Liberal is the Future

I ran a politics blog when I was 14/15, and I can't bring myself to delete it. Enjoy.

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its the cash Biden reblog in 30 seconds for money in your future

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Eye 1400 on its way to shops and subscribers now…

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Last Week Tonight s02e26

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hello, i have a question. i'm not -too- well informed on politics, though i'd like to be. in the beginning i was all for ed miliband, but now i'm starting to like nick clegg. i don't really understand the difference between the liberal party and the labour party. i think lib is more centre-left and labour is supposed to be socialist but then again i don't know? could you somehow give a simplified explanation of the two? at the moment i'm favouring liberal, so no pressure.

Well firstly can we point out that although you're anonymous, you've been spamming us all night, so your identity isn't exactly protected.The Labour Party are Britain's second biggest party. They were originally founded as, as you say, a socialist party for the working class. Their history is good, they gave us things like the NHS, welfare system and minimum wage. Sadly however they have moved considerably to the right recently, their message is no longer clear and they've made lots of mistakes, like sending us to war in Iraq. Ed Miliband was their leader until he lost the last election, they are now looking for a new one.The liberals (now known as the liberal democrats) were founded to stand against the Tories in the 1800s, who were trying to keep power away from the people and empower the monarchy. They are the third (debatably fourth) biggest party in the UK. They stand for moderate economics and social liberalism. Their achievements include giving us a woman's right to abortion, gay marriage and standing against the Iraq war. Nick Clegg was the leader until this year, when he stood down after the party was bashed in the election. Their new leader is Tim Farron, who is against tuition fees and is a real man of the people, in our, highly biased opinion.The Labour Party has lost all its direction and it's been on the gradual decline since 1998. The liberal democrats peaked at 2010 and have hit rough times since, but look like they're recovering now. All in all, they have both been a force for good in this country, but labour has really lost its way, and that is why we'd encourage you to support the liberal democrats instead.

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People who say men can only be "feminist allies" and not feminists are not real feminists, as they clearly do not believe in gender equality.

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A Great Week for Love.

/This week just past has been a great one for society. We had the legalisation of gay marriage across all of America, although this was a bit overdue, the pride celebrations that followed were fantastic. It seems gay people really know how to party. Then South Carolina pulled down their confederate flag, a symbol of a racist history. We’re also proud to report that it’s been a good week in Britain, where Lord Janner, a rapist politician who got away with his crimes because of his age, is now set to go to trial. It looks like society is finally turning into a place where rape is punished and gays can marry. Great!/

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me: *meets dealer in dark alley* so, do you have the goods?

dealer: yeah *hands over a paper bag containing 500 photos of nick clegg*

me: *pays like $900* thanks man

[liberalisthefuture]

why are you a liberal?

Well firstly can we all take a moment to appreciate that the blog who asked this question is fantastic. One of the most creative political blogs on the entire website.

So, the question. To sum it up, liberalism is about love. It is about loving and helping the downtrodden, the LGBT, the disabled, ethnic minorities and even someone who has faced no hardship throughout their life.

Throughout history there has been a battle between ideologies of love and ideologies of hate. The American civil war, World war two, the suffrage movement for women, the fight for gay marriage and many more are examples of times when hate and love have come face to face, and, eventually, love always wins.

Hate however, still exists. The Iraq war, homophobia and UKIP are still things that people, admittedly usually less intelligent people, support. Hate, although it is losing momentum, still runs much of the world.

But we can stop that.

And although we may support certain political parties, pressure groups, publications or events that embroil liberal values, we accept that one day all of those will end. We accept that one day all of ourselves will perish and die. Even the word liberal will one day become outdated.

But love is bigger. Love will last right up until the last human in the universe draws their final breath.

And we support that.

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On tuition fees.

/Education is a right and it should be free. Higher education is no exception. In England and the US however it is very expensive to go to universities, yet it Scotland, a country that is much poorer than the other two countries just mentioned, it is free. This does not add up, and it proves that when the politicians in charge of the US and the rest of the UK are lying to us. They are saying they do not have enough money to make university free, yet they spend so much on nuclear weapons. This is an outrage and it should not be tolerated./ 

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LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS GOING TO LOG IN EARLIER

[liberalisthefuture]

even though i didn't vote liberal, i love your view on politics and your strong belief in equality :)

Thank you! Love and compassion are far more important than the liberal democrat party itself.

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inwhich Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg takes homophobia DOWN

[liberalisthefuture]

Thanks for the follow, your blog seems pretty cool. I like the neutral stance you take on politics.

Well that's what we aim for, and thank you Kermit the Frog, for the muppets :)

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is liberalisthefuture a real blog or a parody?

[liberalisthefuture]

We take our values of love, open-mindedness and compassion very seriously, yet we are still not afraid of having a bit of fun despite the harsh governments and hatred that dominate our society. I suppose this puts us somewhere in the middle. 

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Liberal Is The Future Interviews #1: Communist Party of Great Britain

  We at Liberal is the future promised some interviews with important political figures, and our first interview in this series is with Mark Fischer of the communist party of Great Britain, as we ask tough questions about the state the party in the 21st century:

  Q1: Your party is the communist party, does this mean that you don’t believe in democracy?

A: Marx writes in the Communist Manifesto that the job of the working class is to “win the battle of democracy”. At the time, reactionaries accused the Marxists of wanting to impose a “dictatorship of the democracy” – communism and democracy were viewed as synonymous and equally noxious by these types. So yes, we are democrats!

Q2: Do you think that within the next century a worldwide communist revolution is possible?

A: Given the mess capitalism is making of the world, it is clearly a social necessity. Whether social necessities become concrete facts depend on the actions of human beings. So yes, it is possible as long as we learn the lessons of the failures and crimes of the past. (Stalinism, etc).

Q3: Exactly how big is the communist party of Great Britain? What are your membership figures?

A: We are a very small organisation. Eg, our press has a weekly physical/online readership of 4-5,000 per week.

Q4:  There are lots of splinter groups of communists in the UK, including the CPGB, the revolutionary communist group, democratic left and the new communist party of Britain. Would you consider going into an alliance with these other parties?

A: We have been in alliance with other trends on the left – in the Socialist Alliance in the past, and in Left Unity today, for instance. We agitate on the left for unity of all Marxists in a single party, with freedom of discussion, a leadership that can be instantly recalled and replaced by the membership, with the right to form open factions, etc.

Q5:   Does your party have a newspaper or newsletter than can be subscribed to?

A: We have a weekly paper – the Weekly Worker (weeklyworker.co.uk) and people can sign up to our regular e-bulletin, Notes for Action, on our interim party site (www.cpgb.org.uk).

So, that is our full interview with the Communist Party of Great Britain. Are you convinced they've got what it takes? Send us a message, and tell us, who should we interview next?

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No matter how angry you are about the election result. Take a moment to be grateful it was democratic.

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Russell Brand on homophobia, ladies and gents. Just beautiful.