http://www.waklibdems.org.uk/speecharchive.php Recent Speeches from West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Liberal Democrats en-GB West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Liberal Democrats http://www.waklibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Liberal Democrats 2010-08-01T11:06+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.waklibdems.org.uk/speeches/000002/nick_cleggs_speech_to_liberal_democrat_spring_conference.html Shall I tell you the one phrase that bothers me more than any other? It's this. 2010-03-14T18:00+00:00 http://www.waklibdems.org.uk/speeches/000003/vince_cables_speech_to_liberal_democrat_spring_conference.html Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable today (March 13 2010) addressed delegates at the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference - the last conference before the General Election. 2010-03-13T18:15+00:00 http://www.waklibdems.org.uk/speeches/000001/the_key_pillars_of_the_liberal_democrat_economic_manifesto.html We have an economy too dependent on consumer spending and borrowing rather than saving and investment. Too much financial engineering in banking rather than real engineering. Too London-centric. Too dependent on the City of London rather than the talents of the rest of Britain. Too preoccupied with the artificial, paper wealth of inflated property prices rather than productive work and invention. Too absorbed by growth for its own sake rather than protecting the environment and maintaining a sense of fairness and community. But we don't have to despair. The challenges are enormous but if we are prepared to face up to them we can use the current crisis to refashion our economy so that it serves the country not the just the square mile. That means making the sort of radical changes that we propose: a credible plan for bringing the public finances back under control, sorting out and breaking up the banks, building a sustained recovery and creating a fairer tax system. 2010-01-25T20:00+00:00