Sentences with phrase «economic liberal party»

Over the past two years, Nick Clegg and his advisers have been determinedly trying to focus the Lib Dem vote down to those who would vote for a European style social and economic liberal party, a triumphant strategy which has been reflected in the opinion polls.

Not exact matches

The New Democratic Party and the Liberals, therefore, would do no better at boosting economic growth than the Conservative Party is right now.

Posted by Louis - Philippe Rochon under Canada, Conservative government, economic growth, income tax, inequality, Liberal Party policy.

A: They're doing a not - bad job of it if that's your goal, to find that big mushy middle where the Liberal party likes to live, where most Canadians or at least a lot of Canadians see themselves: we see the benefits of this industry and want it do continue to prop up our economic success, while we also see that we need to move away from fossil fuels.

The budget sought to highlight the pro-independence party's economic accomplishments since defeating Jean Charest's Liberal government in September 2012.

Economy: A key component of the Liberal Party's economic policies is the encouragement of a green economy through the development of environmentally - friendly industries and jobs.

Former Conservative Garth Turnerâ $ ™ s decision to join the Liberal caucus is one of several recent news items that highlight the extensive similarity between these two parties on economic policy.

Whether one voted for the Liberal Party of not, Canadians were thrilled to see a cabinet that reflected a fuller picture of who we are — First Nations, immigrants and born - and - raised Canadians, men and women, regional representation, gay and straight, Christian and Sikh and atheist and Muslim among other religions, differently abled, different socio - economic stories, and so on.

As for economic equality, that is an issue that appears to generate more concern among the party's liberal intellectual elite than among its rank - and - file.

His first book, «The Liberal Party and the Economy, 1929 - 1964» (Oxford, 2015) explored how British Liberals engaged with economic thought in the era of John Maynard Keynes and William Beveridge.

It is exactly the same message as that seen in Clegg's speech to his party's autumn conference in Glasgow: only the Liberal Democrats can be trusted to both provide fairness to ordinary people and deliver on economic trustworthiness.

The responsibility for the crisis is identified in turn with Berlusconi and his failure to deliver on the liberal revolution he repeatedly promised; with the Democratic Party which many saw as hopeless during the long years in opposition; and finally, with Mario Monti, whose technocratic government some perceive as the product of the economic establishment which created the crisis and is now passing the costs on to the middle class.

The party's leftist, post-material and socially liberal stance is well - known, and emphasises policies such as opposition to economic austerity and to PFIs to fund public services; higher marginal rates of income tax for the wealthy; a «living wage» for all; and the replacement of VAT with «eco-taxes» such as aviation fuel tax.

-LSB-...] current economic orthodoxy within the Parliamentary Party, and outside of it, such as «Plan C», authored by Dr Prateek Buch, and published by the Social Liberal Forum last year.

Mike, perhaps rather than reading a couple of fringe blogs by right - libertarians (and even those don't hold the opinions you're attributing to them, but often talk about alternative economic ideas like a citizens» income) who are about as representative of mainstream Liberal Democrat thought as Tony Benn is of Labour, you should look at sites like http://socialliberal.net/, which more or less represents the mainstream of the party.

In the meantime, to those Tom Harris charcaters in the Labour party who want to present electoral reform as an issue of relevance only to bourgeois liberal Guardian - readers (like me), I say: how dare you oppose a system that — on the evidence of Soskice and Iversen's study — is better for social spending and economic equality?

The key issues include tax; nuclear power; the living wage (vociferously opposed by economic Liberals, who dispute the Resolution Foundation's work to demonstrate the economic benefits and savings to the exchequer); Trident replacement; and higher education where the party may struggle to avoid reopening the self - inflicted wounds of late 2010.

Some economic liberals have sought to hollow out the party's values too such an extent that the party seems to resemble a liberal version of New Labour devoid of any progressive soul or sense of purpose.

The Social Liberal Forum's amendments to Nick Clegg's economy motion — supported by an unprecedented number of voting representatives — seek to ensure that the party retains distinctive, independent economic narrative up to and beyond the next election.

The coalition's economic rescue mission is not over yet, the deputy prime minister has told Liberal Democrat party members in his new year's message.

It is self evident to those of us on the social liberal wing of the Party that the policies of this Coalition are both unsound on economic and social grounds.

Liberal immigration policies are a way to redress this problem and comprise a key plank of the Scottish National party's social and economic plan for an independent Scotland.

In 2004 members of the classical and economic liberal strand contributed to The Orange Book, which contained free - market economic and social policies and was seen as an attempt to move the party towards the centre - ground.

What is the most appropriate response from Liberal Democrat representatives at their Party's annual conference to an invitation to endorse and to continue with the Conservative's economic strategy?

The Radical Reform Group was a pressure group inside the Liberal Party, set up in 1952 to campaign for social liberal and Keynesian economic apprLiberal Party, set up in 1952 to campaign for social liberal and Keynesian economic apprliberal and Keynesian economic approaches.

The Group continued into the 1960s and although it was never formally wound up it became increasingly a debating society as the mainstream of the party endorsed Grimond's political strategy and the economic liberals gradually lost influence or left the party.

Blair and Mandelson know that their political project — to eliminate trade union and rank and file influence from the Labour Party and move it towards coalition with the Liberals — and the government's economic policies, notably the goal of cutting social spending, will collide with successive layers of the labour movement.

The VVD is a party founded on liberal philosophy, [38] traditionally being the most ardent supporter of «free markets» of all Dutch political parties, promoting political, economic liberalism, classical liberalism, cultural liberalism, but also (in contrast to this) committed to the idea of the welfare state.

The Liberal Democrats have an opportunity, at their annual conference, to make their dissatisfaction with George Osborne's self - defeating austerity plain, regain some of their Party's political integrity, give real momentum to a more intelligent economic strategy and help to restore a modicum of intellectual coherence to the Party's approach to economic policy - making.

