There are voters who voted labour last year, who are pro the EU, dislike Kate Hoey, but have respect for Some brexiters like Frank field, lord glasman, Tom Harris, Christian wolmar who will vote
libdem next time, due to Jeremy,
The Yvette voter, reads the mirror or the independent, again, pro the Eu, will vote
Libdem next time, strongly dislikes Gisela Stuart, Kate Hoey
Not exact matches
, built as it was from the emerging Labour movement, any more than Labour could «strangle» the environmental movement and Green Party or the Liberal Democrats (despite your best efforts: little sign of success post-1974); or any more than the
LibDems could conceivably «destroy and replace» the Labour Party in the
next decade or two.
And it still depends on fluking a hung Parliament at the
next election, with Labour as the largest single party and having enough
LibDems to produce a workable majority... and that's before the horse - trading on policies begins.
IF, and it's a big IF, there were to be a hung Parliament
next time around, far better that the
LibDems (and I guess this applies to the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Dr. Dick Taylor too) act as kingmakers by voting for or against the government, whether it be Labour or Conservative, * on the merits of each individual piece of legislation * than propping up some of the most loathsome, reactionary policies this side of the self - styled moral crusaders from the ear of High Thatcherism.
Be wary, because October could well be the point when Cameron realises he has been tied to a couch and has no intention of being left there all winter (of discontent) while the
LibDems strapped
next to him mutate into alien shape - changing Socialists.
Given
Next Left's own analysis of - for instance - tackling Poverty and inequality (and bearing in mind the
LibDems current offer is regressive), what advantages would their have been to a lib / lab Government over the last decade, as compared to a solely Labour one?
So the
LibDems are negotiating with a Labour team that does not include its possible
next leader!!
Yesterday we noted a three - way squeeze for Labour at the
next General Election: Conservatives to the right,
LibDems to the left, SNP to the north.
Amber, That's a very interesting point, that the
LibDems are likely to go with Labour
next time there's a hung parliament.
If an election is called
next week the broadcasters have assured CCHQ that the Conference will receive full coverage - to balance the coverage already given to Labour and the
LibDems.
The
LibDem party is discussing and appraising its views of what comes
next for the Coalition Agreement and, historically, almost every political party around world has undertaken some form of mid-term evaluation.
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This may be a thesis too far for many Conservative and
LibDem MPs as Boles wants their parties to agree to an electoral pact well in advance of the
next general election.
Indeed a
LibDem Councillor in Eastleigh told me in 2004 that Mr Huhne had told them that he would be the
next leader after Kennedy - before he had even entered Parliament.
The voters could easily switch to the
LibDems (Calamity Clegg he may be but he appeals to women whilst Vince Cable comes across as well informed and sensible), the Greens (the fruits of a quarter of a century of green propaganda in our state schools and the Greens are the only party not seen as sleazy), the BNP (as the depression bites and unemployment rises, immigration will become a huge issue) or UKIP (Nigel Farage, the ace communicator, dispenses common sense in a straightforward manner and UKIP will become prominent in the EU Parliament elections
next spring).
With
LibDem support now below 10 % and little or no prospect of the economy coming good by the
next General Election, the
LibDems are facing obliteration and are rapidly running out of time.
For Labour Centrists the simplest option is to join The
Libdems but I appreciate that a lot of you want to wait & see what happens over the
next weeks & months.
To be @ 9 % in the polls is irretrieveable before the
next election - are the rank & file
LibDems simply in shock, or do they really think there is a way back - or are they still hypnotised by Clegg?
One would have thought that, with the
LibDems trailing at 10 % in the polls and likely to end up after the
next election with little more than 10 MPs, and with Labour leading the Tories by a solid 10 % in the polls, we should be going flat - out for an outright Labour victory.
Next time Harriet's in the Commons, she might care to look at the sizeable block of new MPs sitting where the
LibDems used to perch in days gone by.
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Annette Brooke, the current
LibDem MP, will defend a projected majority of 5,270 at the
next General Election.
First, there are signs of a deal being thrashed out between Downing Street and the
LibDems over the appointment of the
next Commons Speaker.
Virginia Taylor, Tory candidate for the seat in 2001 and 2005, did a terrific job in moving the seat into one of the top possibilities for a Tory gain over the
LibDems at the
next General Election.
LibDem Voice broke the news that Paul Keetch,
LibDem MP for Hereford, won't be contesting the
next General Election.
Labour will have a 1,134 majority over the
LibDems at the
next General Election with Conservatives in third place.
Danny Finkelstein is right in today's Times that the
LibDems have a big opportunity in the
next parliament.