Posts Tagged “vince cable”
Clegg leadership plot: Gove’s ‘crazy grenade’ detonates, briefly, before Tories revert to arguing about Europe
by Stephen Tall on May 12, 2013
Hats off to Mr Gove! With the Tory party in its customary state of internecine warfare over Europe, the education secretary used his interview this morning on The Andrew Marr Show to allege a leadership plot to overthrow Nick Clegg. Here’s PoliticsHome’s account: Michael Gove has suggested Nick Clegg’s opposition to increasing childminders-toddlers ratio is [...]
Clegg leadership plot: Gove’s ‘crazy grenade’ detonates, briefly, before Tories revert to arguing about Europe
by Stephen Tall on May 12, 2013
Hats off to Mr Gove! With the Tory party in its customary state of internecine warfare over Europe, the education secretary used his interview this morning on The Andrew Marr Show to allege a leadership plot to overthrow Nick Clegg. Here’s PoliticsHome’s account: Michael Gove has suggested Nick Clegg’s opposition to increasing childminders-toddlers ratio is [...]
The double dip recession that never was?
by Stephen Tall on May 11, 2013
Did the double-dip recession ever happen? It looks increasingly possible that it didn’t — the BBC reports the latest revision to the data: A revision by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has cast doubt on the UK’s double-dip recession last year. Revised growth estimates now suggest the construction industry shrank in the first quarter [...]
The double dip recession that never was?
by Stephen Tall on May 11, 2013
Did the double-dip recession ever happen? It looks increasingly possible that it didn’t — the BBC reports the latest revision to the data: A revision by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has cast doubt on the UK’s double-dip recession last year. Revised growth estimates now suggest the construction industry shrank in the first quarter [...]
Vince in not-so-coded call for Lib-Lab cooperation
by Stephen Tall on May 10, 2013
Vince Cable published an interesting piece in the New Statesman last month (I missed it at the time): My advice to young Lib Dems — rise above the tribalism. It’s a biographical reflection on his political journey — from Young Liberal to Mr Wilson’s ‘White Heat’ Labour to the breakaway SDP and finally to the [...]
Vince in not-so-coded call for Lib-Lab cooperation
by Stephen Tall on May 10, 2013
Vince Cable published an interesting piece in the New Statesman last month (I missed it at the time): My advice to young Lib Dems — rise above the tribalism. It’s a biographical reflection on his political journey — from Young Liberal to Mr Wilson’s ‘White Heat’ Labour to the breakaway SDP and finally to the [...]
Vince increases the minimum wage. It’s the right decision, but we do need to get local about it.
by Stephen Tall on April 15, 2013
This was the Mirror (and many other news outlets) two weeks ago: Minimum wage cut fears: Fury as Government considers ‘kicking’ low-paid workers The reality? The Government has accepted the independent Low Pay Commission’s recommendations to increase both the adult and youth National Minimum Wage rates. The BBC reports: Minimum wage to increase to £6.31 [...]
Lib Dem ‘mansion tax’: the right policy AND a vote-winner, say 69% of party members
by Stephen Tall on April 3, 2013
Lib Dem Voice polled our members-only forum recently to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 650 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results. The Lib Dems are committed to levying a new household tax (known as the Mansion Tax) [...]
Vince Cable wins “Quote of the Day”
by Stephen Tall on March 22, 2013
Asked in The House magazine about the Tories’ commitment to reduce net immigration to ‘tens of thousands’ a year, Vince sagely replies: “It’s not something Government [can deliver]… when you think about the logic of it: net immigration means reducing (…)
Eastleigh by-election: your essential round-up of all the weekend’s news (18 Feb)
by Stephen Tall on February 18, 2013
The penultimate weekend’s campaigning was frenetic at the Lib Dems’ Eastleigh HQ… Over 530 Lib Dem volunteers passed through its doors in just this weekend (to add to the 1,000+ who’d visited in the previous week). Visitors included an upbeat Nick Clegg (BBC report and video here) and others — as this video shows: >> [...]
