Electoral pact

• howard mcsweeney1

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  9 March 2018     17:12340715
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  Would definitely benefit both parties but many in the Labour party haven't forgiven the Lib Dems for propping up a Tory Government.
  
  
  http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/labour-liberal-democrats-agreement-lib-dem-corbyn-cable-election-win-commons-coalition-a8247626.html
• Guest 1881

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  9 March 2018     20:52340723
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  Conservative apologists.
  Just because you don't take an interest in politics doesn't mean that politics won't take an interest in you. PERICLES.
• howard mcsweeney1

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  9 March 2018     21:15340724
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  Pragmatism Your Grace, down in the West country and other godless parts of our sceptered isle the battle is between the sandal wearers and the Tories - any Labour involvement lets the latter in.
• Keith Sansum1

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  9 March 2018     22:18340727
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  pacts rarely work in UK
  ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
• Guest 1881

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  9 March 2018     22:30340728
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   Keith Sansum1 wrote:

  pacts rarely work in UK

  
  
  Correction, pacts rarely work on behalf of the electorate.
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  Just because you don't take an interest in politics doesn't mean that politics won't take an interest in you. PERICLES.
• Reginald Barrington

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  9 March 2018     23:57340731
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  That's a given surely? it's never about the electorate.
  Arte et Marte
• Neil Moors

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  10 March 2018     05:54340740
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  Thumping majorities, either side, appear to be a thing of the past in European politics. So, this kind of pragmatic thinking is absolutely necessary. It is quite unlikely that Brexit will be anything other than a shambles, and even in the unlikely event that is does prove successful, it will be many, many years in the making. That gives a clear window for the Tories to be ousted at the next GE, and frankly, I don't care how that happens! If JC becomes PM, of course there is a danger he could go too far the other way, but I have every faith that the civil service will steady the ship along the way, along with a bit of Lib Dem input, in may not be a bad thing.
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• Keith Sansum1

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  10 March 2018     21:16340803
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  bad thing it will be total chaos
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• Guest 745

  • Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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  11 March 2018     08:09340815
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  the Labour party is the liberal party?
  
  we have no Labour party.