tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post8946452187964096022..comments2024-03-27T20:14:40.376+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: Country MattersDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-32673672674544400412007-11-02T10:00:00.000+00:002007-11-02T10:00:00.000+00:00We are working on an event after Christmas. The me...We are working on an event after Christmas. The media will of course be informed. Everyone will be there. And, of course, supporters will be welcome. But why not be a candidate, Ron? Let us know about you - davidaslindsay@hotmail.com.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-90376309470464427832007-11-02T09:53:00.000+00:002007-11-02T09:53:00.000+00:00Fascinating. When is your launch? Are you going to...Fascinating. When is your launch? Are you going to have various candidates standing up on the platform with you? Will you be inviting the media? And (most importantly) can supporters come and cheer you on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-978545212882606482007-11-02T09:12:00.000+00:002007-11-02T09:12:00.000+00:00Well, the obvious way to do that will be by standi...Well, the obvious way to do that will be by standing for Parliament. One of them certainly will, others probably will, others yet probably won't because of other commitments but will be out delivering leaflets and what have yuou as part of this return of a mass-membership party enmeshed in civil society at every level of both.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, a work in progress: how to make policy with sufficient speed without being subject to the whim of think tanks, or newspaper editors and columnists, or the BBC. It will take some doing, but it must be done.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-50586700265211274622007-11-01T20:15:00.000+00:002007-11-01T20:15:00.000+00:00Are any of the other people involved prepared to s...Are any of the other people involved prepared to support you publicly? When will they do this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-65940528025508702852007-11-01T17:42:00.000+00:002007-11-01T17:42:00.000+00:00A work in progress. Everything at present was circ...A work in progress. Everything at present was circulated in draft among the people involved (a wonderful thing, this electricity), over and over and over again until were were agreed.<BR/><BR/>But there will of course be all the usual organs once we are up and running. None of that New Labour National Blathering Shop rubbish - real participation.<BR/><BR/>And we intend, in the next Parliament, to begin what we will then do in the course of every Parliament, putting out the top 10 policies nominated by our branches to a ballot of the whole electorate, with each voter entitled to vote for up to two, and with the top seven guaranteed inclusion in the subsequent General Election manifesto.<BR/><BR/>This will mirror how we are going to select our parliamentary candidates and elect our Leader once we are fully-fledged: the two candidates nominated by the most branches will be put to a ballot of the whole electorate, whether at constituency or at national level as appropriate.<BR/><BR/>But it will all cost money, of course.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-72288242738018443982007-11-01T14:02:00.000+00:002007-11-01T14:02:00.000+00:00What's your party's policymaking process?What's your party's policymaking process?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-88415291074705401882007-10-31T13:46:00.000+00:002007-10-31T13:46:00.000+00:00Well, there's no answer to that, I suppose.Well, there's no answer to that, I suppose.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-78103579981058256532007-10-31T13:32:00.000+00:002007-10-31T13:32:00.000+00:00No, I don't agree with you - I was just asking.No, I don't agree with you - I was just asking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-89662682869309774792007-10-31T12:54:00.000+00:002007-10-31T12:54:00.000+00:00We should have some fairly big news at the weekend...We should have some fairly big news at the weekend or early next week.<BR/><BR/>And plenty of people seem to think that we are so far beneath contempt that they have to go to the trouble of saying so all over the Internet, not least whenever and wherever I post a comment about anything at all.<BR/><BR/>If you agree with us, then come on board - davidaslindsay@hotmail.comDavid Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-19509035372959721462007-10-31T12:48:00.000+00:002007-10-31T12:48:00.000+00:00How's the new party doing?How's the new party doing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com