We need a renewed focus on getting Lib Dems back into government. Probably not in coalition, but I haven’t felt this powerless for a long time. I see the Conservatives making poor decisions and there is not much we can do about it.
We need to try to foster rebellions as best we can.
Alex Macfie Whether or not the comment about dead people was appropriate, it's dangerous to assume that high support for a position among youth, or a general trend of risin...
paul barker The problem with Referenda is that they are usually binary, giving Voters only two choices when there are actually multiple possibilities. Not only is that und...
Rif Winfield I have to agree. North Cornwall is a tremendous constituency!...
Peter Davies "Can we amend the annual Budget, or even reject it". We could and probably should put forward amendments. Unless they were very bad amendments, we wouldn't get ...
Jason Connor No that's right. There is no written constitution. Referenda enable people to have their say on decisions which fundamentally change the country's direction suc...
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We need a renewed focus on getting Lib Dems back into government. Probably not in coalition, but I haven’t felt this powerless for a long time. I see the Conservatives making poor decisions and there is not much we can do about it.
We need to try to foster rebellions as best we can.
Have you rejoined, Eddie?
No, but I would if I could (no money besides debt). I suppose I need to give myself a renewed focus on sorting it out! 🙂
I hope to join soon. I would like to make it in time to vote in the leadership election, but we will see.
There are people in a far worse situation than me anyway, which I have to give myself a reminder to think about sometimes!
At first I misread this as “millstone” and it set me thinking what could possibly be wrong with lots of new members.
Should hve gone to Specsavers, I suppose. 🙁
59k members now, another milestone
And that makes 2 milestones today:
15k new members (15018 at 12:10am)
increase in membership by more than 1/3