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mwooldri

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11. Depends whether they keep the local party going or not.

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #10)

Fri May 8, 2015, 06:11 PM

May 2015

If the grassroots stay alive, or grow back since Clegg has now resigned, then the Lib Dems will come back. However with this Tory whitewash the local party apparatus may fall apart even more. Need strong grassroots. ... and the Clegg poison has killed off some of the grass. Get the SDP roots back and the Lib Dems can be viable again.

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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