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Random Thoughts for July 2013: Social Liberal Forum conference, Pratap Chitnis & Boney M
Strange Thoughts
No comments on Random Thoughts for July 2013: Social Liberal Forum conference, Pratap Chitnis & Boney MIn this edition we have some posts inspired by the Social Liberal Forum conference, some history, and a couple of (contrasting) music videos. My last post was a catch up of Random Thoughts for June. This post brings us up to the middle of July. This is the latest in my series of Random Thoughts posts with links, things found on the web and other stuff that has occurred to me between 1st July 2013…
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The Social Liberal Forum conference 2012
I've not had a chance to write up my experience of the Social Liberal Forum conference from a week and a half ago (Saturday 14 July) until now. But I think it is still worth doing – if only to say how much I enjoyed going. The event was very well run, provided lots of intellectual stimulation, had some very good speakers and interesting ideas, and it was nice to meet new people and catch…
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Attending the Social Liberal Forum conference
I am spending today at the annual conference of the Social Liberal Forum which is being held on the campus of King’s College London near Waterloo. There is a rather packed agenda with the focus being on “social justice across generations”. I’ve just listened to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg give the ‘William Beveridge Memorial Lecture’. As I write this I am listening to Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey MP…
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An overly considered review of the Social Liberal Forum conference
If it was food for thought you were after then the conference organised by the Social Liberal Forum at City University on Saturday was a huge success. There was challenging thinking and debate across a wide range of topics. Plus some thought provoking presentations from some excellent speakers. So I came away with ideas for several things to write about. Possibly too many. As, aside from other things getting in the way, I have struggled…
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On my way to the Social Liberal Forum conference #slfconf
I’m writing this on the train heading in to London for today’s Social Liberal Forum conference. I haven’t signed up to the SLF. I don’t really want to choose sides in what is a mostly artificial, and often sterile, debate between the social liberal and economic liberal wings of the Liberal Democrats. But we desperately need groups who want to debate and argue for ideas and I have so far been impressed by a lot…
