tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11862686.post8468411887248636810..comments2024-03-29T01:48:46.501+00:00Comments on A Liberal Goes A Long Way: Liberal? I wouldn’t bet on itStephen Tallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720133001571029678noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11862686.post-50774184114199897892007-02-03T00:51:00.000+00:002007-02-03T00:51:00.000+00:00I was gutted Blackpool didn't get it, as I blogged...I was gutted Blackpool didn't get it, as I blogged. Biased maybe as I went to school in Blackpool, but I saw the regeneration plans based around a casino and they were exactly what the town needed. And, frankly, East Manchester needed a supercasino much less.<br /><br />Anyway, I've not noticed much of our reaction to the casino decision, but clearly there is a puritanical section of the party that take the minority but loud view that gambling is A Very Bad Thing. <br /><br />You also reminded me how annoyed I was with our illiberal press releases when the 24 hour licensing laws came in - unusually going for the easy media hit that we are usually unfairly accused of.Cllr Matt Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06735567924884002564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11862686.post-81710222423661794222007-02-01T00:24:00.000+00:002007-02-01T00:24:00.000+00:00the legacy: a comedy of terrors
Great new E-novel
...the legacy: a comedy of terrors<br />Great new E-novel<br />The consequences of unchecked governance, when the ridiculous becomes sublime.<br />http://blog.myspace.com/153506273blinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03575268428616176159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11862686.post-58507506463644083782007-01-31T23:59:00.000+00:002007-01-31T23:59:00.000+00:00Tristan: "The purpose of a party is to gain power"...Tristan: "The purpose of a party is to gain power" is all very well but 'power for what?' is the question for Libdemologists. <br /><br />There have to be some limits surely on what LD candidates will say and do to gain power? I have run a few blogs on my LoL site about the uncanny similarity between the Libdemologist appeal and that of the Scientologists. <br /><br />But I think that it was the Moonies who trained up their activists to employ any lie whatsoever to recruit and retain "votes" and cash. It is a slippery slope mate. <br /><br />Are you the same Tristan who blew the whistle a couple of months back on the Lib Dem pretence of support for Fair Trade? <br /><br />Keep it coming anyway.Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11862686.post-57795446389421341152007-01-31T23:46:00.000+00:002007-01-31T23:46:00.000+00:00Bravo. Word Up for the Libertarian Democrats!Bravo. Word Up for the Libertarian Democrats!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11862686.post-11506775609176584472007-01-31T10:07:00.000+00:002007-01-31T10:07:00.000+00:00The generation gap idea is interesting, although I...The generation gap idea is interesting, although I've met older libertarians and younger social democrats in the party, so its not a solid dividing line.<br /><br />It seems to me a more libertarian view is coming through (a good thing in my opinion) but we will never be a libertarian party (a good thing as well - given the purpose of a party is to gain power).<br /><br />Expect more moaning from Tony Greaves about the evils of economic liberalism though...Tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395992764678278326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11862686.post-9871229743691626522007-01-31T02:57:00.000+00:002007-01-31T02:57:00.000+00:00Not even F-ing Democrats up here! Blogged this as ...Not even F-ing Democrats up here! <a href="http://chrispaul-labouroflove.blogspot.com/2007/01/hells-bells-oranges-and-lemons-say.html">Blogged</a> this as John Leech had got his outburst in early. Pathetic!<br /><br />And he's a young 'un, renowned unfortunately for being one of the most light weight Mps from any party of all time.Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11862686.post-30003233507951373982007-01-30T21:20:00.000+00:002007-01-30T21:20:00.000+00:00I find the comment about there being a 'generation...I find the comment about there being a 'generation gap' in the Lib Dems interesting, but unsurprising. Let's face facts, a large proportion of the older members of the Lib Dems never joined a party with Liberal in its name.<br /><br />Every major party has tensions at its core (monetarists vs 'one-nation' Conservatives vs Tories in the Conservative Party; democratic socialists vs corporate-led state-worshipping venal apparatchiks in the Labour Party). It looks to us outsiders as if the more libertarian wing of the Lib Dems has been in the ascendant since last year's conference. This year's local elections would seem to be the test of how that has played with the electorate (that and Ming's leadership).<br /><br />It's worth remembering when you get to casinos and similar issues that all Lib Dems are not Liberals, and even fewer are liberals.Nathaniel Tapleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03672616906844204560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11862686.post-76337725613594703842007-01-30T20:55:00.000+00:002007-01-30T20:55:00.000+00:00And with our GLA team putting in a prissy motion a...And with our GLA team putting in a prissy motion about size zero models... there seems to be a bit a generation gap emerging in the party...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11862686.post-5071584817885236502007-01-30T20:48:00.000+00:002007-01-30T20:48:00.000+00:00Couldn't agree more - wish Don would try to sound ...Couldn't agree more - wish Don would try to sound just a little like a Liberal rather than a killjoy. <br /> Liberal ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com