SNP quietly put Independence on the backburner
It is with some suprise but much delight that I hear the SNP are dropping their plans for an independence referendum during this Parliament. Regardless of what I think the merits of having an independence referendum are, I believe the SNP have made a major tactical blunder with their latest decision for three reasons: 1. […]
William Hague and Buddhist Ethics
Rumours have been flying around the internet for weeks now about William Hague and his special advisor Chris Myers. I had considered blogging about it a week ago but decided otherwise because it just felt wrong to give a greater airing to rumours and innuendo. The issue also made me think about ‘The Noble Eightfold […]
Guess who the Lib Dem candidate for Dundee West is?
The secret is out. My better half Alison has been announced as the Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for Dundee West. Alison was born and brought up in Dundee and anyone that has ever met her knows how passionate she is about the city. Alison was the first female apprentice engineer at Timex in Dundee, she […]
Summer Read #2 – The Orange Book
Yes I know that my Lib Dem friends reading this will be pretty appalled that I’ve never read this book before as it seems to be the manifesto of the economic liberalism promoted by David Laws and his colleagues however I simply never got round to it. However at the moment I am constantly being […]
Thoughts on the Coalition
Like many members of the Lib Dems I’ve been spending the past couple of weeks trying to make up my mind about the new political paradigm we find ourselves in. Richard Grayson’s excellent article in The New Statesman has articulated many of the concerns and aspirations I have for the future of the party. Would […]