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.
Babak Radboy's «Circle Time,» a faux kids» show that engages toddlers in a dialogue about the ills of capitalism, left a bad taste in my mouth, as
did Chantal Mouffe's «General Intellects with McKenzie Wark,» in which an
economic theorist, beheaded via special - effects technology, lectures on
liberalism and democracy in an empty meeting room.