tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post1979114384343565560..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: Clegg living with the fairies.Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-59520600380005188792008-03-10T18:07:00.000+01:002008-03-10T18:07:00.000+01:00I love this line: "Lib Dems in Cardiff want neuros...I love this line: "Lib Dems in Cardiff want neurosurgery." <BR/><BR/>I can only add that the "Lib Dems in Cardiff NEED neurosurgery!" <BR/><BR/>Thanks to Left Field for providing the raw material.Dr. Christopher Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09066490027824527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-46758728246977615282008-03-10T18:04:00.000+01:002008-03-10T18:04:00.000+01:00... and the same goes for Clegg's credibility as t...... and the same goes for Clegg's credibility as the 'leader' of the Lib-Dems ... <BR/><BR/>"Clegg's credibility is diminishing as fast as a fart in a hurricane." <BR/><BR/>Pass it along ... maybe John Redwood can use it with torpedo-logic delivery.Dr. Christopher Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09066490027824527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-10872537826749722822008-03-10T16:28:00.000+01:002008-03-10T16:28:00.000+01:00"Cleggs influence is diminishing as fast as a fart..."Cleggs influence is diminishing as fast as a fart in a hurricane." <BR/><BR/>(Mutated from the last line on page 55 of "Against a Dark Background"; Iain M. Banks).Dr. Christopher Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09066490027824527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-21288560514879058832008-03-10T15:34:00.000+01:002008-03-10T15:34:00.000+01:00left field - Clegg has ruled out an arrangemant su...left field - Clegg has ruled out an arrangemant such as a Lib-Lab Pact. There is no way the Party would support one Party without a cut of the action - it would be suicidal. Even Lib Dem members would wonder what it was all for. It seems that we share experiences of the tactics used. Attitudes to wind farms in Montgomertshire is just about as good an example as you can find.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-41357782766688309402008-03-10T15:05:00.000+01:002008-03-10T15:05:00.000+01:00I suppose they could have something akin to the Li...I suppose they could have something akin to the Lib-Lab pact. It would suit the Lib Dems, they could both support a government and not have to take responsibility at the dispatch box.<BR/><BR/>Didn't someone say last year that the Lib Dems were basically a franchise?<BR/><BR/>For instance, they back windfarms nationally, yet try to put one up and it's Lib Dem councillors out campaigning against it.<BR/><BR/>Lib Dems in Cardiff want neurosurgery in Cardiff, whereas in Swansea they want it in erm.. Swansea.<BR/><BR/>I'll have to read up about the Lib Dems in Cardiff. In Swansea they seem to have buried the city in road cones. Largely for a bendy bus. One bus, that does one route, and they change the road structure of the whole city. I haven't yet met anyone who wants it.Deletedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398275819570930751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-58650295139680531152008-03-10T07:19:00.000+01:002008-03-10T07:19:00.000+01:00"Nick Clegg seems to be on another planet" ... "IN..."Nick Clegg seems to be on another planet" ... "IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY". <BR/><BR/><BR/>(Line borrowed from Star Wars (1977).Dr. Christopher Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09066490027824527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-52283965290908088672008-03-09T21:48:00.000+01:002008-03-09T21:48:00.000+01:00Christopher - I don't know much about the acriviti...Christopher - I don't know much about the acrivities of the Lib Dems in Cardiff. The voters will express their opinion in 8 weeks time. But I do know that the Lib Dems in Wales are very interested in forming a Coalition - with anybody. Nick Clegg seems to be on another planet.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-87399140803627242702008-03-09T21:20:00.000+01:002008-03-09T21:20:00.000+01:00You hit it right on the nail Glyn; the Lib-Dem par...You hit it right on the nail Glyn; the Lib-Dem party adopts two 180 degree contradictory positions. What should we conclude from this? Then, as you point out, there's Clegg's voiced view: "I am interested in a new type of government....based on pluralism.....a new system that empowers people rather than parties." Yet another wishy-washy statement from Clegg, and actually misrepresentative of the Welsh Lib Party; more particularly the Lib-Dems in Cardiff who have developed a penchant for running roughshod over local residents opinions (e.g., the Eastern Leisure Centre issue and just a few days ago the Lib-Dems announced that they are going to ban wheel chair access to the Friary Centre in Cardiff, an outrageous position to take against disabled people).Dr. Christopher Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09066490027824527304noreply@blogger.com