Archive for vince cable
Lib Dem fiscal policy in a nutshell
Ahead of this evening’s debate between Alistair Darling, George Osborne and Vince Cable, you might find this little summary of the party’s fiscal policies helpful:
The party’s proposed tax cuts (such as raising the basic rate income tax threshold to £10,000) will be paid for by tax rises elsewhere in the system (such as ending the [...]
Low earner Liberal Democrats: what’s the impact of the budget?
Having covered earlier in the week the importance of ‘low earner Liberal Democrats’ to the party’s prospects, how are things looking after the Budget?
One thing Alistair Darling most certainly did not do was to raise the income tax threshold to £10,000, the Liberal Democrat policy that would take millions out of income tax completely and [...]
Those of a statistically nervous disposition should look away now
A double triumph in the Mirror today: for Vince Cable and for British journalism.
For Vince Cable – congratulations on another poll putting you the most popular choice for Chancellor (32% versus 23% for Darling and 21% for Osborne).
For British journalism – take a bow at a story that uses phrases such as “plunges” and “it’s [...]
“If you want change, vote for the only party that will bring about change”
That was the message of Danny Alexander’s speech to the Liberal Democrat spring conference this morning. Change – but not just any sort of change:
Two ideas will dominate this election campaign: change and fairness. Only one party is arguing at this election for both fairness and change: the Liberal Democrats.
Change: because business as usual is [...]
Why vote Liberal Democrat? Book review
If you go to Amazon searching for “Why vote Liberal Democrat?”, edited by Danny Alexander and just published by Biteback, you may be surprised to find yourself being presented instead with a book of the same title from 1997, written by William Wallace. The new book is misfiled by Amazon under the title “Why vote [...]
Most improbable political story of the year: the one that rates me above Vince Cable
The Independent has a (pretty good actually) round-up of political twitterers today, along with “rumour quality” and “tweet regularity” ratings. I think it’s safe to say this will be the only political story of 2010 in which I am rated higher than Vince Cable
Follow the yellow brick road? The Liberal Democrats' general election campaign
Here is my chapter from the Total Politics Guide to the 2010 General Election, looking at the prospects for the Liberal Democrats: The 1997 general election turned out to be a once in a generation opportunity for many local Liberal Democrat campaign teams to gain a Parliamentary seat from the Conservatives. At the tail end [...]
Tax on £1m houses: 69% in favour
We don’t usually do individual polls on The Voice, relying instead on Stephen’s monthly round-ups. But we do make exceptions when there’s something particularly striking or interesting about them and one of the recent YouGov questions falls into this category.
With the usual caveats about it a poll that is carried out in the middle of [...]
The promise and the peril of not being a one-man band
Ever since the Liberal Democrats were founded, we’ve had the sight of the national media only being interested at most in one figure – the party’s leader – yet also running regular reports about how the party is a one-man band. Cause and effect anyone?
With the rise of Vince Cable to public prominence – and [...]
Conference round-up: the last 24 hours
Here are the three main lines promoted by the party from conference to the media in the last 24 hours:
Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference unveils plans to increase the pay of Britain’s lowest-earning troops by £6,000, improve the condition of forces’ housing, and ensure proper medical provision for all personnel. The proposals, which would mean that no [...]
