Comments on: NEW POLL: Who is your Liberal Voice of the Year? http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sun, 19 May 2013 21:56:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: George Potter http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-235305 George Potter Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:48:56 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-235305 Yay another list composed almost entirely of men. Dear god, why on earth do some of this shower get on the list but not some of the much better liberal campaigners and voices from the past year?

]]> By: John http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-235010 John Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:11:54 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-235010 I nominated Hugh Grant. The press are much too powerful and routinely abuse that power running rough-shod over people’s right to privacy. Freedom of speech is not the be all and end all. These rights must be balanced and we currently have a harmful imbalance.

]]> By: James http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234775 James Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:55:29 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234775 This poll seems a little open to abuse?

Malala Yousafzai got my vote anyway.

Disappointed to see 38 Degrees included and baffled that Ken Clarke keeps getting nominated.

]]> By: Rev Simon Wilson http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234696 Rev Simon Wilson Sat, 05 Jan 2013 07:58:09 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234696 I voted for the Alliance Party wh o have shown liberal values and tolerance in the face of violence, arson and death threats.

]]> By: Ewan Hoyle http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234520 Ewan Hoyle Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:18:48 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234520 Is this open for anyone to vote? It was brought to my attention by Sam Bowman’s twitter feed. I doubt any of the other candidates will engage in the same self-promotion so I fear we may have another odd libertarian winner on our hands this year. :(

]]> By: Scott Walker http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234467 Scott Walker Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:03:40 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234467 Regarding the comments about iPads/mobile voting. It is possible to vote, but not using the standard browser which comes with your iPad. There are a few browsers available on the app store which all give you much greater functionality than mobile Safari – some are free and some are not. I just voted using my iPad and Photon Browser. I’d recommend to anyone stopping using Safari – you’ll get a much better internet experience.
Also, well done to Lib Dem Voice for providing a great list of candidates and preferential voting.

]]> By: tony hill http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234464 tony hill Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:15:38 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234464 After electing Mark Littlewood last year in this poll, it will be interesting to see whether the libertarians manage it again with Sam Bowman. Libertarian input to LibDem Voice seems to have diminished in the last few years, although it has never been a hugely significant strand in the politics of the Party. Presumably having a transferable voting system should make it more difficult for the supporters of any one candidate to influence the outcome of this election in a way that does not reflect the views of the regular readership of this blog, or of those of the Party as a whole. (Caveat: OK, I don’t know what the views of those people who regularly read this blog are apart from those who comment on it, but my guess would be that the supporters of the Party who comment represent pretty accurately the views of the activists). I think it is also probably helpful that we are not allowed to see a running total of votes as has been the case in previous years because that also made it easier for people to affect the outcome.

]]> By: Gordon http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234461 Gordon Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:53:58 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234461 Oops! Missed that.

]]> By: Leekliberal http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234459 Leekliberal Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:14:13 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234459 Gordon says ‘At a time Lib Dems are in govt with all the exposure that implies here are no LDs on the list ‘ I suggest he looks at the contest rules which stipulate that party members CANNOT be candidates. Durrh!

]]> By: Gordon http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234455 Gordon Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:26:27 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234455 At a time Lib Dems are in govt with all the exposure that implies here are no LDs on the list – at least not active/public ones. And some. like Ken Clarke and Barack Obama are not liberals by any stretch.

Whatever this tells us about the state of British liberalism it’s not good.

]]> By: David Wright http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234447 David Wright Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:23:19 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234447 38 degrees should not be in this list, (nor should some of the others). They campaign on easy subjects, and seem to make a point of “persuading” Liberal Democrat ministers to agree to things we’ve already agreed, while failing to campaign to get the Conservatives to agree the same things, when it’s the Conservatives who need persuading. Thus they get publicity and an easy “win”, while nothing actually changes.

Also, their behaviour over the AV Referendum was pathetic. Executive Director David Babbs promised me (when I met him in Harlow) that, while 38 Degrees would not take sides on the Referendum (why not? If they were Liberal ad Democratic they would have done), they WOULD campaign to make sure voters were informed, to counter false information, and to encourage people to vote. Except for a short email the day before the ballot, they did NONE of that.

If you want to promote a web-based liberal campaigning group, far better choices would be AVAAZ (http://www.avaaz.org) or AllOut or SomeOfUs

]]> By: Tom Papworth http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234422 Tom Papworth Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:11:46 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234422 Fair point, Hywel.

]]> By: Hywel http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234397 Hywel Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:10:24 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234397 Well if Geoffrey and Tom have both voted for people they didn’t intend to that should balance out quite nicely :-)

]]> By: David Wilkinson http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234395 David Wilkinson Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:53:58 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234395 Read the comments above and I am sad that no one bothered to mention Malala Yousafzai a brave person who put her life on the line to improve womes rights in Pakistan where Barack Obama has ordered the deaths of people in Pakistan

]]> By: Rich http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234387 Rich Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:30:39 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234387 Nice to have preferential voting so Ken Clarke can go straight to the bottom. Funny thing is a year ago I’d have rated him highly.

]]> By: Technomist http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234380 Technomist Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:29:42 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234380 Hardly any of these are liberals.

Where is the box for ‘none of the above’?

]]> By: john mc http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234373 john mc Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:56:48 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234373 Also messed up the voting process. Must say that if this list is really the cream of the crop, liberal politics is in dire trouble! The Alliance Party, Obama (yes ok) and that’s about it?
Thankfully the list of previous winners is more hopeful!

]]> By: James Sandbach http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234360 James Sandbach Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:19:05 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234360 Once again my jaw drops that Ken Clarke is on the shortlist as he was on last year’s shorlist also – hasn’t anyone in our party yet realised yet that Ken is not a liberal, and his record in the Justice Ministry and elsewhere does not support his supposed liberal credentials

]]> By: Jennifer Johnson http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234351 Jennifer Johnson Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:17:03 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234351 As usual, these “liberals” mostly seem to be social liberals but very illiberal on economic and fiscal matters. Quite statist in large part.

]]> By: Peter Hayes http://www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-who-is-your-liberal-voice-of-the-year-4-32418.html#comment-234350 Peter Hayes Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:06:18 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=32418#comment-234350 Real problem for me was the last 4, Rowan Williams is a liberal but has failed even more than the party leadership. Others I’ve never heard of or do not know what they have done. NI politics is so rarely reported in England so how do we know what the Alliance has done? Also had to steal her MacBook from ‘her indoors’ as the survey did not work on iPad.

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