tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11862686.post113309828513798259..comments2024-01-14T10:22:00.733+00:00Comments on A Liberal Goes A Long Way: Left or Right...? Bored now.Stephen Tallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720133001571029678noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11862686.post-1133479918957391542005-12-01T23:31:00.000+00:002005-12-01T23:31:00.000+00:00Yes Matt, but that also means we oppose the nannyi...Yes Matt, but that also means we oppose the nannying authoritarianism of the Old Left, the racism of the BNP, the anti-progressive rhetoric of the Greens etc. and yet you can find a little of all of those things in some local Lib Dem parties.<BR/><BR/>That's not a broad church so much as a coalition of the willing. Very much like Labour before Blair, but with even less electoral success.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11862686.post-1133471272421637412005-12-01T21:07:00.000+00:002005-12-01T21:07:00.000+00:00Anon@ 2.22pmI think, essentially, you miss the poi...Anon@ 2.22pm<BR/>I think, essentially, you miss the point. We're Liberals; that means we oppose the authoritarianism running NuLab and that has at times taken over the Tories in the past <I>first</I>, and fight over details second.<BR/><BR/>We need electoral reform, until then, the party has to be a broad church. If it isn't, we haven't a chance in hell, after we get it, all bets are off anyway.MatGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02821264556751176639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11862686.post-1133446921272786362005-12-01T14:22:00.000+00:002005-12-01T14:22:00.000+00:00Stephen this is a pathetic letter. The debate betw...Stephen this is a pathetic letter. The debate between the left and right of the party matters quite a great deal in respect of which future liberal voters or otherwise we will be able to attact. <BR/><BR/>The right of the party believe that the best coalition is of social and economic liberals, that tends to include a lot of left-wing Tories and disgruntled centrists who currently vote for Labour. <BR/><BR/>The left of the party belivee the best is one of social liberals, social democrats and liberal socialists, broadly a coalition of the left or charitably a progressive coalition. <BR/><BR/>What you can't have though is a sort of catch-all spanning the lot. socialists and eocnomic liberals are opponents on most tax and spend matters. They can agree tactically on civil liberties, but that's rather small beer in the policy portfolio of a future government compared to doing a budget. <BR/><BR/>In fact it's wet centrists like you sitting there whining passively about why we can't just all get along, rather than taking difficult decisions is precisely why we are in this situation today. The leader being the worst offender.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11862686.post-1133188721327138812005-11-28T14:38:00.000+00:002005-11-28T14:38:00.000+00:00Here here!Glad someone talking sense!Here here!<BR/><BR/>Glad someone talking sense!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com