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Old 18-07-2003, 13:14   #59
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Originally posted by ntluser
Why do you describe the Lib Dems as traitorous?

They are the only party so far that haven't contributed to the parlous state in which we find ourselves.
I was referring back to a post I made earlier in the thread:

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Originally posted by towny
I'll tell you what Charles Kennedy and his party can do:

1. Set up 'proportional representation' for UK General Elections, effectively placing power permanently in the hands of minority parties, single interest pressure groups and extremists.

2. Raise taxes in a ridiculous, outdated attempt to spend their way to a better Britain without any consideration of how that money should be spent more efficiently.

3. Scale down UK defence when the world is more dangerous than at any time in the last 20 years.

4. Sign us up for the Euro, whether we want it or not (and every poll ever conducted on the subject says we don't want it).

5. Agree with any and all future moves by federalist members of the European union to place tax, defence and foreign policy matters in the hands of Brussels...

6. ... Thereby ensuring there is no Nation called the UK left to govern....

7. ...and relegating the Houses of Parliament to the status of a very grandiose town hall.

But then running town halls, as you point out, is something the Lib Dems are reasonably good at, so I s'pose you can't blame them for sticking to what they know.
Granted they have not contributed to the modern United Kingdom; my fear is that there will be no recognisable United Kingdom if they are given half a chance.
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