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Iain Donaldson

Opinion: Delivering a stronger economy and a fairer society

By Iain Donaldson | Tue 28th October 2014 - 11:56 am

Liberal democrats

The Liberal Democrat pre-manifesto contains a lot of good policy, but what it is lacking is the narrative to pull all those disparate threads into a single powerful statement of who we are and what we stand for.  In this short article I will try to provide just that.
In 2010 we knew that our country was headed for a major recession and that the first priority of the Liberal Democrats in government must be to protect the poorest whilst setting in place the infrastructure necessary in order to re-grow our economy, close the deficit and start to repay the national debt.  That is why we have invested so heavily in cutting taxes for the poorest, improving education for all our children and ensuring that we research new technologies to keep us at the forefront of innovation so that as the world comes out of recession this country is able to meet the new demands.
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  • Peter Martin
    Does anyone else think it's odd that a party which is keen on devolving power to the local level is also keen to join a supra national political entity which wa...
  • Peter Martin
    As often happens on LDV any discussion quickly, in this case from the first comment, gets on to the EU even though the OP isn't about the EU. I still think ...
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    I agree entirely with the sentiment behind this article, although it’s a bit depressing that it’s going to take the prospect of war to make government start...
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    A very good article Mark....