The Liberal Dissenter reminds me of a Mark Oaten quote in 2001:
According to Oaten, the Lib Dems lack the symbolic dragons that Labour leaders have in the past found useful to slay…
“We haven’t got a Clause Four, Militants or rot at the core of the party,” he says.
“Oddly enough, if we did it might be helpful because we could then make a big demonstration of tackling them and the public could then engage in what [the review] was about.”
Well, we seem to be having our “Clause Four moment” now. And the rot that we appear to be junking would appear to be…
I couldn’t possibly comment.
Mind you the references to Hughes hardly inspire confidence either!
Agreed. Good job it isn’t a two horse race!