Tag Archives: reform
C2C Reclaiming Local Democracy
On Saturday 5th April 2014 I attended an event hosted by Electoral Reform Society Scotland at the Playfair Library, Old College, Edinburgh University. The event was call “From Centre to Community – Reclaiming Local Democracy in Scotland. There were 10 … Continue reading
Democracy and What It Means To Me
A couple of years ago the President of the Federal Liberal Democrats posed a question to party members, “why did you join”. The obvious answer – “I was asked” was to be ignored. My response to that question is two … Continue reading
So where is the other Yes document?
Yesterday the Separatist movement published their long awaited document aimed at answering every question everyone has about their vision for an independent Scotland. Several people were criticising it almost right away but with it being about 700 pages long unless … Continue reading
Democracy Max – Future of Scottish Democracy
With all this talk about “constitutional change”: House of Lords Reform; Referendum on Scottish separatism; greater Fiscal and Monetary Union in Europe, now would appear to be the time for people in Scotland to consider its democratic future. Scotland has … Continue reading
A taxing pill to swallow
How much do you understand about how taxes are levied in the UK? I came across this interesting article the other day (A taxing pill to swallow | Total Politics) which tries to explain a “hidden” part of the Coalition … Continue reading
“We want to encourage new small companies to come into the market”
So said the Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne in his speech to the Lib Dem conference yesterday. However, to encourage small, new companies you have to look back to the start of competition in the gas and electricity … Continue reading
Big Choices Require Long Term Planning
There have been a number of consultations and reports produced this year that actually require long-term planning and commitment. Most may not get any further than being published. The reason? Because they are mainly concerned with money and fear of … Continue reading
Is Electoral Reform Dead?
No. There are many people like me who believe that the current first past the post (FPTP) voting system is unrepresentative. I, and they, believe a that the fairer voting system of proportional representation (PR) is a better option. The … Continue reading
Changes to Goal Two for Fairtrade Towns
A short time ago the Fairtrade Foundation conducted a survey to ascertain people’s reaction to changing some of the ‘goals’ towns, villages, city’s etc would have to achieve to obtain Fairtrade status. This was a result of recent success in … Continue reading
UK still doesn’t get Europe
Following the eventual appointment of Juncker as European Commission President, I wonder how we break the continuing, sinister conspiracy of misinformation being levelled at the citizens of the United Kingdom? The complaint that the appointment of Jean-Claude Junker as European … Continue reading →