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budgie smuggler said:
Jimboka said:
Quite the opposite:-
Liberal Democrats double size of membership since 2015 general election
In the short time since the snap General Election was announced the Liberal Democrats have gained over 2,500 new members
By Liberal Democrats Apr 18, 2017
Over 5,000 now.Liberal Democrats double size of membership since 2015 general election
In the short time since the snap General Election was announced the Liberal Democrats have gained over 2,500 new members
By Liberal Democrats Apr 18, 2017
TTmonkey said:
Can the lindems actually afford to run a full election campaign?
Their membership must have taken a hammering since Clegg sold out the students.
British elections don't cost very much and the Lib Dems still have some rich donors.Their membership must have taken a hammering since Clegg sold out the students.
Back in 2015:
said:
The Conservatives were the biggest spenders on the 2015 General Election - spending £15.5m to Labour's £12m, the Electoral Commission says.
The total of £39m spent was up on the £34.4m spent in 2010 - but was still down on the record £42m spent in 2005.
The Lib Dems spent £3.5m, the UK Independence Party £2.8m, the Scottish National Party £1.5m and Greens £1.1m..
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/35359808The total of £39m spent was up on the £34.4m spent in 2010 - but was still down on the record £42m spent in 2005.
The Lib Dems spent £3.5m, the UK Independence Party £2.8m, the Scottish National Party £1.5m and Greens £1.1m..
In 2010:
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Figures released today show the Tories spent £16.7m in the run-up to the May poll compared with £8m spent by Labour and £4.8m by the Lib Dems
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/dec/02/conservatives-spent-twice-labour-election-campaignAlso:
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Liberal Democrats receive more in donations than Labour for the first time
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/02/liberal-democrats-receive-donations-labour-first-time/amp/Edited by BlackLabel on Wednesday 19th April 16:06
NJH said:
One would expect all the big business interests that don't want to see us leave the EU would be chucking money at them, but then again maybe not.
As a company, would you want more than 50% of the voters (your customers who voted) knowing you were "chucking money" in a direction directly opposed to their basic wishes ?jonnyb said:
e21Mark said:
He was here in Truro today. Repeatedly talking of retaining membership of the single market without making mention of the fact that it's not on offer.
He's also wetter than a wet weekend.
It is on offer. He's also wetter than a wet weekend.
As an aside does anyone else think Farron usually looks like he's going to burst into tears. Hope to see him blubbering over Brexit at some point while campaigning.
CBA to read through the entire thread but has anyone posted this photoset of his yet?
https://www.youthdebates.org/t/tim-farron-lib-dem-...
https://www.youthdebates.org/t/tim-farron-lib-dem-...
Whenever I see Tim Farron I always wonder if he was the little known fourth member of The Jam, who deep down knew he was nowhere near as talented as Paul Weller. In desperation, he left and went out in search of a band so utterly mundane and devoid of talent, that even he could lead it. In the Liberal Democrats he found his spiritual, musical, and political home. The rest, as they say, is a footnote in history, hastily scrawled on an envelope with a blunt pencil stub, while leaning on the back of a bloke named Nick, who is wearing a knock off North Face jacket made of poor quality nylon because he thinks it makes him look like an "ordinary bloke"
Camoradi said:
Whenever I see Tim Farron I always wonder if he was the little known fourth member of The Jam, who deep down knew he was nowhere near as talented as Paul Weller. In desperation, he left and went out in search of a band so utterly mundane and devoid of talent, that even he could lead it. In the Liberal Democrats he found his spiritual, musical, and political home. The rest, as they say, is a footnote in history, hastily scrawled on an envelope with a blunt pencil stub, while leaning on the back of a bloke named Nick, who is wearing a knock off North Face jacket made of poor quality nylon because he thinks it makes him look like an "ordinary bloke"
Very good. Seriously though, was it worth the effort to create an erudite piece about such an intellectual pygmy as Farron?Fastdruid said:
SkipLicker keeping up his fine tradition of political trolling.Shame the @IDS_MP account was killed, that used to hook all sorts.
Carl_Manchester said:
I am not Tim Farron's biggest fan but I found the BBC Interview questioning of him this afternoon objectionable.
I didn't see that but I did see someone from Sky trying to get an answer from him.It's not very nice, I'm sure many of us can think of things that we don't particularly agree with but don't try to impose those views on other people.
Carl_Manchester said:
I am not Tim Farron's biggest fan but I found the BBC Interview questioning of him this afternoon objectionable.
Same. I don't care for Farron, and I care even less for the bronze age superstition he carries, but that reporter was disgraceful...not that that is unusable in itself, I have no respect for the vast swathe of morons and barrackers who seem to make up television 'interviewers/journos.'The basic approach seems to be to scrape the bottom of any muck they can project onto their subject, christ I cannot stand them.
I've not seen it, but f
k him, if you're going to make your religious beliefs an issue in your public/political life (as he has done) you can and should expect to be called out on whatever inconsistency or fudge it inevitably throws up.
He's a freaky wee god botherer who's refused to answer the same question for years.
k him, if you're going to make your religious beliefs an issue in your public/political life (as he has done) you can and should expect to be called out on whatever inconsistency or fudge it inevitably throws up.He's a freaky wee god botherer who's refused to answer the same question for years.
technodup said:
I've not seen it, but fk him, if you're going to make your religious beliefs an issue in your public/political life (as he has done) you can and should expect to be called out on whatever inconsistency or fudge it inevitably throws up.
He's a freaky wee god botherer who's refused to answer the same question for years.
Has he? When has he ever used religion in his political life? What he actually tried to do was avoid the religious angle altogether, however that was misconstrued as him being homophobic.k him, if you're going to make your religious beliefs an issue in your public/political life (as he has done) you can and should expect to be called out on whatever inconsistency or fudge it inevitably throws up.He's a freaky wee god botherer who's refused to answer the same question for years.
On the otherhand however, the only response from a married, straight man to the question of "what do you think about gay sex" should simply be "not interested myself, but no issue with those that do".
Evanivitch said:
Has he? When has he ever used religion in his political life?
I've heard him say 'as a Christian' or similar many times. He's clearly been quite out with it otherwise he wouldn't get the questions. I remember Blair getting a bit when it was clear he was quite the god botherer, but not Cameron, Kennedy or Corbyn, who I'm sure are/were all 'Christians' in theory at least.And of course there is the issue of being a 'Liberal' and subscribing to a belief that is often somewhat less than liberal.
Its only an issue when one does something utterly illiberal such as failing to vote in support of same sex marriage. That episode has dozens of articles written on it with links on the net for anyone to peruse if they like. Just as I predicted, Farron could get away with it when the Lib Dems were a political irrelevance but now with a GE around the corner and the potential for them to greatly increase their MP headcount again he is inevitably going to feel the heat for such glaring hypocrisy.
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