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> Are British HN'ers taking any mitigating steps due to this whole situation? Campaigning for the Liberal Democrats.

by Doctor_Fegg 10y ago

fredley 10y ago
If only there was a snowball's chance in hell of this achieving something. (disclosure: party member)
- chillydawg 10y ago
  indeed, but NOT campaigning is guaranteeing party death (disclosure: party member). The lib dems are pretty useless right now, but they may have a big swing next election and they need keeping alive until then. Generally, they're the only sane party. Mostly because it's easy to have ideals when you're not in power.
  - fredley 10y ago
    Yeah this. The fact they got completely played by the Conservatives in the last coalition, and failed to achieve their main goal (they lost the voting reform referendum they bargained everything away for), I am even more gloomy about the LD's prospects than I am Britain as a whole's. Maybe the Labour party will schism, and a new, strong lib-left party will form. One can but hope.
  - gpvos 10y ago
    It's really sad that the Brits didn't succeed in getting rid of the first-past-the-post system. Here in the Netherlands with our somewhat extreme version of proportional representation we still have similar problems, but they seem to be much less than over there.
    - tomtoise 10y ago
      We didn't have a chance at PR. Highly emotive[1] and ridiculous[2] campaigning from the No side saw to that, much in the same way as it saw to Brexit. [1]https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_image_group/2011/2/25/1298628970292/no-to-av-baby-campaign-005.jpg https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_im... [2]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SkJXglPtoq0/TW6vXWrtyuI/AAAAAAAADOQ/zktt-bbalH4/s1600/Say%2Bno%2Bto%2Bthe%2BAlternative%2BVote%2Bposter%2BHyde%2BTameside.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SkJXglPtoq0/TW6vXWrtyuI/AAAAAAAADO...
SirHound 10y ago
I'm a party member - what's the best way to get more involved with the party?
- Doctor_Fegg 10y ago
  Depends where you are, but I'd say: find the contact details for your local party branch, and see if you can help with campaigning for the local elections this May. At 11% in the polls we're not going to stop Brexit right now, but certainly (where I live) we have a real chance of becoming part of the local administration for the first time since 2005. From little acorns...
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XJOKOLAT 10y ago
Hedged sterling. Looking to move medium term. Bored of this place.

> Are British HN'ers taking any mitigating steps due to this whole situation? Campaigning for the Liberal Democrats.

fredley 10y ago

If only there was a snowball's chance in hell of this achieving something. (disclosure: party member)

chillydawg 10y ago
indeed, but NOT campaigning is guaranteeing party death (disclosure: party member). The lib dems are pretty useless right now, but they may have a big swing next election and they need keeping alive until then. Generally, they're the only sane party. Mostly because it's easy to have ideals when you're not in power.
- fredley 10y ago
  Yeah this. The fact they got completely played by the Conservatives in the last coalition, and failed to achieve their main goal (they lost the voting reform referendum they bargained everything away for), I am even more gloomy about the LD's prospects than I am Britain as a whole's. Maybe the Labour party will schism, and a new, strong lib-left party will form. One can but hope.
- gpvos 10y ago
  It's really sad that the Brits didn't succeed in getting rid of the first-past-the-post system. Here in the Netherlands with our somewhat extreme version of proportional representation we still have similar problems, but they seem to be much less than over there.
  - tomtoise 10y ago
    We didn't have a chance at PR. Highly emotive[1] and ridiculous[2] campaigning from the No side saw to that, much in the same way as it saw to Brexit. [1]https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_image_group/2011/2/25/1298628970292/no-to-av-baby-campaign-005.jpg https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_im... [2]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SkJXglPtoq0/TW6vXWrtyuI/AAAAAAAADOQ/zktt-bbalH4/s1600/Say%2Bno%2Bto%2Bthe%2BAlternative%2BVote%2Bposter%2BHyde%2BTameside.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SkJXglPtoq0/TW6vXWrtyuI/AAAAAAAADO...

SirHound 10y ago

I'm a party member - what's the best way to get more involved with the party?

Doctor_Fegg 10y ago
Depends where you are, but I'd say: find the contact details for your local party branch, and see if you can help with campaigning for the local elections this May. At 11% in the polls we're not going to stop Brexit right now, but certainly (where I live) we have a real chance of becoming part of the local administration for the first time since 2005. From little acorns...
- deleted 10y ago
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XJOKOLAT 10y ago

Hedged sterling. Looking to move medium term. Bored of this place.