Tag Archives: Liberal Democrats

The EU, the Scottish referendum and the EU referendum

Posted on October 16, 2014 by ianmacfadyen

A speech I gave yesterday, 15 October 2014, to Forum 2000 in Horsforth, West Yorkshire Introduction In January last year, the Prime Minister announced there would be an in/out referendum in 2017 after a renegotiation of the terms of the … Continue reading →

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DEBUNKING AN UNDEBUNKED SNP MYTH: SCOTLAND ALWAYS HAS TO ENDURE WESTMINSTER GOVERNMENTS IT DOESN’T ELECT

Posted on September 16, 2014 by ianmacfadyen

Not true. The SNP, as with so much, the SNP and the Yes campaign is wrong. As I understand the complaint in the myth, it is that in general elections, the majority of MPs elected in Scottish are always of … Continue reading →

Posted in Better Together, Liberal Democrats, No campaign, Politics, Referendum, Scotland, Scottish Referendum, United Kingdom, Westminster, Yes campaign | Tagged Alex Salmond, Better Together, Liberal Democrats, No campaign, Referendum, Scotland, Scottish Referendum, SNP, United Kingdom, Yes campaign | Leave a comment

HOW TO TELL THE SNP?

Posted on September 13, 2014 by ianmacfadyen

How do we point out to SNP supporters that they should vote No next Thursday to save their party, without alarming No voters? The survival of the SNP depends on a No vote. The party exists to campaign, lobby and … Continue reading →

Posted in Better Together, Liberal Democrats, No campaign, Politics, Referendum, Scotland, Scottish Referendum, United Kingdom, Yes campaign | Tagged Alex Salmond, Better Together, Conservatives, Labour party, Liberal Democrats, Nicola Sturgeon, No campaign, Politics, Referendum, Scotland, Scottish Referendum, SNP, United Kingdom, Yes campaign | Leave a comment

I’VE CHANGED MY MIND ON SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE

Posted on September 11, 2014 by ianmacfadyen

I’ve changed my mind over Scottish independence and so on which way I would vote in the referendum on 18 September. Although a Liberal and Liberal Democrat, I welcomed the SNP’s election progress from the 1967 Hamilton by-election to their … Continue reading →

Posted in Better Together, Liberal Democrats, No campaign, Northern Ireland, Politics, Referendum, Scotland, Scottish Referendum, United Kingdom, Wales, Yes campaign | Tagged Alex Salmond, Better Together, Liberal Democrats, No campaign, Northern Ireland, Politics, Public debate; mispresentation; United Kingdom; forestry, Referendum, Scottish Referendum, SNP, United Kingdom, Yes campaign | Leave a comment

WHY DESTROY THE UNITED KINGDOM?

Posted on September 8, 2014 by ianmacfadyen

Why does the United Kingdom have to be destroyed? Or, to put it another way: Why, Yes voter, are you voting to destroy the United Kingdom? Or, put it this way: Why are you trying to destroy this political Union, … Continue reading →

Posted in Better Together, Liberal Democrats, No campaign, Politics, Referendum, Scotland, Scottish Referendum, UK Prime Minister, United Kingdom, Yes campaign | Tagged Alex Salmond, Better Together, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, No campaign, prime minister, Referendum, Scottish Referendum, SNP, United Kingdom, Yes campaign | Leave a comment

VOTING YES IS NO ROAD TO UTOPIA

Posted on September 3, 2014 by ianmacfadyen

Contrary to what the Yes campaign wants us to believe, there is not a political party called Independent Scotland fighting a general election on 18 September, whose victory will answer every problem with a utopia to suit every taste. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Better Together, Liberal Democrats, Scotland, Scottish Referendum, United Kingdom | Tagged 300+ years, Alex Salmond, Better Together, Conservatives, Labour party, Liberal Democrats, Nationalism, Referendum, Scottish Nationalists, Scottish Referendum, SNP, United Kingdom, Utopia, Yes campaign | Leave a comment

Time for something different

Posted on March 9, 2013 by ianmacfadyen

It is surely time for something other than austerity to solve the United Kingdom’s economic woes and the Budget in a few days’ time should not impose any more cuts on the circumstances of ordinary people. Whatever politicians say when … Continue reading →

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Pay-day loans

Posted on March 6, 2013 by ianmacfadyen

It is good news today (6 March 2013) that the Office of Fair Trading has told the top fifty pay-day loan companies to change their practices or risk losing their licences – see http://www.oft.gov.uk/news-and-updates/press/2013/20-13. But, it is bad news today … Continue reading →

Posted in Debt crisis, Liberal Democrat ministers, Pay-day loans, Politics, Poverty, UK Government | Tagged Department of Business Innovation and Skills, Jo Swinson MP, Liberal Democrats, Office of Fair Trading. Personal Finance Research Centre at Bristol University, Pay-day loans, Poverty, Price caps on pay-day loans, Sajid Javid MP, Stella Creasy MP | Leave a comment

Congratulations Liberal Democrat Mike Thornton MP

Posted on March 1, 2013 by ianmacfadyen

Congratulations to Eastleigh by-election victor Liberal Democrat Mike Thornton MP. Prime Minister David Cameron is struggling to find a positive spin on his Conservative Party’s relegation to third place, but he could follow the example of Bob Servant, Independent, after … Continue reading →

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Veto!

Posted on December 10, 2011 by ianmacfadyen

Prime minister David Cameron’s veto at the EU summit in Brussels leaves the UK isolated in a way that has no precedent. His “veto” is a refusal not to take part in discussions which are going to go ahead without the … Continue reading →

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