The Green Party nominee had initially proposed this year that the labor - backed Working Families Party should endorse his candidacy in order to present a united liberal front against Cuomo, who liberal activists remain deeply skeptical of when it comes to economic policies.

«We are the only party that can finish the job of economic recovery, but finish it fairly,» he told the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow.

He has further explained that his often - expressed view that British liberals should «reclaim our economic liberal heritage» 4 has been «misunderstood and misrepresented, as implying a downgraded commitment to the party's social liberal roots... The argument is that social liberal goals should be pursued with economically liberal means.»

However, Liberal Democrat movement on economic issues was more than offset, to my mind, by the party's outlook on a whole set of other ones.

Founded by a merger of the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party, the party can be simplistically labelled as a mixture of economic liberalism and social liberalism, and it has become fashionable to insist that while the party could sit comfortably with such differences when in opposition, it is much trickier when in government, particularly as a minority pParty and the Liberal Party, the party can be simplistically labelled as a mixture of economic liberalism and social liberalism, and it has become fashionable to insist that while the party could sit comfortably with such differences when in opposition, it is much trickier when in government, particularly as a minority pParty, the party can be simplistically labelled as a mixture of economic liberalism and social liberalism, and it has become fashionable to insist that while the party could sit comfortably with such differences when in opposition, it is much trickier when in government, particularly as a minority pparty can be simplistically labelled as a mixture of economic liberalism and social liberalism, and it has become fashionable to insist that while the party could sit comfortably with such differences when in opposition, it is much trickier when in government, particularly as a minority pparty could sit comfortably with such differences when in opposition, it is much trickier when in government, particularly as a minority partyparty.

Amid panic in the currency markets, the Welsh Liberal Democrats have said that only their party can provide the stability that Britain needs in tough economic times.

His predecessor, Paddy Ashdown, has described him as having moved the Liberal Democrats «to what you might call the right... The liberalism of the old Liberal party was a comfortable social liberalism, which didn't take into account economic liberty as well as social liberty.

The party was widely perceived to be lacking strong leadership and economic credibility, which it assumed it could overcome with a «35 % strategy» of holding onto its core vote from 2010 and grafting on some Liberal Democrat defectors.

The Lib Dems are pivotal in British politics; the SLF and others have begun to make progress in combatting the «economic liberal» clique which has taken over the party's higher echelons.

One faction of the party has sought to play up a broad economic message focused on jobs, while the left - wing, Sanders - boosting faction supports a more liberal economic justice message countering the Trump administration.

«I think my party deserves a lot of credit because we woudn't be seeing the economic recovery unless the Liberal Democrats had shown resolve,» Brown added.

The speech is evidence the Tory leadership is trying to hark back to some of David Cameron's early promises of liberal Conservatism after the party became increasingly focused on economic matters towards the end of the last parliament.

Veritas is finished and was really pretty much from the beginning, it never had any real raison d'etre other than as the Robert Kilroy Silk Fanclub and now that he has abandoned them what is there left for them, The English Democrats are somewhat lightweight policy wise, UKIP actually despite the Kilroy Fiasco got the second biggest gain in total number of votes for any party after the Liberal Democrats and at 2.5 % are now up to where the Liberal Party was in the 1950's, on the other hand the Liberal Democrats have a lacklustre leadership campaign with a lot of scandals, are divided on economic policy and show every sign of being ready to impparty after the Liberal Democrats and at 2.5 % are now up to where the Liberal Party was in the 1950's, on the other hand the Liberal Democrats have a lacklustre leadership campaign with a lot of scandals, are divided on economic policy and show every sign of being ready to impParty was in the 1950's, on the other hand the Liberal Democrats have a lacklustre leadership campaign with a lot of scandals, are divided on economic policy and show every sign of being ready to implode.

Sir Vince Cable has said the Liberal Democrats will not succeed as a one - issue «reverse Ukip» party, pledging that they will develop radical proposals for economic reforms including taxes on second homes and changes to tuition fees.

The new Liberal Party would «pursue a progressive agenda on social and economic issues that is far broader than the WFP's,» the source stated.

In a provocative opening essay, Laws argued that the Liberal Democrats had neglected their party's pro-market economic liberal tradition, and had instead lapsed into a policy mindset little better than «soggy socialism»; they had placed too much faith in the power of the state to improve people's lives, and too little faith in the power of choice and compeLiberal Democrats had neglected their party's pro-market economic liberal tradition, and had instead lapsed into a policy mindset little better than «soggy socialism»; they had placed too much faith in the power of the state to improve people's lives, and too little faith in the power of choice and compeliberal tradition, and had instead lapsed into a policy mindset little better than «soggy socialism»; they had placed too much faith in the power of the state to improve people's lives, and too little faith in the power of choice and competition.

Finally, the Social Liberals, currently faring slightly better at the polls than the other small parties, runs on a platform combining individual and economic freedom with a focus on climate and the environment.

«Lib Dem politics is fiercely parochial, so people who might think of themselves as centre - right or economic liberals were often isolated in their own local party structure.»

In Denmark, the Social Liberals managed to hold both the Foreign Office and Economic Planning between 1993 and 2000 with the party leader opting for Economic Planning.

«As the party of «in», Liberal Democrats believe our focus should be on sustaining economic recovery and creating more jobs in the region.

to improve the understanding of and support for Land Value Taxation amongst members of the Liberal Democrats; to encourage all Liberal Democrats to promote and campaign for this policy as part of a more sustainable and just resource based economic system in which no one is enslaved by poverty; and to cooperate with other bodies, both inside and outside the Liberal Democrat Party, who share these objectives.