Comments on: Decisions http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=564 Nick Barlow's weblog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:41:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nick http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=564&cpage=1#comment-236065 Nick Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:51:48 +0000 http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=564#comment-236065 Well, I'm not convinced that liberal and anti-conservative (or liberal and left) are necessarily the same thing, especially in terms of dealing with groups like Compass who don't seem to be offering much more than a new version of the Blair Project. And leaders have been picking fights with Conference for years, just to show how dynamic and free of the membership they are - yes, Clegg and Cable have worked this one particularly badly, but it's nothing new. Well, I’m not convinced that liberal and anti-conservative (or liberal and left) are necessarily the same thing, especially in terms of dealing with groups like Compass who don’t seem to be offering much more than a new version of the Blair Project.

And leaders have been picking fights with Conference for years, just to show how dynamic and free of the membership they are – yes, Clegg and Cable have worked this one particularly badly, but it’s nothing new.

]]> By: James Graham http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=564&cpage=1#comment-236064 James Graham Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:23:13 +0000 http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=564#comment-236064 You should care about the Social Liberal Forum building links with Compass because, post election, building a liberal, anti-conservative (big C and little c) alliance will become increasingly important. You should care about Clegg's strong arm tactics because it is wrecking the delicate democratic compact within the party. You should care about the Social Liberal Forum building links with Compass because, post election, building a liberal, anti-conservative (big C and little c) alliance will become increasingly important.

You should care about Clegg’s strong arm tactics because it is wrecking the delicate democratic compact within the party.

]]>