Author Archives: Chris Tanner

Towards a new, radical and distinctive LibDem platform

wikimedia-org-flag-of-uk-home-nations-home_nations_flag-cc

I would like to contribute to the ‘radical and distinctive’ LibDem platform of the Radical Association.  We should be proud of our devolution process, freely achieved without unrest and violence.  But it has created inconsistencies underlined by the Scottish and EU referendums:

  • We are a Union of four countries, each theoretically equal within the Union…
  • Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have a Parliament and First Minster
  • England does not have a Parliament of its own, or a First Minister
  • England does ‘host’ the ‘national Parliament’ to which the others also send

Posted in Op-eds | Tagged | 55 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • George Thomas
    Reform and Conservative's opposed the nation of sanctuary policy in Wales which aims to improve integration. These parties, and those who understand and the pol...
  • Jana
    @Nick Baird I think the explanation is more likely down to misunderstanding the difference between the rate of migration and the number of migrants in the coun...
  • Nick Baird
    Part of the problem preventing sensible discussion about immigration is that thanks to scaremongering by the right wing press and political parties, the British...
  • Dennis Delice
    Completely agreed! Liberal Democrats have to realise the importance of positive freedom too. Scepticism of any involvement of state to achieve liberty is mislea...
  • Rob Heale
    Surely people can't have real choices and freedom if they live in poverty. They won't have the decent home or the resources needed to exercise their rights. Soc...