On the night before GE day, I’ve finally written my thoughts about the campaign and my hopes and fears for the future.
Tag: general election
Election 2019: my Lib dilemma
By even more than my usual standards this is a dreadful ramble, being as it is an attempt to nail down my thinking about the state of the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties right now. tl;dr: I’m just so tired of this shit. So, now that both the Lib Dem and Labour manifestos have been… Continue reading Election 2019: my Lib dilemma
There was an alternative: three things the Lib Dems could have done differently
There are two post-election Lib Dem narratives doing the rounds. One is that the Lib Dems were doomed as soon as they entered coalition; that from 12 May 2010 until 7 May 2015, the party was stuck on railway tracks which inexorably lead to them going from 57 MPs to jut 8. The other is… Continue reading There was an alternative: three things the Lib Dems could have done differently