Liberal Democrats

[McAz]

This is not the time for infighting on the centre-left.

[Stooo]

This is not the time for infighting on the centre-left.

They're a bit precious, bless em.

Populism on the Left, who'd have thunk it?

[McAz]

This is not the time for infighting on the centre-left.

They're a bit precious, bless em.

Populism on the Left, who'd have thunk it?

Party politics can so easily lead to football terrace mentality for its participants. At this moment in time "country before party" needs to be more than a slogan.

[Stooo]

This is not the time for infighting on the centre-left.

They're a bit precious, bless em.

Populism on the Left, who'd have thunk it?

Party politics can so easily lead to football terrace mentality for its participants. At this moment in time "country before party" needs to be more than a slogan.

I agree.

[McAz]

This is not the time for infighting on the centre-left.

They're a bit precious, bless em.

Populism on the Left, who'd have thunk it?

Party politics can so easily lead to football terrace mentality for its participants. At this moment in time "country before party" needs to be more than a slogan.

I agree.

I apologise for having no sense of humour whatsoever about this at this time.

[Lady Murasaki]

As far as I am aware, Labour party membership still stands four times as high as any other UK political party - in fact as many as all the rest put together.

And it’s a broad church.

[wutang]

Party politics can so easily lead to football terrace mentality for its participants. At this moment in time "country before party" needs to be more than a slogan.

Nationalism is a pox

[McAz]

Party politics can so easily lead to football terrace mentality for its participants. At this moment in time "country before party" needs to be more than a slogan.

Nationalism is a pox

It is - I will rephrase - "the people before party".

[Guest]

Party politics can so easily lead to football terrace mentality for its participants. At this moment in time "country before party" needs to be more than a slogan.

Nationalism is a pox

It is - I will rephrase - "the people before party".

What people? The ones who won the referendum?

[McAz]

Party politics can so easily lead to football terrace mentality for its participants. At this moment in time "country before party" needs to be more than a slogan.

Nationalism is a pox

It is - I will rephrase - "the people before party".

What people? The ones who won the referendum?

They won nothing - so yes, them too.

[Guest]

Party politics can so easily lead to football terrace mentality for its participants. At this moment in time "country before party" needs to be more than a slogan.

Nationalism is a pox

It is - I will rephrase - "the people before party".

What people? The ones who won the referendum?

They won nothing - so yes, them too.

They won the referendum.

[Stooo]

They won the referendum.

Here's your plate of further austerity, poverty and fuck all else.

Congrats...

[calitom]

They won the referendum.

Here's your plate of further austerity, poverty and fuck all else.

Congrats...

austerity is the liberal code word for "we dont want to to pay our fcking bills".Thereis such a thing as not bankrupting yourselves while at the same time trying to grow the economy.

The liberals(modern day ones) want govt to spend more and raise taxes to pay for it...accomplishing very nice things for themselves.No1 creating a dependant class that will keep voting you in.No2 hurting the economy so these social services are more and more needed. No3 creating a popular campaign slogan calling anyone who wants to reign in social spending an ogre and sharply calling for more taxation to those who they claim are rich but really aren't.

[Fletch]

They won the referendum.

Here's your plate of further austerity, poverty and fuck all else.

Congrats...

austerity is the liberal code word for "we dont want to to pay our fcking bills".Thereis such a thing as not bankrupting yourselves while at the same time trying to grow the economy.

The liberals(modern day ones) want govt to spend more and raise taxes to pay for it...accomplishing very nice things for themselves.No1 creating a dependant class that will keep voting you in.No2 hurting the economy so these social services are more and more needed. No3 creating a popular campaign slogan calling anyone who wants to reign in social spending an ogre and sharply calling for more taxation to those who they claim are rich but really aren't.

Austerity is all about reducing the public sector and handing it over to the private sector. That means taking from the poor to give to the rich. It means running down public services or ending them completely. It means leaving people with nothing and forcing them in to low paid temporary work or worse.

It's a neoliberal ideology to pass more public funds to private pockets under the guise of 'need' brought about by the collapse of existing arrangements be defunding them.

[LordRaven]

Trying to fathom how the lib dems have managed to be so shit for so long. Despite an attempt to grab all the remoaners who are desperate to over turn the brexit vote and nakedly campaigning that they will...still nothing. Why are they so shit? Lets have an open debate.

The May led Tory party are shite and the alternative with Comrade Corbyn in charge doesn't bear thinking about, so thanks for the reminder that the LibDems are around -- I think I might vote for them.