Comments for Liberal Youth http://www.liberalyouth.org Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:28:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Postcards to Political Prisoners by Opinion: Postcards to Political Prisoners and the disturbing case of Mikael Nabil http://www.liberalyouth.org/campaigns/postcards/#comment-2556 Opinion: Postcards to Political Prisoners and the disturbing case of Mikael Nabil Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:28:52 +0000 http://www.liberalyouth.org/?page_id=1424#comment-2556 [...] Liberal Youth will be following IFLRY’s lead in sending messages of support to Mikael, and other political prisoners, at our Leeds spring conference in March. If you would like to join us in sending Postcards to Political Prisoners, then please contact Liberal Youth’s International or Communications officers; harriet.ainscough - harriet.ainscough.hat.liberalyouth.org.spam.com (this is spam bot hidden email address, replace .hat. with @ and remove .spam.com for the real one), sam.fisk - sam.fisk.hat.liberalyouth.org.spam.com (this is spam bot hidden email address, replace .hat. with @ and remove .spam.com for the real one), and communications - communications.hat.liberalyouth.org.spam.com (this is spam bot hidden email address, replace .hat. with @ and remove .spam.com for the real one), or sign up at http://www.liberalyouth.org/campaigns/postcards/ [...] [...] Liberal Youth will be following IFLRY’s lead in sending messages of support to Mikael, and other political prisoners, at our Leeds spring conference in March. If you would like to join us in sending Postcards to Political Prisoners, then please contact Liberal Youth’s International or Communications officers; harriet.ainscough – harriet.ainscough.hat.liberalyouth.org.spam.com (this is spam bot hidden email address, replace .hat. with @ and remove .spam.com for the real one), sam.fisk – sam.fisk.hat.liberalyouth.org.spam.com (this is spam bot hidden email address, replace .hat. with @ and remove .spam.com for the real one), and communications – communications.hat.liberalyouth.org.spam.com (this is spam bot hidden email address, replace .hat. with @ and remove .spam.com for the real one), or sign up at http://www.liberalyouth.org/campaigns/postcards/ [...]

]]> Comment on HELP! Feltham needs you (and it won’t cost you a penny) by Feltham and Heston by-election, come and help! | Liberal Youth East of England http://www.liberalyouth.org/feltham/#comment-2214 Feltham and Heston by-election, come and help! | Liberal Youth East of England Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:51:05 +0000 http://www.liberalyouth.org/?page_id=1189#comment-2214 [...] want to go and help the good Liberal Democrats of Feltham and Heston, click the following link: http://www.liberalyouth.org/feltham/ Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. This entry was posted in [...] [...] want to go and help the good Liberal Democrats of Feltham and Heston, click the following link: http://www.liberalyouth.org/feltham/ Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. This entry was posted in [...]

]]> Comment on How does the EU benefit Britain’s Youth? by Paul http://www.liberalyouth.org/2011/10/24/how-does-the-eu-benefit-britains-youth/#comment-2036 Paul Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:40:18 +0000 http://www.liberalyouth.org/2011/10/24/how-does-the-eu-benefit-britains-youth/#comment-2036 This article is rubbish. There is not one benefit we get from being in the EU that we couldn't get from leaving the EU and agreeing to a free trade agreement. This article is rubbish. There is not one benefit we get from being in the EU that we couldn’t get from leaving the EU and agreeing to a free trade agreement.

]]> Comment on How does the EU benefit Britain’s Youth? by Sam http://www.liberalyouth.org/2011/10/24/how-does-the-eu-benefit-britains-youth/#comment-1873 Sam Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:38:16 +0000 http://www.liberalyouth.org/2011/10/24/how-does-the-eu-benefit-britains-youth/#comment-1873 Firstly as you have pointed out with our worsening trade defect, leaving the EU would certainly worsen the situation dramatically, putting many jobs at risk. Would there be a sudden loss of jobs on a large scale in the near future after leaving the EU? Almost certainly. Drawing up detailed trade links with 27 countries doesn't happen over night. Its taken many years for countries to allow this free trade to exist. And hoping of course that we will be exempt from EU trade barriers is wishful thinking, so yes many jobs certainly are dependent on the EU. The 3.5 million figure has been used in other papers, and although the economic climate has shifted, a new updated figure can surely not be done until after the recent economic fluctuations have finished. It is therefore the most reliable figure. Lastly I would like to point you in the direction of some anti-eu parties, who do not even choose academic reports for their facts. The water is muddy from their trivial "facts". As I have already stated, these figures have academic support, and in a debate that certainly helps clear the water. Firstly as you have pointed out with our worsening trade defect, leaving the EU would certainly worsen the situation dramatically, putting many jobs at risk. Would there be a sudden loss of jobs on a large scale in the near future after leaving the EU? Almost certainly. Drawing up detailed trade links with 27 countries doesn’t happen over night. Its taken many years for countries to allow this free trade to exist. And hoping of course that we will be exempt from EU trade barriers is wishful thinking, so yes many jobs certainly are dependent on the EU.
The 3.5 million figure has been used in other papers, and although the economic climate has shifted, a new updated figure can surely not be done until after the recent economic fluctuations have finished. It is therefore the most reliable figure.
Lastly I would like to point you in the direction of some anti-eu parties, who do not even choose academic reports for their facts. The water is muddy from their trivial “facts”. As I have already stated, these figures have academic support, and in a debate that certainly helps clear the water.

