https://www.bennee.com/~alex/2010-04-14T14:31:00+01:00the wanderings of a supposed digital native2010-04-14T14:31:00+01:002010-04-14T14:31:00+01:00alextag:www.bennee.com,2010-04-14:/~alex/blog/2010/04/14/almost/

<p>Reading through the <a class="reference external" href="news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8619630.stm">bullet summary</a> of the Lib Dems manifesto I was struck at how well it aligned with the Tory proposals on political reform (smaller House of Commons). There are a number of other good proposals including per-flight instead of per-passenger flight tax, local income tax, shared parental leave …</p>

<p>Reading through the <a class="reference external" href="news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8619630.stm">bullet summary</a> of the Lib Dems manifesto I was struck at how well it aligned with the Tory proposals on political reform (smaller House of Commons). There are a number of other good proposals including per-flight instead of per-passenger flight tax, local income tax, shared parental leave (similar to Tory proposals). There are a number of wish list items as well which I guess would never make it through a coalition administration but look good on paper.</p> <p>Then I saw one I wasn't expecting:</p> <p><em>&quot;....reject new generation of nuclear power&quot;</em></p> <p>FAIL.</p>