Not at all, I meant it in a liberal sense, as we saw in Sweden. That people take actions based on their own sensibilities and situations, rather than a dogmatically imposed authoritarianism from Down… (View Post)

Do what the last Government did with public sector pay. Say that pensions will go up annually by 1% in nominal terms until the public finances are in order. If its good enough for people working for … (View Post)

Who is the best 'liberal' philosopher? Karl Popper - “If we wish to remain human, then there is one price we must pay: it is to live in a society that has freedom, and therefore a measure o… (View Post)

I think you're the one being ignorant here. Max never said people should be obliged to go about their business as normal. There is a world of difference between people choosing to change their a… (View Post)

This mawkish sentimentality is why the NHS takes ever ballooning proportions of our spending yet is still failing. You can't keep everyone alive forever. You can't defeat death. People die,… (View Post)