Lib Dem Conference

[Doon frae Troon]

Alistair Carmichael's speech..........

'And if we deliver the new......er em sorry........ when we deliver the new proposals for Scotland.

Perhaps we have found an honest politician.

 

[jp5]

People actually bother watching that?

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I thought Clegg gave quite a decent speech to be honest.

They generally do when they have no chance of actually being in government.

 

[FairwayDodger]

I thought Clegg gave quite a decent speech to be honest.

They generally do when they have no chance of actually being in government.

They'll be doing well to have any MPs..... Certainly not getting my vote again any time soon.

 

[Ethan]

Clegg could promise to provide a free llama to every household, for all it matters. His party is heading for oblivion at the election, and it will be a miracle if their share of the vote comes close to UKIPs. Do not take that as any suggestion of support for UKIP. It isn't.

 

[Hacker Khan]

Speaking as a wooly liberal it's pretty sad to see. As with the 2 main parties seemingly drifting further apart and becoming more polarized like the American political landscape (which in my opinion is not a good thing), especially with UKIP dragging the Tories further to the right and the unions trying to drag Ed further to the left, I feel British politics needs some middle ground and someone stopping the main parties from going too far. As they inevitably always do after they have been in power for so long.

But I fear the coalition, whilst it must have been good for them to get some of their people into positions of relative power so they could make a bit of a difference, has not been kind to them.

 

[guest100718]

You'd have to pay me (a lot) to vote LD. Not that it matters as I live in very safe tory seat so dont bother voting anyway.

 

[FairwayDodger]

But I fear the coalition, whilst it must have been good for them to get some of their people into positions of relative power so they could make a bit of a difference, has not been kind to them.

I think they misunderstood what sort of people were voting for them. I suspect the majority were similar to me; disillusioned labour voters that would never vote conservative. They never anticipated a vote for LDs would allow the tories in.

 

[Ethan]

The LDs were desperate to get into power. Ever since the SDP and 'go back to your constituencies and prepare for government', they have been under the illusion that one day they would be the Govt. So they would have sold their grandmother's kidneys to get into that coalition, under the illusion that they could then show how statemanlike they were in constraining the Tories and capture the centre ground of UK politics for the following election. Well, turns out they weren't quite ready, and all those political promises are easier to make when you are never going have to implement them.

I assume that when their vote collapses, some of those who are left may defect back to Labour, presumably the largest party at the next election. But I think the Labour vote is rather soft too, based more on being anti-Tory than any positive affirmation of Ed Millipede's leadership abilities.

UKIP must be rubbing their hands in excitement.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

If you look at all of the political parties front benches it does not fill you with any hope for the future.

 

[AlexDarling]

There is certainly room for - and some might say essential need for - moderates, in this current climate of extremes.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

First English UKIP MP by the morning do you think?

 

[PhilTheFragger]

To be totally fair, the Lib Dems have managed to rein back some of the Conservative's more extreme policies and to their credit have given the country a semblance of stable government through the recession recovery period.

However they will always be remembered for failing to stop University Tuition Fees and therefore I would be surprised if they have 5 MP's left after the election

 

[patricks148]

The LDs were desperate to get into power. Ever since the SDP and 'go back to your constituencies and prepare for government', they have been under the illusion that one day they would be the Govt. So they would have sold their grandmother's kidneys to get into that coalition, under the illusion that they could then show how statemanlike they were in constraining the Tories and capture the centre ground of UK politics for the following election. Well, turns out they weren't quite ready, and all those political promises are easier to make when you are never going have to implement them.

I assume that when their vote collapses, some of those who are left may defect back to Labour, presumably the largest party at the next election. But I think the Labour vote is rather soft too, based more on being anti-Tory than any positive affirmation of Ed Millipede's leadership abilities.

UKIP must be rubbing their hands in excitement.

Spot on as per,

 

[SocketRocket]

To be totally fair, the Lib Dems have managed to rein back some of the Conservative's more extreme policies and to their credit have given the country a semblance of stable government through the recession recovery period.

However they will always be remembered for failing to stop University Tuition Fees and therefore I would be surprised if they have 5 MP's left after the election

What exactly are these extreme policies?

The UK National debt is currently standing at £1.3 Trillion. What kind of mild policies will fix that ticking time bomb?

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

First UKIP MP by the morning do you think?

corrected that for you

 

[Foxholer]

corrected that for you

It does! with about the same majority that the Conservatives had in 2010.

Tories will probably claim that it was a vote for the man rather than the Party!

 

[SocketRocket]

It means nothing though. All the UKIP voters were right wing DM readers who don't understand whats good for them

 

[AlexDarling]

It does! with about the same majority that the Conservatives had in 2010.

Tories will probably claim that it was a vote for the man rather than the Party!

funnily enough it was actually tory voters that were saying this, not the actual party. It made sense as he's highly respected in that area and people 'buy' from people.