The big picture, The Coalition, The Conservative Right Permalink
Tim we are a broad tent of opinion in the conservative party and I think that David Cameron is trying to move towards a policy agenda which reflects that, and to say that it is a move towards the Libdems is a bit disingenuous.
Yes, you are trying to promote the perception that David Cameron and his team are moving towards the Libdems before we have produced our policies, much in the way you have hyped UKIP and a failure to progress in the North, Scotland or Wales before a vote has been cast in the upcoming elections.
Only the last of these policies has resulted in actual change: the electorate voted «no» to AV, Conservative backbench rebels scotched Lords reform and the LibDems vetoed the boundary changes in retaliation.
The old UKIP policy scared many wavering Conservative voters who feared voting UKIP would only benefit Labour and the LibDems.
It's Nice Ed's coming back he was at stoke after all, Ed dropped the triangulation line that Blair liked, funny as he actually appealed to both Daivd Owen, Maurice Glasman and Tony benn in 2010 ′ but the triangulation of middle / working class votes has gone that it's not even Left / Right anymore, and the dozen or so policies that unite ex Labour voters who vote Libdem, and the ones who vote Ukip can be summed up in, ignore Soctland and Northern Ireland politics concentrate on the economy, Defence, freedom of speech and women's rights,
Monday, September 19, 2011 in Economic policy, LibDem - Tory relations, Liberal Democrats, Tax and spending, The Coalition Permalink
The Liberal Democrats were working on a detailed policy paper on the party's view on tax in the round, which would be debated at the 2013 LibDem conference.
Wednesday, August 01, 2012 in Economic policy, LibDem - Tory relations, Liberal Democrats, Opinion polls Permalink
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