tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010656.post113659206016589718..comments2023-10-30T11:55:15.873+00:00Comments on the world goes round: Charles, your colleagues are bastards!Matthew of Sunny Swindonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01285434262414257327noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010656.post-1137743291303134232006-01-20T07:48:00.000+00:002006-01-20T07:48:00.000+00:00Have just read that gifted Shadow Home Secretary M...Have just read that gifted Shadow Home Secretary Mark Oaten MP has pulled out of the race for Leadership. <BR/>The whole affair has been quite disgusting and very depressing... from the misserable way Charles had to leave to the leaked emails that have forced Oaten to stand aside. <BR/>I remember the joy of pounding the streets of Winchester in November of 1997 when Mark secured his parliamentary seat with a 21,500+ majority.<BR/><BR/>Oh well... the battle to keep fighting for truth and Liberalism continues!Matthew of Sunny Swindonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285434262414257327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010656.post-1136767126704308782006-01-09T00:38:00.000+00:002006-01-09T00:38:00.000+00:00I can see no justification in some of the public s...I can see no justification in some of the public statements. Chris Hulme MEP was completely out of order.Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530333067554049694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010656.post-1136679920950655742006-01-08T00:25:00.000+00:002006-01-08T00:25:00.000+00:00Thanks for comments. Paul I am astonished that you...Thanks for comments. <BR/>Paul I am astonished that you would consider yourself a 'natural' Lib Dem supporter. I could not consider myself anything other than a Lib Dem supporter thru and thru!<BR/><BR/>Some of the outspoken comments from the Parliamentary team has distressed me, but its time to move on.<BR/><BR/>Have just watched Charles on BBC24 announce his resignation. He did it with dignity and I wish him and his wife Sarah well for their future.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to seeing how the party conference - "Meeting the Challenge" next Saturday develops. Pleased that at least the "one-member-one-vote" system will help shape the future of this great political organisation, even if members have not been allowed to determine the fate of its former leader.Matthew of Sunny Swindonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285434262414257327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010656.post-1136641500469592642006-01-07T13:45:00.000+00:002006-01-07T13:45:00.000+00:00Maximillion, if they were bastards, it would all h...Maximillion, if they were bastards, it would all have been done a lot sooner, without giving Charles half as many chances to shape up or go quietly.<BR/><BR/>Paul, that party members should decide became impossible when promises were extracted from colleagues that they wouldn't stand against him.<BR/><BR/>Leaders can do that, but the price of getting such promises is, that when the time comes, you should stand aside.<BR/><BR/>A contest without the main contenders would be a poor contest and a poor endorsement of the winner.Joe Ottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380362092159905533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010656.post-1136640097197800402006-01-07T13:21:00.000+00:002006-01-07T13:21:00.000+00:00We live in a parliamentary democracy. And that me...We live in a parliamentary democracy. And that means the views of MPs matter. Ever complained about Tony Blair's disdain for parliament, of Labour's habit of making big announcements to the media, of his "presidential" style of government?<BR/><BR/>If not then fine. If so then above posts are hypocritical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010656.post-1136600821029297662006-01-07T02:27:00.000+00:002006-01-07T02:27:00.000+00:00Too right! I never backed Charles Kennedy as lead...Too right! I never backed Charles Kennedy as leader in the first place, but I thought the Lib Dems were meant to be a democratic party. And as Lynne Featherstone one of the 25 said of CK "he may even win a leadership contest if it goes to the membership" so to pre-empt the democratic process seems no better than the Tories who want to deny their members the final say in leadership elections or the Labour ministers who ignore their own Party Conference. I ought to be a natural Lib Dem voter, but some of those 25 would now have as much chance of getting my vote as a Tory would.Paul Leakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16006299773244556618noreply@blogger.com