bickster Posted August 19, 2018 Moderator Share Posted August 19, 2018 4 hours ago, wazzap24 said: The 'No Deal' plans are set to be released next week then Who's excited?! I think I'll buy my holiday Euro first thing Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Quote A new political party with access to up to £50m in funding has been secretly under development for more than a year by a network of entrepreneurs, philanthropists and donors keen to “break the Westminster mould”, the Observer can reveal. The movement, spearheaded by a former Labour benefactor, is understood to have been drawn up by a group frustrated by the tribal nature of politics, the polarisation caused by Brexit and the standard of political leadership on all sides. It appears to have a centrist policy platform that borrows ideas from both left and right. Grauniad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 20, 2018 Moderator Share Posted August 20, 2018 7 minutes ago, Xann said: Grauniad Makes sense, I'd also suspect they might benefit from defections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted August 20, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted August 20, 2018 23 minutes ago, Xann said: Grauniad "I’m not sure they have a viable plan,” said one person familiar with the project Same old same old, then. Although I suppose that there's plenty of room to have a new party, what with the tories gone full BlueKIP, Labour having disappeared for an argument with itself in an empty room and the Libdems having headed off into the woods with a revolver and some brandy, never to be seen again, after a loud crack and dull thud were heard. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 hour ago, blandy said: Same old same old, then. God, you're never bloody happy are you, Mr Large Typeface? You start a party then. Throw a party to select your ministers. Maybe by the tombola system? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted August 20, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted August 20, 2018 41 minutes ago, Xann said: God, you're never bloody happy are you, Mr Large Typeface? You start a party then. Throw a party to select your ministers. Maybe by the tombola system? I did it for the hard of reading. I said hard of reading, dear. (actually, it's not new parties that are needed it's a new voting system - more PR based) If I was king of the world, you could be minister for sound. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 UKEEP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bickster Posted August 20, 2018 Moderator Share Posted August 20, 2018 2 hours ago, chrisp65 said: I'm sat in what was William's old constituency and their first seat. I do take your point, its perfectly valid but I also think these are strange times and with one overarching issue that, if the polls are to be believed, the majority now believes we're heading in the wrong direction and the two main parties seem hell-bent for their own opposing views to take us down that wrong path. A new Gang of Four might just be on the cards and more successful. I also suspect given the right backing and promises that it might be more than four. You might even get some from both sides. On the other hand, I also think it's a very long shot but that middle ground is up for grabs as neither of the two main parties seems to want it. Stranger things have happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Brexit, ages away. "This time next year Rodney" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 10 hours ago, bickster said: On the other hand, I also think it's a very long shot but that middle ground is up for grabs as neither of the two main parties seems to want it. Stranger things have happened In terms of policy, are they likely to be any different from the Liberal Democrats? As from the noises that have been made so far, the main difference seems to be solely that they won't be called the Liberal Democrats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted August 21, 2018 Moderator Share Posted August 21, 2018 37 minutes ago, ml1dch said: In terms of policy, are they likely to be any different from the Liberal Democrats? As from the noises that have been made so far, the main difference seems to be solely that they won't be called the Liberal Democrats. They should call themselves Keeping Up With The Konservatives and over half this country will vote for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 21, 2018 Moderator Share Posted August 21, 2018 48 minutes ago, ml1dch said: In terms of policy, are they likely to be any different from the Liberal Democrats? As from the noises that have been made so far, the main difference seems to be solely that they won't be called the Liberal Democrats. I would imagine a large selling point would be that they aren't the Liberal Democrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I would have thought the strap line would be along the lines of: 'like Labour, but without those socialists' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 13 minutes ago, bickster said: I would imagine a large selling point would be that they aren't the Liberal Democrats And then? Or will it just be the same people, with the same policies? "What's that? You don't like the Liberal Democrats because they broke their promise on tuition fees? Well, how about our brand new, completely different, led by Vince Cable, Democratic Liberal Party. Look, we've changed our logo slightly and everything" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 21, 2018 Moderator Share Posted August 21, 2018 12 minutes ago, ml1dch said: And then? Or will it just be the same people, with the same policies? "What's that? You don't like the Liberal Democrats because they broke their promise on tuition fees? Well, how about our brand new, completely different, led by Vince Cable, Democratic Liberal Party. Look, we've changed our logo slightly and everything" People buy all sorts of crap, like Brexit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 On 27/07/2018 at 10:22, Xann said: Does anyone still think Brexit's a winner? @Awol? Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 11 minutes ago, Awol said: Yep. Welcome back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 minute ago, snowychap said: Welcome back! Thank you, dissertation completed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 22, 2018 Moderator Share Posted August 22, 2018 Just now, Awol said: Thank you, dissertation completed! "How to fall off a cliff and survive"? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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