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Post by greenchristian on Sept 20, 2020 17:55:04 GMT
I actually regret standing in 2019. I don't want to go into full detail, but we were up against three popular Lib Dem councillors, little to no help and it seemed the CLP didn't think it through. Adding to that, the aftermath where I landed up being "shunned" by most of the CLP and still get shunned today as if I had a deadly disease. Plus I felt I was set-up as the "powers that be" in charge of the CLP aren't very good. You live and learn eh? Is your regret about having a candidate at all or only about the kind of support your CLP gave you and their reaction afterwards? |
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Post by November_Rain on Sept 20, 2020 18:30:12 GMT
I actually regret standing in 2019. I don't want to go into full detail, but we were up against three popular Lib Dem councillors, little to no help and it seemed the CLP didn't think it through. Adding to that, the aftermath where I landed up being "shunned" by most of the CLP and still get shunned today as if I had a deadly disease. Plus I felt I was set-up as the "powers that be" in charge of the CLP aren't very good. You live and learn eh? Is your regret about having a candidate at all or only about the kind of support your CLP gave you and their reaction afterwards? It's a bit of both to be fair. I'll be frank, my heart wasn't in it back in 2019. I had a lot of problems going on at home, and my family is my focus. I felt backed into a corner a little bit, plus I was asked by my next door neighbour to do it so I felt like I wasn't disrespecting others. Initially I would have done paper candidacy in an area out of the way (the other CLP in our council area were begging for candidates and they're more friendlier up there), but landed up doing my own area without being asked! I very nearly gave up totally a week before the election, but the other candidate who stood with me told me to give it one final push which we both knew it was for nothing. As for the CLP, well it's a private members club and although I felt I did OK with a half-assed effort, it was all the nasty comments and shunning. It's because of their attitude I resigned as a local branch chair as the powers that be had a different agenda than what I had. Their Facebook page is the work the ringleader. Any achievements by Labour councillors (who are the decent members who give 100%) and members don't get posted on the CLP Facebook page, because they don't fit the ringleader (CLP sec.) agenda. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2020 19:44:58 GMT
I'm enjoying how "regret" and "Liberal Democrats" seem to go together. Somewhat against the tide here, I think I slightly regret not voting for Menzies Campbell in 2010. It was mean of me, really. |
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Post by nodealbrexiteer on Sept 20, 2020 20:34:59 GMT
I'm enjoying how "regret" and "Liberal Democrats" seem to go together. Somewhat against the tide here, I think I slightly regret not voting for Menzies Campbell in 2010. It was mean of me, really. To be fair not a bad man nor Charles Kennedy(RIP) |
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Post by MacShimidh on Nov 2, 2020 17:54:05 GMT
The only vote I truly regret is a non-political one, voting Edward Snowden for the Rector of Glasgow University in 2014. At that point, my political views were 100% contrarian in basically every way, and my thought process was something like "Well he pissed off the US government, that's good enough for me!" I'd like to think I've grown up a bit since then. At least I can comfort myself with the thought that I didn't vote for the complete dick who succeeded him. My alma mater has picked some absolute headers as rector over the years. |
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Post by John Chanin on Nov 2, 2020 18:45:16 GMT
I have said this before in various contexts, but it is pointless to regret any action you have taken in the past. At the time you made a decision that made sense to you. If times have changed and your opinions with it, well that’s life. But to regret what you did in the past is a form of nostalgia that is anachronistic and dwelling on it unproductive.
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Post by 🏴☠️ Neath West 🏴☠️ on Nov 2, 2020 21:13:14 GMT
The only vote I truly regret is a non-political one, voting Edward Snowden for the Rector of Glasgow University in 2014. At that point, my political views were 100% contrarian in basically every way, and my thought process was something like "Well he pissed off the US government, that's good enough for me!" I'd like to think I've grown up a bit since then. At least I can comfort myself with the thought that I didn't vote for the complete dick who succeeded him. My alma mater has picked some absolute headers as rector over the years. That office began to jump the shark in 1914, resumed sense after the Armistice, only to lose it in spectacular style in 1962. It's an embarrassment. When will they see the likes again of Tom Honeyman, Sir John Boyd-Orr, and Sir Compton MacKenzie? (And how was Tom Honeyman never knighted, come to think of it?) |
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Post by MacShimidh on Nov 2, 2020 21:34:21 GMT
The only vote I truly regret is a non-political one, voting Edward Snowden for the Rector of Glasgow University in 2014. At that point, my political views were 100% contrarian in basically every way, and my thought process was something like "Well he pissed off the US government, that's good enough for me!" I'd like to think I've grown up a bit since then. At least I can comfort myself with the thought that I didn't vote for the complete dick who succeeded him. My alma mater has picked some absolute headers as rector over the years. That office began to jump the shark in 1914, resumed sense after the Armistice, only to lose it in spectacular style in 1962. It's an embarrassment. When will they see the likes again of Tom Honeyman, Sir John Boyd-Orr, and Sir Compton MacKenzie? (And how was Tom Honeyman never knighted, come to think of it?) Weirdly, the only rector that was ever ordered to resign was... Ross Kemp. A rather laughable choice (put forward by the Labour Association I believe), but hardly the most egregious selection the university ever made. But yes you're quite right, reading the list from around the 1830s to the 1960s is like leading a list of some of the political titans of that era. One of my favourite rectorial election stories was the one (I think sometime in the 90s) when a student put forward his granny to be rector. She handed out apples to students on University Avenue "to keep them strong and healthy," and affectionately became known around campus as "Jamie's Gran." A pity she didn't win! |
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Post by carlton43 on Nov 2, 2020 23:56:12 GMT
I have said this before in various contexts, but it is pointless to regret any action you have taken in the past. At the time you made a decision that made sense to you. If times have changed and your opinions with it, well that’s life. But to regret what you did in the past is a form of nostalgia that is anachronistic and dwelling on it unproductive. Yes and no! I regret not supporting Powell over Europe and immigraton earlier. I regret voting Conservative from habit and prejudice rather than rationality. I regret marrying twice. I regret not acting more quickly in those divorces and not being more effective and hard-nosed. It is a pointless exercise and it is a form of nostalgia in part. But dwelling upon it can help to avoid future error. |
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