tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post2941066645540120414..comments2024-03-08T15:43:20.236+00:00Comments on Keynesian Liberal: Liberal Democrats back in the frame.Peter Wrigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-72301851206470623752017-05-10T17:04:08.801+01:002017-05-10T17:04:08.801+01:00"Isn't that generally how election campai..."Isn't that generally how election campaigns are supposed to work?"<br /><br />You're right, of course, in that it's actually how they do work, but a far cry from the mature public discussion of the nation's successes and problems, with practical solutions on how to solve the problems. Instead we get what the writer A L Kennedy has called:"Words of mass destruction." We deserve better.Peter Wrigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-35092424815562856222017-05-09T15:14:49.469+01:002017-05-09T15:14:49.469+01:00(Sorry, should have been 'they mean', shou...(Sorry, should have been 'they mean', shouldn't make assumptions on the inter-net)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-13533763419585318702017-05-09T15:13:54.223+01:002017-05-09T15:13:54.223+01:00I assume he means the 'it's okay to vote L...I assume he means the 'it's okay to vote Labour in the constituency next door' one, which the Conservatives will use to keep hammering away at their 'vote Lib Dem and you might get Corbyn as PM — the only safe way to stop that happening is to vote Tory' line. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-87484717158759163892017-05-09T15:01:45.914+01:002017-05-09T15:01:45.914+01:00the Richmond Park by-election caused by Zak Goldsm...<i>the Richmond Park by-election caused by Zak Goldsmith's keeping his promise to resign and re-fight the seat </i><br /><br />Technically, his promise was just to resign from the Conservative party. Re-fighting the seat, at considerable expense to the public, was entirely unnecessary and the boneheaded idea was duly punished by his constituents. <br /><br /><i>Both are issuing promises about this that and the other what they will do when returned to government, and routinely rubbishing the promises of the other</i><br /><br />Isn't that generally how election campaigns are supposed to work?<br /><br />I'd put it on about 50/50 whether he wins the seat back next month (had the Tories picked anyone but him, I'd have said they were about 90% to win it). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-17256499408145919402017-05-09T06:36:12.015+01:002017-05-09T06:36:12.015+01:00Do you mean when he says we shall keep the triple ...Do you mean when he says we shall keep the triple lock on state pensions but scrap the winter fuel allowance for those who, like me, also receive substantial additional pensions? That seems both sensible and acceptable to me. Or has he said something else?Peter Wrigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-21270357341990676862017-05-08T14:16:31.417+01:002017-05-08T14:16:31.417+01:00Until this morning and the Vincent Cable major gaf...Until this morning and the Vincent Cable major gaffe, which will be thrown at us until the polls close.<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com