Opinion: The phone hacking scandal is an attack on civil liberties
Wikipedia defines civil liberties in the following way: Civil liberties are rights and freedoms that provide an individual specific rights such as the right to life, freedom from torture, freedom from...
View ArticleHow do we build the Lib Dems’ core vote?
Can the problems the Liberal Democrats are currently experiencing be put down not to the Coalition but, in the long view, to a failure of the party to promote a strong, distinctive liberal philosophy...
View ArticleWho are the Lib Dems ‘unconventional men (or women) whose mad ideas make us...
Andrew Rawnsley, writing in today’s Observer under the surprisingly un-PC title In praise of unconventional men who make us think, sticks up for those iconoclastic thinkers who challenge their parties’...
View ArticleOpinion: The importance of social liberalism
The debate regarding the importance and roles of ‘social’ and ‘economic’ liberalism can, on occasion, be misrepresented. Whether deliberate or incidental the relationship between the two philosophies...
View ArticleQuestion: Big or small government? Answer: effective
One prominent member of Liberal Youth hits the nail on the head when she says ‘[I am] frankly sick of all this I’m a social liberal so I’m a better Lib Dem; no it’s Orange Bookers that are real Lib...
View ArticleOpinion: There is one coalition that needs to last
I have been staring at the faces of Lib Dem councillors for days as part of a piece of work I have undertaken. Although the highlight has been finding out Cllr Ken Ball has managed to wangle Deputy...
View ArticleOpinion: Labour’s embracing of economic liberalism is to be welcomed
The first sign that man is moving from the reckless abandon of late youth to the windswept comfort of early maturity can be found in his reaction to the sight of falling snow. Where once it would have...
View ArticleLibLink: David Laws – The Orange Book eight years on
The latest issue of the Economic Affairs journal contains a number of articles discussing the effect The Orange Book has had on the Liberal Democrats since its publication eight years ago. There are...
View ArticleOpinion: What’s wrong with the Welfare State?
Last Saturday the Social Liberal Forum met for its 2012 conference. Being in a centre-right Coalition with the Conservatives has not lead to an abandonment of our centre-left principles. Our...
View ArticleCalling all writers – two essay competitions on liberalism and liberty coming...
We bring you news of two essay competitions which may have escaped your attention. CentreForum marks the 10th anniversary of the Orange Book Can you believe it’s 10 years since the Orange Book? That...
View ArticleThe two Orange Bookers who’ve won over the Lib Dem membership
It’s 10 years since The Orange Book was published. Edited by David Laws and Paul Marshall it was widely regarded as an attempt by economic liberals within the Lib Dems to wrest back control of the...
View ArticleThe Orange Book, 10 years on: 5 thoughts on its legacy
Today saw what its co-editor Paul Marshall called the belated launch party for The Orange Book – such was the controversy surrounding its publication 10 years ago that the original event was cancelled....
View ArticleLDVideo: David Laws on the success of The Orange Book, 10 years on
On Tuesday, Centre Forum, the liberal think tank, held a one-day conference in London to mark the tenth anniversary of the publication of The Orange Book (we have already run pieces on the event by...
View Article“The Guardian view on the Lib Dem Orange Book”
As we noted earlier this week, the tenth anniversary of the publication of The Orange Book was marked by a conference hosted by CentreForum on Tuesday. Today The Guardian publishes an editorial...
View ArticleOpinion: I’ve got the Orange Book blues
There have been many articles in LDV on the recent ‘Orange Book Two’ conference but I wanted to comment, by way of reflection a month later, on the sum of the more classical liberal ideas presented at...
View Article10 Years on from The Orange Book: What should authentic liberalism look like?
“10 Years on from The Orange Book: what should authentic liberalism look like?” That was the title of a Lib Dem conference fringe meeting in Glasgow, organised by the Institute of Economic Affairs...
View ArticleSpeaking up for the civil liberties of dogs
After the Federal Executive meeting this week where we discussed preparations for the election campaign (heartening to see so many people coming forward to be approved as candidates), arrangements to...
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