tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post1989591482499681866..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: Forward onto the doorstep.Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-18403182490768492832010-03-12T11:48:44.617+01:002010-03-12T11:48:44.617+01:00Well, it is a technicallity when the inference was...Well, it is a technicallity when the inference was 'vote Tory, get referendum'. If rejecting the Lisbon Treaty means withdrawal from EU - so much the better. It is true that the LibDems and Labour were total turncoats on this issue, but would you expect anything less than that from them? It just seems that Cameron has shot himself in the foot over this, as your doorstep conversations are showing. I'm not saying its fair, but that's how the public see it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-38395735215736562982010-03-12T10:49:35.134+01:002010-03-12T10:49:35.134+01:00Alan - all true.
Anon - Well, we are a 'targe...Alan - all true.<br /><br />Anon - Well, we are a 'target seat', though not enough of one to attract financial support for our campaign - which is how I like it. As long as we are not interfered with too much. Terrific support coming over from North Shropshire already.<br /><br />Roman - hardly a 'technicality'. A referendum on an unsigned Treaty would have enabled us to stop it, while a referendum on a signed treaty would have been no more than an expression of opinion, which could only be satisfied by withdrawal from the EU. Why people give the Conservatives stck for this is beyond my reasoning. It was Labour and the Lib Dems who reneged on their promise, and forced it through quickly to remove the capacity of an incoming Conservative Government to stop the Treaty in its tracks.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-17140031869535183502010-03-11T22:08:38.197+01:002010-03-11T22:08:38.197+01:00Campaigning on the doorsteps - see my blog... ;-)Campaigning on the doorsteps - see my blog... ;-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258854366964329334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-3733549985349561362010-03-11T11:17:36.452+01:002010-03-11T11:17:36.452+01:00Whether the cast iron guarantee was given on a ref...Whether the cast iron guarantee was given on a referendum on Lisbon regardless, or only if it hadn't been ratified is a technical point. The spirit people took it in was what was important. I was not surprised Cameron did what he did, but I was none-the-less disappointed. He would have at a stroke removed the UKIP threat, but I guess the Guardianistas and the Markets frightened him.<br /><br />Well, he is now suffering for that - and as we all will if Labour get in again. I repeat my statement that anyone voting for Labour are either idiots or advantaged from our benefits culture. I still maintain their right to vote how they want - that is democracy after all - but doesn't mean I respect their motives. In fact, I would put a caveat on this - people often attack the BNP and say they should be banned because of their policies. That is a whole different issue, but I propose that the parties that SHOULD be banned from Parliament are those who's manifestos involve wholesale surrender of national sovereignty to overseas interests (eg Lisbon).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-33860559339507327182010-03-10T17:36:45.052+01:002010-03-10T17:36:45.052+01:00With the polls looking so dodgy for the Tories, I ...With the polls looking so dodgy for the Tories, I do hope that your party will now focus on winnable seats like yours. After all, you need every seat you can get. I have the feeling that Cardiff/London were not au fait with the goings on in Montgomeryshire and the possibility of a Portillo moment. Let's hope they now get realAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-91713410308350430852010-03-10T11:08:17.819+01:002010-03-10T11:08:17.819+01:00Peole have short memories.
Also: they say people b...Peole have short memories.<br />Also: they say people believe what they want to believe....<br />and don't bother to check the true facts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258854366964329334noreply@blogger.com