Liberal Vision

We aint gonna take it…

Today the Liberal Democrats launched their manifesto. Of course a lot of the media reporting centred on economics, the public debt, , and whether Lib Dems sums added up (at least they had sums to add up!), the four key policies…etc etc .

Yes the economy is important. It’s right that the sums must add up. Of course we want Vince to talk about “the elephant in the room” (and no Vince you are NOT elephant man)… but lets not forget the other stuff……

Labour has taken 13 years of diabolical liberties with Britain

Hat tip: If you have not read it, I urge you to read Simon Heffer’s piece in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph. I dont agree with everything that Simon says on a regular basis, but he has it bang on right with his piece on how this Labour Government  have taken the piss with our civil liberties….

He says..

“A danger of the Government’s having made such a mess of the economy is that one risks forgetting all the other horrors for which it is responsible. Between now and the election I shall make a point of discussing some of these other factors that an intelligent voter should want to consider before casting his or her ballot. Despite stiff competition from matters like Europe, immigration, law and order and the near-destruction of our education system, one is perhaps worse than all the others: the insidious and at times quite terrifying assault on our civil liberties“……. 

“….(This) Government has created 4,300 new offences since it came to office. Many of these are either absurd (such as making it a crime to use a nuclear weapon) or they duplicate laws on the statute book. Some would say this highlights the ignorance of those who govern us. Maybe it does; but I would argue, too, that it shows their insatiable hunger for control” …..

“…….We live in a country where harmless people taking pictures of cathedrals are warned off by police invoking anti-terrorism laws; where the same legislation is used to regulate the positioning of wheelie bins; where smoking is banned even in public places whose owners wish to allow it; where the hunting of vermin is banned even on the land of those who wish to have it hunted. All these invasions of individual autonomy have taken place since 1997…”

That’s all straight from the Heffer’s mouth ….. read his full piece here.

The New Labour Disaster in 4 minutes

There has been quite a bit of discussion concerning the Liberal Vision video published here last week.

I have responded to some of the comments on the Lib Dem Voice website, (scroll to the bottom of that page for comments) if you are interested.