Yup. ----------------------- Nick Clegg: "We are liberals and we own the freehold to the centre ground of British politics. Our politics is the politics of the radical centre. We are governing from the middle, for the middle.'
"Lloyd George's 'people's budget' to make the wealthy pay their fair share and give a pension to all those who had worked hard. Keynes's plans to make our economy work for everyone and provide jobs for all. Beveridge's radical blueprint for a welfare state to give security and dignity to every citizen. They may not have called it alarm clock Britain but they had the same people in mind. "We are not the heirs to Thatcher. We are not the heirs to Blair. We are the heirs to Mill, Lloyd George, Keynes, Beveridge, Grimond. We are the true radicals of British politics." The two other traditions in British politics had failed middle-income earners, he said, "because both of those political traditions forget about people and place their faith in institutions. For the left, an obsession with the state. For the right, a worship of the market. As liberals, we place our faith in people." http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/mar/13/nick-clegg-lib-dems-centre --------------------- Not all LibDems are on board with the Deputy Prime Minister, but we've definitely got some friends overseas. Note that Clegg had the moxy to mention both Mill and Keynes together as influences. On Nov 25, 12:58 am, [email protected] wrote: > There is an overt "Radical Centrist" party in Great Britain ? ? ? > > Billy > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > > 11/24/2011 8:51:02 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] > writes: > > From the RC party in the UK, allied with the Conservatives: > > ---------- > > "The chancellor looks set to use next week's Autumn Statement to > switch some day-to-day spending to spending more on Britain's > infrastructure - in the jargon moving some spending from current to > capital projects. > > His deputy, the Chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, said > today in a speech that "next week's announcement will switch funds to > capital spending plans". > > Ministers have already suggested that they want to find ways to use > Britain's low long-term interest rates to underwrite private sector > investment in roads, broadband and other infrastructure, which will > increase Britain's long term growth rate. > > At the Liberal Democrat conference, Danny Alexander announced the > creation of a new half a billion pound infrastructure fund paid for > from under-spending of departmental budgets. > > One source close to the decision said of the funding switch: "It is > undoubtedly significant. It will mean essentially extra spending on > infrastructure. It does not mean more borrowing. But we are switching > some money from one side to the other." > > In September, I revealed that some Liberal Democrats believed up to £5 > billion more could be spent on infrastructure. The key to their > argument was that the government's deficit rules allow capital > spending to be increased without abandoning Plan A as the Treasury's > so-called "fiscal mandate" targets current not capital spending. > > Their other target - a fall in the debt-to-GDP ratio - limits their > ability to spend more on capital projects unless the Treasury is > prepared to argue that it can stimulate growth in the future by > spending more now." > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15882970 > ---------- > > True RC thinking... looking outside of the big-small government > argument and, instead, using your tools to maximize the effectiveness > of the private sector. > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog:http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
