I was asked by Julia Hobsbawm of Editorial Intelligence to write an article on the election and after for a publication to coincide with a conference on the theme of Brand New Britain.
Not an easy ask since every day has thrown up a new surprise, and doubtless there will be more today with the first [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Nick Clegg'
Brand New Politics
May 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
Tags:Editorial Intelligence·Julia Hobsbawm·Nick Clegg·Sandy Walkington·St Albans
Tax change you can believe in
April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
This morning, at their first press conference of the 2010 General Election campaign, Nick Clegg and Vince Cable announced the fair tax policy at the heart of our General Election manifesto (which will be launched soon).
Under Labour, the tax system is complex, unwieldy and, most of all, unfair. This has to change. The [...]
Should tax be about fairness? Of course it should
December 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
An enlightening glimpse of the three main parties and tax over the weekend and yesterday.
First, Tory A-lister and high profile parliamentary candidate Zac Goldsmith was revealed to have used non-domicile status to protect some of his considerable wealth. Clearly one law for the rich, one for the rest of us. About the only firm Tory [...]
Tags:LibDem tax proposals·mansion tax·Nick Clegg·Sandy Walkington·St Albans·Vince Cable
Great turn-out for Nick Clegg in St Albans
August 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Sandy's blog
We were slightly worried that the Thursday before Bank Holiday would not be the ideal time to attract a crowd to a political meeting. We should not have been concerned. Three hundred people packed into the Marlborough Road Methodist Church to hear Nick take questions from all comers.
He uses no intermediary to pick the questioners. [...]
Tags:Gary Shore·gaslights·Marlborough Road Methodist Church·Nick Clegg
Captain Ashdown comes to town
May 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Sandy's blog
Paddy Ashdown dashed in to St Albans yesterday on the latest stage of his tour to promote his autobiography “A Fortunate Life”.
Given his current superstar status and his universally admired success as High Representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina, it is worth recalling how much he was sneered at and patronised by his opponents and the media when [...]
Queen’s Speech is a So What?
December 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
In the current economic climate, the set of bills announced in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech come across as an irrelevance.
The Government wasted the opportunity to help people in last week’s Pre-Budget Report and now with the Queen’s Speech they’ve wasted it again.
Tags:Nick Clegg·Queen's Speech