Comments on: What the pundits say http://www.libdemvoice.org/what-the-pundits-say-1365.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul L http://www.libdemvoice.org/what-the-pundits-say-1365.html#comment-30066 Paul L Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:36:06 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/what-the-pundits-say-1365.html#comment-30066 It was a good speech - well delivered - he looked much more confident and worked better with his notes in front of him as well as the long range autocues (he hates these and it cuased problems in the past). The main thing is that the press have written it up well even if people didn't see it the message was all good about him giving a good performance and had some great sound bites. For the rest of us the content is excellent - he certainly took Brown apart. It was a good speech – well delivered – he looked much more confident and worked better with his notes in front of him as well as the long range autocues (he hates these and it cuased problems in the past).

The main thing is that the press have written it up well even if people didn’t see it the message was all good about him giving a good performance and had some great sound bites.

For the rest of us the content is excellent – he certainly took Brown apart.

]]> By: Libby Dem http://www.libdemvoice.org/what-the-pundits-say-1365.html#comment-30060 Libby Dem Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:43:58 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/what-the-pundits-say-1365.html#comment-30060 Decent speech - certainly better than in the past. Only trouble was no one was paying any attention. Even the ten o'clock news did not run it as a headline and gave it one minute at 10.20. Been a bad conference really because so many other things were going on in the news that no one was paying the slightest attention Decent speech – certainly better than in the past.

Only trouble was no one was paying any attention. Even the ten o’clock news did not run it as a headline and gave it one minute at 10.20.

Been a bad conference really because so many other things were going on in the news that no one was paying the slightest attention

]]> By: Olly Kendall http://www.libdemvoice.org/what-the-pundits-say-1365.html#comment-30057 Olly Kendall Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:44:53 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/what-the-pundits-say-1365.html#comment-30057 A good speech by Ming and the hacks have written it up very fairly. i was amazed that Nick Robinson in his evening package was even nice about Ming's slightly bizarre final gesture to the hall to rise to their feet - very evangelical. still, he was empassioned, personal and on the offensive. bits of the delivery still looked a little awkward and Ming should fine tune some of his body language but this is all peripheral stuff: on the substance of what he said, thankfully he was as critical of cameron as he was of brown. there was no repeat of the bungle last time round with confused messages over whether PR was a red-line in any coalition and Ming has made it unambiguous that the Lid Dems are forging a radical maifesto that has social justice and fairness at its core. I still don't feel there was enough of a theme at conference. most voters will remmeber only a handful of LD policies so they need to be sold bigger picture ideas as well as striking policy initiatives. I thought breaking the 'cosy consensus' is a great theme and i only wish that it had been repeated endlessly thorughout the past four days at conference. still, all in all ming answered his detractors. great stuff. Equally, one swallow does not make a summer: Ming needs to take his new found zeal and make sure every time he is in a position to do so, he demostrates this energy and passion. no one wants to see ming doing the whole yaboo thing, but we want to see the fire in his belly. A good speech by Ming and the hacks have written it up very fairly. i was amazed that Nick Robinson in his evening package was even nice about Ming’s slightly bizarre final gesture to the hall to rise to their feet – very evangelical. still, he was empassioned, personal and on the offensive. bits of the delivery still looked a little awkward and Ming should fine tune some of his body language but this is all peripheral stuff: on the substance of what he said, thankfully he was as critical of cameron as he was of brown. there was no repeat of the bungle last time round with confused messages over whether PR was a red-line in any coalition and Ming has made it unambiguous that the Lid Dems are forging a radical maifesto that has social justice and fairness at its core. I still don’t feel there was enough of a theme at conference. most voters will remmeber only a handful of LD policies so they need to be sold bigger picture ideas as well as striking policy initiatives. I thought breaking the ‘cosy consensus’ is a great theme and i only wish that it had been repeated endlessly thorughout the past four days at conference. still, all in all ming answered his detractors. great stuff.

Equally, one swallow does not make a summer: Ming needs to take his new found zeal and make sure every time he is in a position to do so, he demostrates this energy and passion. no one wants to see ming doing the whole yaboo thing, but we want to see the fire in his belly.

]]> By: Geoffrey Payne http://www.libdemvoice.org/what-the-pundits-say-1365.html#comment-30056 Geoffrey Payne Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:39:19 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/what-the-pundits-say-1365.html#comment-30056 You forgot to include me as one of the pundits (you need to scroll down). http://tinyurl.com/2dnekm The report is a bit inaccurate. What I said to the reporter is that the next more difficult stage is to get the message out to the country as a whole, despite the efforts of cynical journalists. I did not say that I was personally going to get the message out to the country as a whole - after all Hackney is a difficult enough challenge as it is... You forgot to include me as one of the pundits (you need to scroll down).
http://tinyurl.com/2dnekm
The report is a bit inaccurate. What I said to the reporter is that the next more difficult stage is to get the message out to the country as a whole, despite the efforts of cynical journalists.
I did not say that I was personally going to get the message out to the country as a whole – after all Hackney is a difficult enough challenge as it is…

]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.libdemvoice.org/what-the-pundits-say-1365.html#comment-30055 Letters From A Tory Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:32:38 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/what-the-pundits-say-1365.html#comment-30055 Even some Conservative blogs are saying he did a pretty decent job in his speech, but it didn't exactly set the political scene on fire. Even some Conservative blogs are saying he did a pretty decent job in his speech, but it didn’t exactly set the political scene on fire.

]]> By: Chris Paul http://www.libdemvoice.org/what-the-pundits-say-1365.html#comment-30045 Chris Paul Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:25:43 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/what-the-pundits-say-1365.html#comment-30045 Don't think it was a disaster. A kind of triumph for not being a disaster? Newsnight's rat fink Crick gave it 7/10 as Leaders' Speeches go. Which is fair. Fair to middling. But I do like Ming. Far better I'd say than the two front runners for what comes next. Ming is aloof from the fibbing and dodginess that goes on at local level. Huhne and Clegg are there doing it. Don’t think it was a disaster. A kind of triumph for not being a disaster? Newsnight’s rat fink Crick gave it 7/10 as Leaders’ Speeches go. Which is fair. Fair to middling.

But I do like Ming. Far better I’d say than the two front runners for what comes next. Ming is aloof from the fibbing and dodginess that goes on at local level. Huhne and Clegg are there doing it.

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