It is not all doom and gloom. The favourite for the Labour nomination at Liverpool Wavertree is the Lexit stalwart, Paula Barker. Of course she has issued, or there has been issued in her name, some sort a statement professing to have changed her mind without showing any sign of having done so in any substantial way. But we all know about that kind of thing. She really is a great sign of hope.
And Luciana Berger has her eye on Finchley and Golders Green. Finchley used to be the bane of the Foreign Office's existence. When its MP was Prime Minister, then the words in her ear from certain of her constituents used to undo months of hard work by the professionals.
Conservatives now assume that they have always been fanatically pro-Israeli, in the way that they now assume that they have always adhered to Thatcherite economics. But in fact both phenomena go back no more than 40 years, to the Premiership of a highly susceptible person with no specialist knowledge of either field.
Conservatives now assume that they have always been fanatically pro-Israeli, in the way that they now assume that they have always adhered to Thatcherite economics. But in fact both phenomena go back no more than 40 years, to the Premiership of a highly susceptible person with no specialist knowledge of either field.
Anyway, fanatical support for Israel is Berger's only political opinion of any kind. For having taken her in, her party ought to be renamed the Likud Democrats. No doubt she would fit right in at Finchley and Golders Green. Except that there is already a duly selected Lib Dem candidate there, one Clareine Enderby, who is adamant that there is no vacancy.
Now, candidates can be replaced. But if the Lib Dems were to do so on specifically ethnic grounds, then that would be illegal, and Berger, Swinson and the rest of them could look forward to Ms Enderby's day in court. She would be the poster woman for all the long-serving and long-suffering Lib Dems who wanted their party back.
Forget the telly. That is real story being put out under the radar from Bournemouth this week. There was no Brexit Party until Nigel Farage set it up, and the clue to its sole purpose is in its name. But the Liberal Democrats are the Liberal Democrats. The party is not a universal welcome wagon for anyone who wants to revoke Article 50. The Leadership will see just how hardened the grassroots are when they try and impose the newcomers as parliamentary candidates. Oh, no, it is not all doom and gloom.
And another hung Parliament is coming. We need our people to hold the balance of power in it. A new party is now in the process of registration. After nearly 30 years of suggestion, speculation, and even a sort of preparation, I will stand for Parliament here at North West Durham. The crowdfunding page is here, and buy the book here. Please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.
Now, candidates can be replaced. But if the Lib Dems were to do so on specifically ethnic grounds, then that would be illegal, and Berger, Swinson and the rest of them could look forward to Ms Enderby's day in court. She would be the poster woman for all the long-serving and long-suffering Lib Dems who wanted their party back.
Forget the telly. That is real story being put out under the radar from Bournemouth this week. There was no Brexit Party until Nigel Farage set it up, and the clue to its sole purpose is in its name. But the Liberal Democrats are the Liberal Democrats. The party is not a universal welcome wagon for anyone who wants to revoke Article 50. The Leadership will see just how hardened the grassroots are when they try and impose the newcomers as parliamentary candidates. Oh, no, it is not all doom and gloom.
And another hung Parliament is coming. We need our people to hold the balance of power in it. A new party is now in the process of registration. After nearly 30 years of suggestion, speculation, and even a sort of preparation, I will stand for Parliament here at North West Durham. The crowdfunding page is here, and buy the book here. Please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.
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