tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870143465614132758.post4954699436293150739..comments2023-06-25T04:43:54.742-07:00Comments on Test5 testing: The Vulcan takes over the Tory partyPaul Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870143465614132758.post-58382254285518878532007-08-19T16:44:00.000-07:002007-08-19T16:44:00.000-07:00Paul,I've alwayse been quite intrigued by the ...Paul,<br><br>I've alwayse been quite intrigued by the idea that one could 'jump' a red light if turning left, as long as no traffic were coming from the right.<br><br>I believe that this is the practice in the USA. I would be interested to know whether there is any evidence that this has increased road accidents. If not, why not keep things moving?Liberal Polemichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002372579024659424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870143465614132758.post-45760219836508582782007-08-19T16:41:00.000-07:002007-08-19T16:41:00.000-07:00Anonymous,The IEA is religiously apolitical (they ...Anonymous,<br><br>The IEA is religiously apolitical (they have a healthy disdain for us all). But I have seen <i>inter alia</i> David Laws there from time to time. <br><br>As a lowly Lid Dem, I also read their regular publications. I like their brand of non-interventionist economics and think we could learn a lot from some of the work they publish (they also religiously avoid taking a corporate view).Liberal Polemichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002372579024659424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870143465614132758.post-40191615386109748452007-08-18T11:59:00.000-07:002007-08-18T11:59:00.000-07:00Did anyone pay attention to the comment of David L...Did anyone pay attention to the comment of David Lindsay? Though he doesn't seem to appreaciate the benefits of (economic) liberalisation, he reminds us of the often neglected point, that <a href="http://www.iea.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Institute of Economic Affairs</a> has many roots in the Liberal Party, the strongest link obviously being <a href="http://www.arthurseldon.org/content/newspaper/liberaljournal.asp" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Arthur Seldon</a>, onde of the founders of IEA and a life-long Liberal. Oliver Smedley, once vice-president of the Liberal Party, was also instrumental in the early stage of the IEA. But also Jo Grimond contributed to several IEA publications.<br><br>I wonder if these old links between Liberal Democrats,the successor of the Liberal Party, and IEA could be revived? I'm sure the benefit could be mutual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com