]]> Comment on How does the EU benefit Britain’s Youth? by Nick Brazil http://www.liberalyouth.org/2011/10/24/how-does-the-eu-benefit-britains-youth/#comment-1811 Nick Brazil Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:07:48 +0000 http://www.liberalyouth.org/2011/10/24/how-does-the-eu-benefit-britains-youth/#comment-1811 Your statement that 3.5 million British jobs are dependent on our membership of the EU is at best disingenious and at worst misleading. The figure you use is based on a study paper by academics at The South Bank University in 1999. That was twelve years ago and the main conclusion of that report is “Our major finding is that 3,445,000 jobs in the UK depend upon exports to the EU”. Even if that figure is correct your supposition is based on all British exports to the EU ceasing if we left which is a total nonsense as you well know. Secondly, assuming the figure of 3.5 million was correct at the time the report was published, the figure is likely to be much lower now since the UK's trade deficit with the EU has risen from from £14.3bn to £46.6bn in 2010. This means that any jobs directly dependent on the EU will have shrunk dramatically. In truth nobody has the faintest idea how many jobs depend on the EU and throwing around dodgy statistics from a twelve year old report like confetti at a wedding merely muddies the waters. Your statement that 3.5 million British jobs are dependent on our membership of the EU is at best disingenious and at worst misleading. The figure you use is based on a study paper by academics at The South Bank University in 1999. That was twelve years ago and the main conclusion of that report is “Our major finding is that 3,445,000 jobs in the UK depend upon exports to the EU”. Even if that figure is correct your supposition is based on all British exports to the EU ceasing if we left which is a total nonsense as you well know. Secondly, assuming the figure of 3.5 million was correct at the time the report was published, the figure is likely to be much lower now since the UK’s trade deficit with the EU has risen from from £14.3bn to £46.6bn in 2010. This means that any jobs directly dependent on the EU will have shrunk dramatically. In truth nobody has the faintest idea how many jobs depend on the EU and throwing around dodgy statistics from a twelve year old report like confetti at a wedding merely muddies the waters.

]]> Comment on How does the EU benefit Britain’s Youth? by Sharon Cottingham http://www.liberalyouth.org/2011/10/24/how-does-the-eu-benefit-britains-youth/#comment-1779 Sharon Cottingham Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:37:49 +0000 http://www.liberalyouth.org/2011/10/24/how-does-the-eu-benefit-britains-youth/#comment-1779 Reading this, it is clear there are benefits belonging to the EU. However, negotiations need to be made so that Britain has a greater say. We, as a country pay a great deal for this Union. Reading this, it is clear there are benefits belonging to the EU. However, negotiations need to be made so that Britain has a greater say. We, as a country pay a great deal for this Union.

]]> Comment on How does the EU benefit Britain’s Youth? by How does the EU benefit Britain's Youth? | Liberal Youth | Counselling http://www.liberalyouth.org/2011/10/24/how-does-the-eu-benefit-britains-youth/#comment-1777 How does the EU benefit Britain's Youth? | Liberal Youth | Counselling Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:13:22 +0000 http://www.liberalyouth.org/2011/10/24/how-does-the-eu-benefit-britains-youth/#comment-1777 [...] Link: How does the EU benefit Britain's Youth? | Liberal Youth [...] [...] Link: How does the EU benefit Britain's Youth? | Liberal Youth [...]

]]> Comment on Liberal Youth respond to secession of South Sudan by Harriet Ainscough http://www.liberalyouth.org/2011/07/09/liberal-youth-respond-to-secession-of-south-sudan/#comment-1106 Harriet Ainscough Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:58:50 +0000 http://www.liberalyouth.org/?p=513#comment-1106 Hi, Yes I know! I've been unable to find any details of their youth organisation if there is one. Last week at the IFLRY EC I met the president of OALY-LEAD, the umbrella organisation recently set up for liberal youth groups in Africa. Myself and Sam Fisk are hoping to establish a dialogue between LY and African liberal youth organisations in the future. Hi,

Yes I know! I’ve been unable to find any details of their youth organisation if there is one. Last week at the IFLRY EC I met the president of OALY-LEAD, the umbrella organisation recently set up for liberal youth groups in Africa. Myself and Sam Fisk are hoping to establish a dialogue between LY and African liberal youth organisations in the future.

]]> Comment on Liberal Youth respond to secession of South Sudan by Adil Abdel Aati http://www.liberalyouth.org/2011/07/09/liberal-youth-respond-to-secession-of-south-sudan/#comment-1103 Adil Abdel Aati Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:24:42 +0000 http://www.liberalyouth.org/?p=513#comment-1103 South Sudan has its own Liberal Party, which is the South Sudan Liberal Party. The Party was formed by members of Democratic Liberal Party of Sudan in October 2010, and joined Africa Liberal Network in November 2011. South Sudan has its own Liberal Party, which is the South Sudan Liberal Party. The Party was formed by members of Democratic Liberal Party of Sudan in October 2010, and joined Africa Liberal Network in November 2011.

]]> Comment on Liberal Youth urge Nick Clegg to promote intergenerational fairness for Bank Shares by Jack Holroyde http://www.liberalyouth.org/2011/06/23/liberal-youth-urge-nick-clegg-to-promote-intergenerational-fairness-for-bank-shares/#comment-1014 Jack Holroyde Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:51:58 +0000 http://www.liberalyouth.org/?p=499#comment-1014 OMG something from LY thats not about fees? Good start, keep it up! OMG something from LY thats not about fees? Good start, keep it up!

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