FilboFox Posted 15 October 2007 Posted 15 October 2007 This is good news for the Liberal Democrats! All they need now is a younger person in charge that will clearly state their policies whilst attracting voters and it could well become a much bigger party in the future. I'd be all for looking into their policies and considering them if they did that!
Thracian Posted 15 October 2007 Posted 15 October 2007 This is good news for the Liberal Democrats!All they need now is a younger person in charge that will clearly state their policies whilst attracting voters and it could well become a much bigger party in the future. I'd be all for looking into their policies and considering them if they did that! Do you know how long folk have been saying that? It'll be a toss up which comes first. Leicester playing attacking football or the Lib Dems becoming a political heavyweight. I've not seen any signs of either really.
David O'Leary Posted 15 October 2007 Posted 15 October 2007 Bring the Ginger One back!!!! GINGER MOURINIHO!
Head Honcho Posted 15 October 2007 Posted 15 October 2007 This is good news for the Liberal Democrats!All they need now is a younger person in charge that will clearly state their policies whilst attracting voters and it could well become a much bigger party in the future. I'd be all for looking into their policies and considering them if they did that! I read somewhere that one of their policies will be free rent for all. ..................sorry I misread, it said free rent boys for all
FilboFox Posted 15 October 2007 Author Posted 15 October 2007 Do you know how long folk have been saying that?It'll be a toss up which comes first. Leicester playing attacking football or the Lib Dems becoming a political heavyweight. I've not seen any signs of either really. Well to be honest I think that both will come sooner or later. The Lib Dems really shot themselves in the foot choosing a relatively, extreamly old person to lead. And Leicester have just had the wrong managers who prefer to make sure that they survive rather than take risks... Megson, I think, will possibly take more risks than others... I mean look at who we've had and put it into context. Did Levein or Kelly EVER take any risks? No, they were too busy looking after their own jobs as they knew that any bad run of results would have led to their sacking... which it did AS they didn't play more attacking football and use the firepower that we have more effectively.
Thracian Posted 15 October 2007 Posted 15 October 2007 I read somewhere that one of their policies will be free rent for all...................sorry I misread, it said free rent boys for all :D I Thorped you'd misread it.
Steven Posted 15 October 2007 Posted 15 October 2007 :D I Thorped you'd misread it. I think you have forgoaten about another MP.
Rincewind Posted 15 October 2007 Posted 15 October 2007 does anyone know any of the Lib Dem MP's who are likely to be their leader? Anyone well known.
Milky Posted 15 October 2007 Posted 15 October 2007 Considering the Lib Dems were the only major party against the war, i'm suprised a few more haven't jumped on board.
Head Honcho Posted 15 October 2007 Posted 15 October 2007 does anyone know any of the Lib Dem MP's who are likely to be their leader? Anyone well known. Nick Clegg and some guy called Huhne, can't remember his first name
Finnegan Posted 15 October 2007 Posted 15 October 2007 Heh. It's like the Lib Dems throwing their hands up and shouting "we're still here, y'know!"
Fez of Mahrez Posted 15 October 2007 Posted 15 October 2007 They're going to have to settle on someone fairly soon before they run out of MPs who haven't been caught with rentboys.
lookwhaticando Posted 16 October 2007 Posted 16 October 2007 Considering the Lib Dems were the only major party against the war, i'm suprised a few more haven't jumped on board. The BNP were probably against the war too... too many of "our" boys being put into close quarters with the dirty foreigners of Iraq and Afghanistan... but I don't see anyone jumping on their board. As for the anti-war stance... that's all fine and dandy, but it's just not enough. Not even close. John Kerry built his presidential bid around the theme that he simply wasn't Bush. He wasn't a candidate... he was a "not" candidate. Your choice was essentially "Bush" or "not Bush" because Kerry himself didn't seem to have anything about him until very late in the game - by which time it was too late anyway. The Lib Dems can't hope to hold on to all those anti-war voters for long... it was a nifty position to take back in 2005 for the election, when anti-war feeling was on the rise and people felt like punishing the government. But as we move away from the Blair era, the anti-war vote will probably slide back into a less important concern for most people, and the Lib Dems will have to stand on their own two feet as a party in their own right... rather than the "not" party. That's when they prove their worth.
Rincewind Posted 16 October 2007 Posted 16 October 2007 At the time there was more 'proof' for going to war than 'proof' for not going to war. Tony Benn was against it at the time and he was called all sorts of things for daring to speak out.. Ther Government had the backing of the tabloid press which in turn passed the right information onto the public The Sun reading public love a good war. Remember the Falklands and 'Kill an Argie' headline? Thatchers popularity went up at the time and everyone forgot about how she was doing to the country. The fact that there were people that did not know where the Falklands were did not seem to matter. In America it would have been even more dangerous to speak out against the war at the time. Anyone objecting would be regarded as traitors to the American way of life, arrested and questioned by the CIA or FBI.
Monk Posted 16 October 2007 Posted 16 October 2007 Lets face it he was a bit of a ming anyway. Nice guy with nice ideas but too easy for the media to batter him. They need a seriously strong leader in anyone's going to take them seriously.
breadandcheese Posted 16 October 2007 Posted 16 October 2007 Although not a Lib Dem voter, I tended to regard Ming as the most level-headed and trustworthy leader out of the three main parties.
Ultra Posted 16 October 2007 Posted 16 October 2007 Although not a Lib Dem voter, I tended to regard Ming as the most level-headed and trustworthy leader out of the three main parties. Strange how he lost the trust of his own MPs then! The next LibDem leader will be a youngish (in political terms), ambitious, right-wing ex-public school type very much in the mould of David Cameron - and who would be happy to strike a deal with Cameron in the event of a hung parliament (at this time the most likely outcome of the next general election). Whether the rest of the party would stand for such a deal remains to be seen.
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