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Author Archives: George Gosling

Opinion: Ending the ban of gay men giving blood – a liberal cause in waiting

By George Gosling | Wed 21st July 2010 - 11:20 am

A new group of Facebook is picking up numbers and making itself known. It is called ‘We Want the Gay Blood Ban Debate’ and its speedy growth is impressive for a specifically Lib Dem campaign. It’s a campaign to try and force a debate at conference about the restrictions on who is fit to give blood.

Many people are not aware of the fact gay men can’t give blood. I am from personal experience. The week after the local nurse talked to my sixth form, a group of a dozen or more of us went to give blood together. For …

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Posted in Op-eds | Tagged alex foster | 12 Comments

Opinion: A European question for the coalition

By George Gosling | Sat 26th June 2010 - 9:20 am

Like many here, the idea of a coalition with the Tories goes rather against the grain for me. What convinced me to at least give the ‘new politics’ a chance was not the thought of David Cameron in Number 10 (and certainly not the idea of Boy George in Number 11), but the amount of positive inclusions in the coalition agreement.

Mark Pack has done a good job, here on LDV, of going through the agreement line by line. There is much for us to be happy about. What still causes me concern, however, is the amount that is not …

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Posted in Europe / International and Op-eds | Tagged david cameron and nick clegg | 6 Comments

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