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T_i_B

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8. Firstly they need to work out what they actually stand for

Reply to Jim Lane (Reply #7)

Sat May 9, 2015, 05:47 AM

May 2015

Under Nick Clegg virtually every cause they have ever stood for suffered and they ended up standing for election offering voters virtually nothing other then the chance to keep Nick Clegg in a cushy job.

The Lib Dems need to rediscover the lost art of standing up for something, rather then simply falling for anything.

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UK General Election: Nick Clegg resigns after massive Lib Dem losses [View all] T_i_B May 2015 OP

Making deals with the devil, one will get brimstone burns. riqster May 2015 #1

! LeftishBrit May 2015 #2

Indeed The King of Prussia May 2015 #10

After the last general election... BlueEye May 2015 #3

Good. Nihil May 2015 #4

Huh, Conservative-lite wasn't a winning strategy. How surprising. jeff47 May 2015 #5

It was an odd campaign from the Lib Dems T_i_B May 2015 #6

What legitimate role do you see them playing? Jim Lane May 2015 #7

Firstly they need to work out what they actually stand for T_i_B May 2015 #8

Clegg has to be the dumbest politician in the world. BillZBubb May 2015 #9

I'm by no means an expert on UK politics but I do try to keep informed and I gotta Guy Whitey Corngood May 2015 #11