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OK, we’re officially in campaign season.
The starting gun won’t be fired until early April, but Labour’s launch of their vacuous pledges and Blair’s helicopter dash make it clear that the race has already begun.
There have been a number of concerns raised about the Backing Blair campaign. Well, three to be exact…
1. Our aims need to be clearer from the main page onwards.
That’s true. A change to the intro text is being made today.
2. Can’t we work instead to improve the system that has let us down so badly?
In the next 8 weeks? Unlikely. Let me put it this way: we’d just love to make some improvements to our home, but we thought we might extinguish the fire in the kitchen first.
3. You want me to vote Tory? F**k off!
Good to see that people are so angry and disturbed by Blair’s leadership that they’re willing to give him a jolly good slap. Well, perhaps not a slap. Maybe a bit of a ticking off. Or perhaps a polite letter. Perhaps we’d best not mention it and carry on as if nothing is happening. Maybe if we give him one more chance…
We’ve added a major post to the blog and incorporated a link to it into the aforementioned intro text. You can read that post here…
By Russell February 14, 2005 - 10:44 am
There is an easy solution to the problem.Vote Lib Dem.
By Manic February 14, 2005 - 11:09 am
I plan to in my constituency – where it comes down to Tory vs. Lib-DemRe: BB – Should the Lib-Dems position themselves as an alternative government as opposed to Mr 3rd Place, the whole Tory aspect may be worthing changing.
By Robin Grant February 14, 2005 - 12:28 pm
OK. We're moving in the right (left?) direction.To pick up on some of your points:>>Can't we work instead to improve the>>system that has let us down so badly?>In the next 8 weeks? UnlikelySurely what you/we do now can make a difference. By contributing to the LibDems electoral success, we do help change the system, at least for next time around.>BB – Should the Lib-Dems position>themselves as an alternative government>as opposed to Mr 3rd Place, the whole>Tory aspect may be worth changingWhat more could they be doing? (especially bearing in mind the massive funding gap between them and Labour & the Conservatives). To paraphrase another Mr Kennedy, ask not what the LibDems can do for you, but what you can do for the LibDems.>Tories and terrorismI totally agree with the analysis. However, that doesn't negate what I say above. I suppose it all comes down to how angry you are with Bliar as opposed to how much you want positive change. I fall on the positive change side of the line, so it's frustrating to see you use your considerable talents and energy in this way – especially as the executional side of your campaign is so well conceived.
By goatchurch February 14, 2005 - 12:52 pm
Try typing “Iraq” into the search window available on labour.org.uk. Comes up with the following results:1) Defence: We are a “force for good”, eg in Iraq.2) Foreign Affairs: We have intervened militarily to defend human rights and the rule of law in, eg Iraq.3) Policy submissions: If there is a large number for one issue, eg Iraq, the policy commission produces a special report that is sent directly to everyone who has made a submission.4) Pre-budget report: To meet our commitments to fight international terror, eg in Iraq, an additional ?520 million has been made available.5) er…6) That’s it!I wonder if the new manifesto will contain the clause: “We will continue to assert our right to bomb+invade countries who are no threat to us whenever we feel like it.”