Tag Archives: philanthropy

Baroness Ros Scott

Ros Scott writes… The spirit of philanthropy

By Baroness Ros Scott | Fri 27th June 2014 - 12:47 pm

Christian Aid Week collector, WaterlooThree hours passed in the House of Lords yesterday without a single party political point made by any of the 21 speakers taking part in the discussion. The occasion for this unusual occurrence was my debate on the contribution made to society by the voluntary and charitable sector, held as one of three Liberal Democrat sponsored debates taking place yesterday.

Charitable giving from the public has held up remarkably well despite the long recession, although we should all be concerned that what my colleague Baroness Claire Tyler …

Continue reading »
Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged , and | 5 Comments
Stephen Tall

In praise of… Tony Blair

By Stephen Tall | Wed 18th August 2010 - 7:43 am

I voted for Tony Blair as Labour leader in 1994; I voted for him again to become Labour prime minister in 1997. I soon learned my lesson.

As Prime Minister, he failed. Not so much domestically: sure, he disappointed but show me a political leader who doesn’t.

But in foreign policy, Mr Blair was an unmitigated disaster, the most incompetent post-war Prime Minister bar none (yes, even worse than Anthony Eden).

His intentions are irrelevant: the results of his – and it was his – decision to wage war against Iraq have made Britain and the world less safe at huge …

Continue reading »
Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged and | 14 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • Tim Rogers
    The only way to counter such violence has to be in ways that the perpetrators recognise is harsher sentences. This does not necessarily have to be prison, heavi...
  • Chloe
    Seven years ago, during the 2019 General Election, I was called a “traitor” online... We struggle to have a nuanced discussion in the party on a certain ...
  • Peter Davies
    There is a general problem that all parties state their targets in terms of new homes built. While regeneration programs replacing bad homes with better ones is...
  • Peter Davies
    As usual, the article talks about a requirement for social homes and "genuinely affordable homes" but a strategy for delivering "affordable homes". We need to b...
  • Tristan Ward
    "The question on Monday evening is whether we should be as wary of it in private hands" Of course we should. We don't like anyone or anything that abuses pow...