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Post by johnloony on Apr 18, 2024 20:43:07 GMT
I didn’t know who she is, but anyway Wikipedia days that she was married to David Cameron from 1999 to 2006 Zali Steggall is the Independent MP for the Australian division of Warringah and she gained this seat from Tony Abbott, who was Prime Minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015. The David Cameron she was married to by the way is David Allan Cameron, a rower, not the British one. Yes I know all of that because I’m not a smelly purple walrus. |
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Post by rcronald on Apr 20, 2024 15:13:43 GMT
It’s interesting how the Liberal Party is the main left wing party in Canada but the main right wing one in Australia Then there's the Southern Rhodesia Liberal Party, which was the first politial allegiance of Ian Smith before the Rhodesian Front were founded, and the Liberal Democrats in Russia (Zhirinovsky's mob). The Liberal Party of Israel was a predecessor party of Likud. Liberalism is such a multifaceted ideology, that both nationalists,internationalists, drys, and social democrats can theoretically identify as such, as long as their main ideology is not socially conservative. In Israel, I suspect that more than 2/3rds of the population identifies as liberal (L or l), but the % of Israelis who’d qualify as LibDem style liberals (economically centrist, socially progressive, and internationalist) is probably closer to 7.5%. Edit: Israel does have a decent amount of people who are ideologically close to a (somewhat significantly) less internationalist version of Orange Book Liberals, but they don’t seem to really exist anymore in the LibDems party. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 20, 2024 15:47:41 GMT
Then there's the Southern Rhodesia Liberal Party, which was the first politial allegiance of Ian Smith before the Rhodesian Front were founded, and the Liberal Democrats in Russia (Zhirinovsky's mob). The Liberal Party of Israel was a predecessor party of Likud. Liberalism is such a multifaceted ideology, that both nationalists,internationalists, drys, and social democrats can theoretically identify as such, as long as their main ideology is not socially conservative. In Israel, I suspect that more than 2/3rds of the population identifies as liberal (L or l), but the % of Israelis who’d qualify as LibDem style liberals (economically centrist, socially progressive, and internationalist) is probably closer to 7.5%. Edit: Israel does have a decent amount of people who are ideologically close to a (somewhat significantly) less internationalist version of Orange Book Liberals, but they don’t seem to really exist anymore in the LibDems party. I think it's pretty generous calling liberalism an ideology. It's a pretty generic term which could easily be applied to almost any form of political belief, as all forms of politics are about giving some element within society the power and freedom to decide how to run their lives. When we talk about 'liberal democracies' we're simply making the assumption that means freedom of the individual, but there are also plenty of groups within society which make decisions collectively for all their membership and who would also consider having that power as being part of a liberal nation. |
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Post by markgoodair on May 16, 2024 8:20:08 GMT
Cllr Josie Radcliffe has been selected as the Liberal Democrat PPC.
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Post by right on May 16, 2024 11:10:25 GMT
Cllr Josie Radcliffe has been selected as the Liberal Democrat PPC. Apart from being local, that looks like a candidate designed to get Lib Dem voters to vote for Bagge |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on May 16, 2024 21:44:10 GMT
Cllr Josie Radcliffe has been selected as the Liberal Democrat PPC. Apart from being local, that looks like a candidate designed to get Lib Dem voters to vote for Bagge Absolute nonsense. "Middle-aged woman who is a local councillor" is not a type of candidate designed to repel Lib Dem voters. |
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Post by right on May 26, 2024 16:01:42 GMT
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on May 26, 2024 22:26:55 GMT
He seems to be an articulate chap with a sensible, old-fashioned Tory view of the world. Good luck to him. |
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Post by AlltheGoodUsernamesAreTaken on May 27, 2024 19:34:30 GMT
Josie Radcliffe stood here in 2019 and got 8.1% of the vote. All she can hope for this time is to increase her percentage. Truss is my MP and I would hate for her to win - Bagge may split the vote and let Labour through the middle - depends on how much traction he gets over the next few weeks. Most villages don't get a free weekly newspaper and most of the time never get a canvasser at the door and only get political leaflets at election time. I have been here 14 years and don't recall a single regular newsletter from either local councillors or the MP.
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Post by edgbaston on May 27, 2024 20:31:45 GMT
If Truss loses then I will be popping open a bottle of champagne on election night.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2024 22:08:17 GMT
If Truss loses then I will be popping open a bottle of champagne on election night. I might join you, though I prefer prosecco |
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Post by bsjmcr on May 27, 2024 22:27:29 GMT
If Truss loses then I will be popping open a bottle of champagne on election night. I might join you, though I prefer prosecco Because you’re not a champagne socialist? |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jun 5, 2024 17:00:44 GMT
| | Con | Lab | Lib/LD |
| | | | | | | | | | 1974 | 44.7% | 37.0% | 17.7% | | | | 1974 | 45.6% | 40.0% | 14.2% | | | | 1979 | 53.1% | 35.3% | 11.6% | | | | 1983 | 54.0% | 18.5% | 27.4% | | | | 1987 | 56.0% | 22.0% | 22.0% | | | | 1992 | 53.1% | 28.8% | 18.0% | | |
| | Con | Lab | LD | Ref/UKIP | Grn | | | | | | | | | | | 1997 | 41.4% | 39.6% | 12.8% | 6.2% | | | | 2001 | 51.3% | 36.0% | 10.1% | 2.5% | | | | 2005 | 47.2% | 28.6% | 18.5% | 4.9% | | | | 2010 | 47.5% | 18.8% | 22.0% | 6.3% | 1.7% | | | 2015 | 50.2% | 17.5% | 4.5% | 23.6% | 4.2% | | | 2017 | 62.2% | 28.2% | 4.6% | 5.0% | | | | 2019 | 68.7% | 18.3% | 8.3% | | 3.0% | |
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Post by right on Jun 6, 2024 11:18:26 GMT
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Post by john07 on Jun 6, 2024 17:58:55 GMT
If Truss loses then I will be popping open a bottle of champagne on election night. I might join you, though I prefer prosecco I might get in a bottle of Cava, Prosecco, and Champagne. Douglas Ross losing would trigger the opening of the Cava. Liz Truss for the Prosecco. I would reserve the Champagne for the defeat of Galloway. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jun 6, 2024 19:00:03 GMT
That is quality journalism. Well-written, sly, and fun. |
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Post by finsobruce on Jun 6, 2024 19:14:36 GMT
That is quality journalism. Well-written, sly, and fun. Norfolk do diff'runt. |
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Post by bsjmcr on Jun 6, 2024 20:58:26 GMT
I might join you, though I prefer prosecco I might get in a bottle of Cava, Prosecco, and Champagne. Douglas Ross losing would trigger the opening of the Cava. Liz Truss for the Prosecco. I would reserve the Champagne for the defeat of Galloway. After what he’s done to David Duguid, I don’t blame you, and think Mogg was too polite to call him a ‘lightweight’, stronger words may now be applicable. |
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Post by right on Jun 7, 2024 21:24:49 GMT
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Post by YL on Jun 7, 2024 21:32:54 GMT
The Loony candidate's address is in the constituency. It is one of those places whose "postal county" (to the extent that such things still exist) doesn't match its administrative county. |
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