Last night Nick Clegg gave the annual Hugo Young lecture at the Guardian offices, and in doing so set out his vision of a just society. In his speech – a version of which was published on Comment is Free – he sought to present the Liberal Democrats as the “new progressives”, in contrast to [...]
The ever-readable Left Outside has written a response to my post from the other week on Prop 8. It’s well worth a look, but (surprise, surprise) I’m afraid I have some issues with it. His argument, as I read it, is twofold: First, in order for there to be democracy in a society, there must [...]
This week’s overturning of Proposition 8 in California is obviously welcome news. Amending California’s state constitution to state that “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California” is nakedly discriminatory and Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision to strike it down should be applauded. There is, though, something else that’s important [...]
This is a response to Reuben’s post from a week and a half back. I realise that’s quite a long delay (I meant to write about it last weekend, but unfortunately I’ve been away for the past week, and frankly a bit rubbish at posting for a few weeks before that) but I think the [...]
