Get the pigeon? Is it time to ditch Libby, the Lib Dem Bird of Liberty logo?
Yes!: 23% (54)
No!: 77% (179)
Total Votes : 233
There you go then, a clear minority in favour of ditching Libby. Only the yes vote can beat the no vote here. It’s a two-horse, no-bird race.
Oh all right then, keep the bird!
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Is this the best point for me to ask whether the current question – “What’s your favourite federal conference venue from recent years? ” – has left out Manchester on purpose?
I found the Manchester venue to be perfect for the Conference, and whilst I know there may be all sorts of reasons why it is frowned upon from those “on high”, I thought it did its job. Any chance we could ever go back to the MICC?
I don’t remember going to Manchester in the four or five years I’ve been a member… I must’ve skipped that conference! When was it?
And just because you think nobody would vote for Blackpool…
Look, it’s got a Doctor Who Exhibition, however grotty.
In fact, so (as of very recently) has Manchester!
Are you not a fan, Rob? 😉
Also, when was Federal Conference held in Enfield? I must have missed that one.
Is your poll 250 or so hours, perhaps?
(Whoops – 250 or so hours late. Well, it’s clearly past my bedtime! Let’s see if there’s a new poll in the morning.)
I give up and I want my mummy.
New poll!
Readers who’d already voted may like to have another go, as poor beleaguered Robin has just replaced the slightly wobbly poll with a more accurate one. It adds Blackpool and Manchester, and shifts the ‘South’ venue north by a couple of hundred miles. All this means that, if you’d like to ready your suspicious bar charts, the representation of the North West increases variously ‘by 3’, ‘by 42.86%’ or – if you have a really, really long bit of paper (a Moebius FOCUS may be necessary), ‘by infinity per cent’. Beat that, YouGov!
As I type, there’s equal support for all the Bs…
“I don’t remember going to Manchester in the four or five years I’ve been a member… I must’ve skipped that conference! When was it? ”
Er…It was the drugs motion and…can’t think what year it was now. Damn aged memory.
Why no Edinburgh or Glasgow?
Because it’s about Federal Conference venues in recent years.
Manchester was Spring 2002.
I remember making the point at a fringe meeting at the Manchester Conference that the Conference in Manchester was an awful idea. This was mainly as I was on the Council at the time and enjoyed travelling to Conference. Getting the bus home legless wasn’t part of a Conference experience.
Love the seaside ones – although Harrogate is good too.
Brighton, too expensive – Blackpool too expansive.
Rochdale would be good – Cyril would even hold a fringe meeting in his house! Well worth considering. By the way… we’re well on the way to a good election!
Pleased to see Manchester back on the list. The last Lib Dem one there was great and while the city struggled a bit with a conference the size of Labour’s last autumn (I was there), it can cope with us, no problem.
I have to agree with a return to Manchester. The MICC worked as a venue, the city itself has a great atmosphere, and, perhaps crucially, it offers a credible Northern option for a venue.
Wow, shocked to see that I’m not the only one voting Blackpool, unless those pesky Tories are trying to rig our poll.