John Dixon Author Archive
Opinion: The Politeness of Freedom (A short essay on Political Correctness)
Written by John Dixon on 4th June 2008 – 7:45 amPolitical correctness is an odd matter for we Liberal Democrats. The inherent contradictions contained within it seems to symbolize the strains between the right and the left of our party.
However, we cannot simply continue to ignore the issue, for doing so is allowing the debate to be taken over by a reactionary right-wing press [...]
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Opinion: Freedom is not a 10 pound note
Written by John Dixon on 29th November 2007 – 9:33 amQ: Mr Huhne. The word “liberal” implies a willingness to allow others their freedom. Since your party - the party of high taxes and economic regulation - respects freedom the least, can we please have our word back? Posted by Tim S on November 20, 2007 10:20 PM
RyanBerks: Right now if I had to think [...]
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Opinion: How the Republicans are trying to win the 2008 presidential election
Written by John Dixon on 5th August 2007 – 7:02 pmA prominent Republican lawyer is trying to put a ballot to the vote in California which would mean the presidential votes of California in 2008 would distributed by district rather than by state. This would practically destroy the Democrats’ chances of an easy victory, and give the Republicans approximately an extra 20 votes (the same [...]
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Opinion: The myth of classical liberalism
Written by John Dixon on 28th July 2007 – 1:39 pm‘To give is Liberality,
In him that shuns two contraries;
The one is prodigality,
The other hateful avarice.’
Cervantes – Don Quixote, the 2nd part, 1614
I have been pondering a while over how to approach this subject. And, although I have only just got back from hospital, I feel [...]
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