I have to be honest in the run up to the general election I was a bit worried about what the result would be. Canvassing was showing a lot of people were not saying they were voting conservative (untill my last day I literally could count all the conservatives on two hands and all the “i’m not… [Read more…]
May 12, 2010
There has been a great deal of comments ranging from boasting to in some cases perhaps pointing fingers a bit too close to home, from many Labour party members about the coalition between the Lib Dem’s and Conservatives. After the coalition was announced many people signed up to the Labour party, so many the Labour… [Read more…]
May 12, 2010
My Initial reaction at this group was the fact that there was a simple statement that conservatives make up 47% of parliament and so a vote of no confidence could not be forced without some defections! Shock horror the party in power would require some of its members (only 2% or 13 odd members of… [Read more…]
May 12, 2010
There are a lot of statements going round that Labour supporters were right to warn that if you voted Clegg you would get Cameron, this is utter nonsense. Firstly only people in Sheffield Hallam actually got to vote for Clegg but lets just ignore that mistake. In many constituencies, like mine, it is a choice… [Read more…]
May 10, 2010
For there to be a government which has a democratic deficit and yet would be the better government, or to have a government which has been democratically elected but is far worse for the people. Some within the party have been arguing that this is a great opportunity for a “progressive government” (which is obviously viewed as preferable) however… [Read more…]
May 10, 2010
Before the election Nick Clegg promised ad nuasium that he was not the king maker, it was the people and if a party had a clear mandate then they should govern. Seams pretty sensible we are a democracy after all and we do kind of like it (we’ve even dropped it into our name). Pretty… [Read more…]
May 7, 2010
I know its hard to hear and I know that some people will be saying we should rejecting it straight off for whatever reason but please bare with me. The First thing has to be that this isn’t the final offer and things can change before the final options are forward so lets not judge… [Read more…]
February 19, 2010
A coalition for the Liberal Democrats could well prove to be a very rewarding or very damaging move, both politically and ideologically. First of all if we look at the ideology then we can see that for the first time in a long time there are several elements of Lib Dem Policy that could easily… [Read more…]
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