Published: February 14th 2009 - at 2:41 pm

Social Liberal Forum launches


by James Graham    

A group of Libdem party activists, including myself, have launched the Social Liberal Forum. The SLF wants to help contribute to debate in the party about how the mainstream social liberal traditions and values of the party should be applied to the huge challenges facing British society and the world.

We believe the Liberal Democrats must continue “to be the party that guarantees strong public services and tackles inequality in a way that the Tories would never contemplate.”

Richard Grayson, our chair, argues that, “Social Liberalism is the mainstream of the party and has been for decades. But we need to ensure that social liberals within the party continue to innovate on policy as the challenges we face change and develop. I think that the Social Liberal Forum will be an effective and open place for the mainstream of the party to develop new ideas to contribute to the formal party policy processes.”

Steve Webb is chairing our Advisory Board, joined by fellow MPs Tim Farron, Lynne Featherstone, Sandra Gidley, Evan Harris, Paul Holmes, David Howarth, Matthew Taylor and Jenny Willott. Others on the Advisory Board include Claire Rayner.

The SLF will hold a launch event at the party’s Harrogate conference in March, on a ‘A Liberal Democrat Vision for Social Justice’. This will examine how the party can best present an energizing vision of a more equal society.

An executive team of Richard Grayson (Chair), Matthew Sowemimo (Director) and my (Treasurer) will also be organising discussion events throughout the year, and holding debates through the www.socialliberal.net website.


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I would like to know what ‘social liberals’ have to say about the increasingly disgusting family arrangements of the British underclass – of which this week’s news story has been so shocking an example.

I’m not sure this weekend’s revelations demonstrate anything much, other than the fact that the UK media will pay ridiculous amounts of money for the exclusive on the latest “freakshow”, that the UK public will lap it up and that for some people the temptation to make a bit of money out of this phenomenon, even if it is capitalising on a personal family tragedy or embarrassment, is too great.

I’m sorry that doesn’t answer your question.


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