Comments on: Rank Hypocrisy from the Liberal Democrats 2011/02/15/rank-hypocrisy-from-the-liberal-democrats/ London MEP European Parliament Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:57:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Daniel Oxley 2011/02/15/rank-hypocrisy-from-the-liberal-democrats/#comment-3972 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:24:44 +0000 ?p=13406#comment-3972 This conflict between national policy and local policy has always been a source of amusement for me. Many years ago I was invited by a Labour activist to get myself as angry as him about an issue to do with a local hospital in a NW town (closing a ward I think – it was some time ago). His answers to my question ‘Who is to blame’? were not satisfactory and he adamantly refused to accept that they could be anything to do with the Labour Party. He continued in this vein, even when I pointed out that the Parish Council of the Parish where we were speaking was entirely Labour, that all the councillors of the ward were Labour, that the Borough Council was dominated by Labour, that Labour was well represented on the County Council and that they were the national government.

]]> By: JP 2011/02/15/rank-hypocrisy-from-the-liberal-democrats/#comment-3969 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:34:27 +0000 ?p=13406#comment-3969 It is not at all inconsistent for Lib Dems at a local level to oppose national coalition policies. There are numerous examples in all parties of people opposing national policy, Labour councils opposing the City Academy programme for example, or Tory ones opposing High Speed rail. This silly partisanship on the part of Labour is exactly the reason why Lib Dems will not join them. Lib Dems and Labour do not need to merge, just as the Lib Dems and Tories are not going to merge – on areas of agreement parties should work together, or compromise, and I hope that some in Labour will come to realise this.

]]> By: Martin 2011/02/15/rank-hypocrisy-from-the-liberal-democrats/#comment-3967 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:01:04 +0000 ?p=13406#comment-3967 despite what they say, LibDems have benefitted from the present system, in that by denied of proportionate powere they can be all things to all (wo)men…

I have always felt that once they are challenged with the power they are entitled to under electoral reform, they will be shown up as right-wing as their EU counterparts.

This is why in the long-term Labour has nothing to fear from electoral reform. This has already been shown in NZ, my home country.

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