tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post2313646005177061781..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Absurd claim from the Labour deputy leader of Croydon CouncilJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-27443738921364626582016-05-10T21:15:53.209+01:002016-05-10T21:15:53.209+01:00Thanks for pointing that out. They seems to have k...Thanks for pointing that out. They seems to have kissed and made up anyway.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-41028181651799149102016-05-10T20:18:11.934+01:002016-05-10T20:18:11.934+01:00Also - one more comment...
You wrote:
"Given ...Also - one more comment...<br />You wrote:<br />"Given how low the Lib Dem base vote is at the moment, any confusion between our candidate and the one from the Conservatives is likely to harm the Tories not help them."<br /><br />The confusion was between the Lib Dem candidate and the Labour one - not the Lib Dem candidate and the Tory one. And it was Labour who were complaining that this suppressed the Labour vote as people voted Lib Dem instead on seeing the name.<br /><br />All nonsense of course - but slightly different nonsense.Williamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-25889933040554993422016-05-10T20:15:39.291+01:002016-05-10T20:15:39.291+01:00What should worry the party is that it is seen as ...What should worry the party is that it is seen as plausible in some quarters, and certainly plausible enough to report in newspapers.<br /><br />This shows the lasting damage the coalition has done to the party brand: people will genuinely think that scratch a Lib Dem and a Tory sympathiser or activist lies beneath.Williamnoreply@blogger.com