in order to make up for my abandoning the blog for a day owing to us relaunching a website, soon. Here is the world’s top blogger Cowen hoisting an excellent quote about Benthamism: Bentham is a total mess. One commentator said that Benthamite utilitarianism is a philosophy that tells you what to do when you [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Liberalism’
17 May
Orange Book in hot demand
Well, it’s hardly surprising, is it? The zig-zag story of the Conservatives’ attempt to embrace liberalism under Cameron has its images, sayings and catchphrases: the well-hugged hoodie, the huskie, the green tree, We Believe in Society, Cameron’s embrace of the NHS, and so on. But the other movement that led to the coalition partners coming [...]
16 May
Most shocking quote from the Economist this week
Please, don’t less this be the future for a Britain now signed up to less liberal immigration policies. From a story about how an anti-immigration backlash plays out in Japan: Families have been broken apart as parents of children born in Japan have been detained and deported. People who seemed to qualify for a special [...]
5 May
Liberalism is about dissolving power
Reason number two for my support of the Lib Dems is their abiding concern with concentrated power. In Vince’s policies it is about dissolving the power of banks and other monopolies. In education it is about moving power down to where headteachers and local authorities can make decisions. In electoral reform it is about ensuring [...]
26 Apr
My latest CiF piece: Labour too interested in power for its own sake
It is here. I used to have a blog – called Swing Voter – which I used in the autumn of 2007 to think aloud about my voting choice. I am a genuine swing voter – Tory in 1992, Labour since, LibDem now. I almost joined Labour in 2007, but was repelled at the last [...]
9 Mar
John Kampfner: Why I’m backing the Lib Dems
John Kampfner, a distinguished war reporter, ex-editor of the New Statesman and commentator with impeccable centre-Left credentials, has written an important and provocative piece for the Guardian today: Why I’m backing the Lib Dems This coincides with the launch (through CentreForum) of his pamphlet: ‘Lost Labours: where now for the liberal Left?” (pdf). The webpage [...]
10 Jan
Could the plot-shambles be good for Labour?
At least the plot forced Brown to take a more mature approach to fiscal strategy.
19 Nov
The Isms of Cruddas
These are the ISMs that Cruddas thinks can show us that he is on the side of the Good
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