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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
Why I have joined the Liberal Democrats
April 12, 2011 6:36 PM
• [Apr 12] David Allen Green writes: Last week I did the oddest thing - I JOINED the Liberal Democrats. At least I cannot easily be accused of crude political opportunism. There cannot have been many who joined the party last week, or any recent week. It is not as if I am attracted by their popularity . .
. . there is one very good on-going reason to support the Liberal Democrats, and it is provided by Tim Montgomerie of Conservative Home. Montgomerie, a staunch Tory, has been tracking the effect of the presence of Liberal Democrats in the Conservative government: see his posts here and here. Montgomerie is right in his analysis: the current government is significantly more liberal than an entirely Conservative administration would otherwise be. Politics is about power. The Labour opposition is impotent. In government they were illiberal and often brutal.There is only one political force which is having an actual liberal effect in our polity as it is presently constituted, and it is the Liberal Democrats . .
• The Liberal Democrats tug hard at the Concession-O-Meter [Tim Montgomerie ConservativeHome Mar 31]
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