tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post9076692932881780900..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Time for Tim Farron to make an unpopular speechJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-53719136328868341212011-10-04T14:08:54.083+01:002011-10-04T14:08:54.083+01:00Local parties elect voting representatives, but an...Local parties elect voting representatives, but any member of the Lib Dems can attend conference, they are not sent by their local party!<br />Flora, HampshireFlora, Hampshirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-26901452897114187802011-09-28T15:24:00.907+01:002011-09-28T15:24:00.907+01:00Farron would make an excellent Deputy Prime Minist...Farron would make an excellent Deputy Prime Minister to Ed Milliband.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-91499620710667749432011-09-26T11:50:36.326+01:002011-09-26T11:50:36.326+01:00Of course, joking about the accreditation issue wh...Of course, joking about the accreditation issue when lots of people had very raw wounds, and he wasn't the one person who voted against it, could be seen as the powerful rubbing it in the face of those who just lost, if you were feeling uncharitable.Jennie Rigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14893281560181289667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-30055164125369435202011-09-26T10:12:12.687+01:002011-09-26T10:12:12.687+01:00My primary reason for campaigning for Tim in the P...My primary reason for campaigning for Tim in the Presidential election was because, as well as the attributes you set out above, I thought we needed a President who would cheer us up during a difficult few years.<br /><br />In that respect I have no problem at all with him making light of a serious issue as he did about accreditation. Our ability to not take ourselves too seriously is one of our strengths, and Tim taps into that very well.<br /><br />On your broader point, yes, if Tim has serious ambitions he will have start to show a more serious side as time goes on. But at the moment he is still in year one of his most senior role so far. I think he has time to enjoy that for a bit longer before getting too serious.Liberal Neilhttp://liberalneil.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-26870999791572217442011-09-26T08:20:37.388+01:002011-09-26T08:20:37.388+01:00Great piece Jonathan. I liked Farron's speech...Great piece Jonathan. I liked Farron's speech to be honest, but I understand your meaning; he's a man whose main weapons are populism and humour. They usually work. But on reflection I agree with you in respect to the accreditation debate - the president really should have avoided the easy laughs and spoken out - publicly - a long time before conference.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027368242570244912noreply@blogger.com