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mwooldri

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17. If the 2019 GE is all about Brexit...

Reply to T_i_B (Original post)

Sun Nov 3, 2019, 02:21 PM

Nov 2019

... the Lib Dems should do quite well, especially with the "Bollocks to Brexit" slogan.

In England and Wales, I feel that LD's need to focus in pro-remain areas and in areas where they run #2 to the Tories.

With Labour occupying the centre ground in terms of Brexit, I hope that Remain voters don't necessarily flock to the LD's and vote tactically for the party most likely to defeat the Tories. I don't expect the Lib Dems to make the same kind of results in terms of seats as they did in the European election but I do expect significant seat gains, hopefully at the expense of the Tories.

Scotland will be a very different battleground as Scotland is pro remain, and the Tories are the #3 or #4 party (SNP, Labour, and maybe the Lib Dems have more representation in Scotland than do the Tories). I expect Scottish issues to dominate, with Indyref2 likely to be featured prominently.

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UK Parties: The Liberal Democrat party [View all] T_i_B Apr 2015 OP

they expect anyone to believe that tripe after they became Cameron's rurallib Apr 2015 #1

Most politicians are hypocrites, but Clegg is less good at hiding it than most LeftishBrit Apr 2015 #2

That's pretty much how most people view the Lib Dems T_i_B Apr 2015 #4

Exactly why the Lib Dem vote collapsed, particularly in the Home Counties. mwooldri Apr 2015 #7

I can' talk about Lib Dems in the Home Counties at the moment T_i_B Apr 2015 #9

Once on GD they were reporting some Republican nutter who wanted to ban human/jellyfish hybrids... LeftishBrit Apr 2015 #3

hmmm... Ironing Man Apr 2015 #5

It's not any specific item that bothers me so much... LeftishBrit Apr 2015 #8

the LDP has two big tendencies: the social-dem and the "liberal" (which in Europe of course MisterP Apr 2015 #6

So.... T_i_B May 2015 #10

Depends whether they keep the local party going or not. mwooldri May 2015 #11

UK General Election kick T_i_B Apr 2017 #12

Why are threads from the 2015 election being re-posted now? Ken Burch Apr 2017 #13

Because a general election has been called T_i_B Apr 2017 #14

Yes, it's been interesting to be reminded what some of us posted a couple of years ago, Denzil_DC Apr 2017 #15

Doesn't help that they keep calling general elections every 2 years at present! T_i_B Nov 2019 #16

Well, it's 2024 now T_i_B May 2024 #19

If the 2019 GE is all about Brexit... mwooldri Nov 2019 #17

No, that's wrong. The Tories have more Scottish MPs than Labour or the Lib Dems: Denzil_DC Nov 2019 #18

I've mentioned elsewhere that my old Lib Dem MP Alan Reid is standing again in Argyll, Bute & Lochaber Emrys May 2024 #20

Willie Rennie is the father of the cringe Lib Dem publicity stunt T_i_B May 2024 #21

He seems to have been of the school of thought that no publicity is bad publicity Emrys May 2024 #22

OK, they don't need Willie Rennie. Ed Davey has got this. Emrys May 2024 #23