I can think of an excellent example, based off liv's throwaway comment "the Liberal Democrats, er, basically failed to do anything actually liberal at any point in the last five years"
- raised income tax threshold bringing poorer workers - free school meals - extending free nursery hours to the poorest 40% - massive increase in apprenticeships - same sex marriage - refused to let benefits be frozen when inflation was rising - massively reduced child imprisonment before deportation (not eliminated entirely, but far better than it was) - killed (repeatedly) internet snooping plans - forced an actual review on drugs policy, and then forced it to be published
but you know, the compromises to get those things mean LibDems have done nothing liberal
Miscellaneous. Eclectic. Random. Perhaps markedly literate, or at least suffering from the compulsion to read any text that presents itself, including cereal boxes.
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Date: 2015-01-27 09:41 am (UTC)- raised income tax threshold bringing poorer workers
- free school meals
- extending free nursery hours to the poorest 40%
- massive increase in apprenticeships
- same sex marriage
- refused to let benefits be frozen when inflation was rising
- massively reduced child imprisonment before deportation (not eliminated entirely, but far better than it was)
- killed (repeatedly) internet snooping plans
- forced an actual review on drugs policy, and then forced it to be published
but you know, the compromises to get those things mean LibDems have done nothing liberal