tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post116527320671480469..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: A couple of thoughts on TridentJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1165588122450667402006-12-08T14:28:00.000+00:002006-12-08T14:28:00.000+00:00You said "Conservatives still believe that this go...You said "Conservatives still believe that this government is insufficiently pro-American".<BR/><BR/>Surely this is a typo!!<BR/><BR/>The Tories have positioned themselves as less pro-US than TB. Don't you remember his speech on 11 September this year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1165321996887656782006-12-05T12:33:00.000+00:002006-12-05T12:33:00.000+00:00The note about the policy proposals (which look li...The note about the policy proposals (which look like 'At Last! The 1983 Show....') being subject to agreement is hidden in the small print. They have not been near FPC yet which is a massive discourtesy.<BR/><BR/>What David says about the working group is absolutely right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1165311882158061892006-12-05T09:44:00.000+00:002006-12-05T09:44:00.000+00:001. The working group was set up to avoid a debate ...1. The working group was set up to avoid a debate last autumn.<BR/>2. The composition of the group was dominated by MPs and Lords.<BR/>3. The group was divided and there will be a minority report.<BR/>4. Ming said more than was necessary at this point, in an attempt to pre-empt conference.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281231409865527752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1165307618212799932006-12-05T08:33:00.000+00:002006-12-05T08:33:00.000+00:00The Trident proposals have come from the Trident w...The Trident proposals have come from the Trident working group. So no great surprise or conspiracy there :-)<BR/><BR/>As to why they've been published now - well imagine if they hadn't, what would the party have been saying this week, "Oh hang on, come back to us next Spring but we've not got anything to say on this topic yet"?<BR/><BR/>If you look at things like the press release on the party's website they make very clear that these are proposals, due to be decided by party conference in the spring, so there's no bouncing going on that I can see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com