SoulofDawlish
Michael, I understand your sentiment, but not your reasoning. If (for instance) Labour was to win the most seats but not a majority (given there current poll standing of around a third of all votes) is it really fair that they should govern alone? Are you so wedded to the one party system that you would be prepared to see two thirds of the country disenfranchised? Would you feel the same if the ...
I hope so, Michael. As might also his "... every Lib Dem you elect is a barrier between Nigel Farage and Alex Salmond and the door the 10 Downing Street."
Thanks for the plug, OurSoul! Looks like we're going to need all the help we can get, according to the poll Michael has found.
"A poor cover version of one of Margaret Thatcher's 1980's hits" is how Nick Clegg described Right to Buy. And a pointer surely to the back catalogue of divisive Tory policies awaiting re-release upon re-election.
Point taken, Mcjrpc. A little less hyperbole and a liitle more humility is in order. Mrs C makes a valid point - and although we believe our policies, our political positioning and our people will all help us win seats, we do have a few gaps in the field at local level. I would add at ths point that although the last 5 years in office in coalition have been a bruising experience, it has ...
Implicitly blowing the trumpet for the The Conservative Party Candidates, Mrs C? But it is not the number of candidates that is worth crowing about - but the number of winning candidates. Game on!
So the rosette team drew a blank looking for flag waving Tories for today's high profile visit to Dawlish then!
Thanks for the stats, Dorian. Time to dust off the old swing-o-meter!
I see the blue rosettes are out in force in the town centre today - looks like the Lib Dems are being taken seriously by someone!
