Author Archives: William Jones

William Jones

Opinion: The challenge ahead for Nick Clegg

By William Jones | Mon 15th October 2012 - 10:53 am

The right-wing, who have been rocking the leadership boat for David Cameron, have been dealt with. With some PR mastery, that has relaunched him. Even the threat of Boris seems to have melted away.

Cameron is now considered a “real Tory” amongst activists after Osborne provided some red-blooded Tory announcements. He has removed any questions about his leadership, for now, if he can steamroller the Lib Dems with a further £10bn of benefit cuts, the shelving of any taxes

Continue reading »
Posted in Op-eds | Tagged , , and | 19 Comments
William Jones

Opinion: keeping up the Mo-mentum

By William Jones | Sun 2nd September 2012 - 4:25 pm

Many of us watched with pride as Mo Farah won his two Gold medals at the London 2012 Olympics, encapsulating the spirit that swept most of the country over two golden weeks, re-invigorating our nation, and this week saw the beautiful Paralympics opening ceremony. Mo and the Paralympians show what a civilised and diverse country we are. London 2012 has shown that this nation is great because it is open, modern, quirky, successful and brilliant, a country ready to embrace the challenges of a changed world head on.

Recently, Conservative minister Damian Green said he wants Tories to pass the ‘Danny …

Continue reading »
Posted in Op-eds | Tagged , and | 1 Comment
William Jones

Opinion: Let’s get case for Alan Turing pardon debated in Parliament

By William Jones | Wed 4th January 2012 - 6:59 pm

Today, I ask you as fellow Liberal Democrats to sign the Grant Alan Turing a Pardon petition on the number 10 website.

The petition reads:

“We ask the HM Government to grant a pardon to Alan Turing for the conviction of ‘gross indecency’. In 1952, he was convicted of ‘gross indecency’ with another man and was forced to undergo so-called ‘organo-therapy’ – chemical castration. Two years later, he killed himself with cyanide, aged just 41. Alan Turing was driven to a terrible despair and early death by the nation he’d done so much to save. This remains a shame on the

…

Continue reading »
Posted in Op-eds | Tagged , , , and | 19 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • David Raw
    @ Peter Martin. A further thought. Mandelson may have been appointed because his knowledge of Trump’s varied activities gave him a special hold over said Pres...
  • paul barker
    Is The UK Ungovernable ? No, its hysterical bollox & plays into the hands of The Far-Right....
  • paul barker
    There have been 27 Councillors elected since May 7th - 3 of them are Reform, that's 1 in 9 or 11%. Another striking feature is the number of Reform losses, s...
  • Matt (Bristol)
    Peter Martin, when you reply to me about Transport house I don't think you've read the foregoing comments from me and David Raw. Anyway, back to the future....
  • Rif Winfield
    Mick, Burnham's real problems will start after he moves into No.10 and finally faces his true opponents - the Labour establishment and their Treasury backers. ...