The BIG MetroPoll - IN or OUT ?
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Square Eyes
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So the best that Labour can come up with is Angela Eagle. She failed in her own bid for deputy leader 10 months ago and her constituency party support Corbyn.
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robschneider
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These are the last days of the Labour party.
People said that as Foot was on the way out. Thatcher believed it.robschneider wrote:These are the last days of the Labour party.
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madmusician
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The question is, though, will there be another Blair who can reposition the party as one for the people, rather than just a lefty protest party?WillPS wrote:People said that as Foot was on the way out. Thatcher believed it.robschneider wrote:These are the last days of the Labour party.
What British politics is missing right now is a centrist party - I know I'd vote for one like a shot. (Well, I did last time, but they were completely wiped out...)
Don't count out the Lib Dems. I expect them to recover many of the seats they lost to the Tories last time - especially if they effectively communicate their pro EU message and the Tories stick to 'no way back'.madmusician wrote:The question is, though, will there be another Blair who can reposition the party as one for the people, rather than just a lefty protest party?WillPS wrote:People said that as Foot was on the way out. Thatcher believed it.robschneider wrote:These are the last days of the Labour party.
What British politics is missing right now is a centrist party - I know I'd vote for one like a shot. (Well, I did last time, but they were completely wiped out...)
I don't for a moment pretend I'm a one man barometer of these things (possibly the contrary on experience actually) but that said I know I feel ready to consider them again (I campaigned for them until 2010).
I hope you're right that they'll have an effective campaign. I've never felt more like a Lib Dem voter than in this past week, but it still feels like there's something dirty about the party.WillPS wrote:Don't count out the Lib Dems. I expect them to recover many of the seats they lost to the Tories last time - especially if they effectively communicate their pro EU message and the Tories stick to 'no way back'.madmusician wrote:The question is, though, will there be another Blair who can reposition the party as one for the people, rather than just a lefty protest party?WillPS wrote: People said that as Foot was on the way out. Thatcher believed it.
What British politics is missing right now is a centrist party - I know I'd vote for one like a shot. (Well, I did last time, but they were completely wiped out...)
I don't for a moment pretend I'm a one man barometer of these things (possibly the contrary on experience actually) but that said I know I feel ready to consider them again (I campaigned for them until 2010).
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bilky asko
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Perhaps the idea that a party previously dedicated to electoral reform wishes to try and usurp a referendum by taking advantage of the unproportional First Past the Post system?
Probably more likely to do with skanking the young tbh.bilky asko wrote:Perhaps the idea that a party previously dedicated to electoral reform wishes to try and usurp a referendum by taking advantage of the unproportional First Past the Post system?
Yeah it's the whole tuition fees thing for me. Even though I don't mind the current system for various reasons, it still leaves a bad taste.WillPS wrote:Probably more likely to do with skanking the young tbh.bilky asko wrote:Perhaps the idea that a party previously dedicated to electoral reform wishes to try and usurp a referendum by taking advantage of the unproportional First Past the Post system?
I am not one to say whether the Lib Dem stance on the EU result is credible or not - I just know that I feel more than ever a Lib Dem than any other political party. I don't agree 100% with everything but who does when supporting a political party.