tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post4696785320489085885..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Who will be impressed by a Lib Dem abstention on Jeremy Hunt?Jonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-13769631862787919132012-06-14T12:19:45.106+01:002012-06-14T12:19:45.106+01:00Wow, Matthew, I didn't realise you were posh e...Wow, Matthew, I didn't realise you were posh enough to have a butler!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-50520123122105827432012-06-13T12:22:27.408+01:002012-06-13T12:22:27.408+01:00David, while the press might like to report the Li...David, while the press might like to report the Liberal Democrats as being the personal tool of whoever is the current leader, we need to remember that it is not. The leader is appointed by us to serve our needs, not vice versa. Why should those of is who have been long term members of the party feel forced to resign because of its poor leadership? <br /><br />Suppose I appoint someone to be my butler, and the person does a poor job. How should I react? Not, surely, by abandoning my house and giving it to the butler.Matthew Huntbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18255872047710686115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-7864630615216245832012-06-13T07:27:37.042+01:002012-06-13T07:27:37.042+01:00I don't think the party has had a coherent str...I don't think the party has had a coherent strategy for the past five years, at least. After 40 years of membership am beginning to wonder whether I have a political home.David Blakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-63779326998501225002012-06-13T01:09:23.723+01:002012-06-13T01:09:23.723+01:00I think the strategy was inspired by the glorious ...I think the strategy was inspired by the glorious success of the party's three line whipped abstention on an EU referendum. Not to mention the equal success of our carefully negotiated and then little used abstention over tuition fees.<br /><br />Presumably the campaign department is planning to run our next GE on the slogan 'We abstain so you don't have to'.Simonnoreply@blogger.com