Green Options » liberal democrats http://greenoptions.com/tag/liberal-democrats Posts tagged 'liberal democrats' Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:12:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Liberal Democrats Advocate Green Ecomony http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/17/liberal-democrats-advocate-green-ecomony/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/17/liberal-democrats-advocate-green-ecomony/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:12:51 +0000 Chris Milton http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/17/liberal-democrats-advocate-green-ecomony/ It’s conference season in the UK, coinciding with the US Conventions. The difference is that UK political conferences happen once a year, while the US conventions happen once every four years.

The UK’s third party, the Liberal Democrats are not some kind of Ross Perot outfit who snipe from the sidelines. Liberalism is a a huge part of the British psyche — 100 years ago it was in the defacto Government/Opposition in a two party system and many UK politicians still cling to their liberal credentials.

Subsumed for a small time by the socialist agenda, liberalism may be set for a resurgence. Both Conservatives and Labour wish to prescribe remedies to the population, but only Liberalism allows the people to be educated and make their own decisions.

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