Posts Tagged “centreforum”
LibLink: Paul Marshall – England should run football the German way
by Stephen Tall on August 17, 2013
Today is the first day of competitive action in the Premiership. To mark the occasion, The Times has published an article by Paul Marshall, ‘England should run football the German way’. Paul is well-known in Lib Dem circles as chair of the liberal CentreForum think-tank and co-editor of The Orange Book. He’s also a passionate […]
A longer read for the weekend: Tim Leunig on how to increase airport capacity in the UK
by Stephen Tall on June 29, 2013
Congratulations to Tim Leunig — these days a senior adviser in the Department for Education, but until recently chief economist at the CentreForum think-tank — whose report Bigger and quieter: the right answer for aviation was the winner this week of the economic and financial category at Prospect Magazine’s Think Tank of the Year Awards [...]
University application rates from disadvantaged areas: my ‘grounds for cautious optimism’ graph
by Stephen Tall on January 31, 2013
Over at LibDemVoice today, Mark Pack has produced an interesting graph showing an important trend: the narrowing gap in university application rates between 18 year-olds from the most disadvantaged areas and the most advantaged areas. Here’s my less sophisticated graphical (…)
Your essential weekend reader — my personal pick of the week’s must-reads
by Stephen Tall on January 5, 2013
It’s Saturday evening, so here are twelve thought-provoking articles to stimulate your thinking juices culled from all those I’ve linked to this last week. You can follow me on Delicious here. Political predictions: as the year ends, what does 2013 hold for the main party leaders? – Andrew Rawnsley sanely assesses the 12 months to [...]
Your essential weekend reader — 8 must-read articles you may have missed
by Stephen Tall on October 20, 2012
It’s Saturday morning, so here are eight thought-provoking articles to stimulate your thinking juices… Three big things I’ve got wrong since I’ve starting blogging and commenting – ConservativeHome’s Tim Montgomerie confesses to a trio of big errors on the NHS, higher-rate tax and equalities: “One of the many reasons I don’t want to be an [...]
All change at CentreForum think-tank
by Stephen Tall on September 20, 2012
Three bits of news from the leading (only?) liberal think-tank, CentreForum… First a departure: chief economist Tim Leunig is leaving to to serve as Policy Adviser in the Department for Education. I detect David Laws’ hand in that decision. Tim (…)
Can I out-Orange Book Jeremy Browne? Find out on 22nd September…
by Stephen Tall on August 20, 2012
So this is how my visit to Lib Dem conference this year will begin… by appearing on the panel for one of CentreForum’s 27 (count ‘em) fringe events, catchily titled Half-Time Oranges (and Blues): How to renew the Coalition while (…)
Making work pay – how taxes should work better for the ‘squeezed middle’
by Stephen Tall on July 31, 2012
The Resolution Foundation helped give birth to the phrase ‘squeezed middle’: that group of low-income individuals and families just above the threshold to qualify for most welfare help, but only just able to make ends meet, and always in danger of slipping back into poverty. Today they’ve published a report written by Paul Johnson, Director [...]
On Nick Clegg’s ‘labotomoy’, Andrew Neil’s dissonance & Matthew Parris’s skewering
by Stephen Tall on July 3, 2012
To the cloisters of Westminster Abbey last night for liberal think-tank CentreForum’s summer party (which lived up to its billing as a party, even if summer didn’t appear). Nick Clegg was guest of honour, and delivered a 10-minute tours d’horizons (…)
Time for the Lib Dems to blow the final whistle on national wage settlements
by Stephen Tall on March 18, 2012
It’s over 50 years since the campaign by Jimmy Hill, then chairman of the Professional Footballers’ Association, successfully scrapped the maximum wage which operated throughout the football league until 1961. Some probably lament the commercialisation of the game which it set in motion. But the idea that individuals should have a ceiling placed on their [...]
