howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#1
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#2
Lib Dem usually do well mid-term by way of the protest vote.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#3
Lewisham voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU and the Lib Dems are the only party 100% committed to staying in.
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,948
#4
But we see in Dover when the lib dems were a little more active they managed to win 6 seats on DDC but as always they couldn't sustain it.
Worse after 100 years of tory rule on DDC with a hung council the lib dems were happy to keep the tories in office.
Lab had to contact the lib dems national party to convince them to get the local leader to change his mind which worked.
but they were so unreliable in a pct with lab iv served in two hung administrations with the lib dems both at county and DDC
neither worked
You would reach agreement only for them to come back at last minute withdrawing support
the pact was never going to last.
at District none of the 6 wanted to chair a meting (funnily enough that included our sue at the time) none of them wanted prominent positions.
so really always been just a protest party
most youngsters since last general election won't trust what they say
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
#5
Correction Keith I chaired Planning on alternative meetings with Percy Wilson ,Cynthia Terry Tourismn ,Ann Wilshaw Finance , Mary Laslett Health and Housing Phil King Policy and Resources,and Mary King Tec Services.
Oh I have a good memory.The pact stopped when Labour won a by election and they had no need for us Liberals .
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#6
Ps we did not shirk the chairmanship.I think Phil King was not so keen .
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,948
#7
that was in later years Sue
in the first year no lib dem wanted it
Quite a few of us were not happy to enter into such a loose pact
and relief did come for many of us when we got out of it
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