Quote from: DavidL on December 02, 2016, 08:03:47 am
Ironic that you should use a military term to describe a group of such soft-spined individuals
A swarm of Humbolt Squid can eat you alive. And Mr Goldsmith used the military metaphor before me - he said he was subjected to "an unprecedented Lib Dem heavy bombardment".
The LDs were burned down to the grassroots last year but are re-emerging, winning 75 council seats including since the last main round, often with with 20% swings, doubling their membership since the Referendum. With Labour lurching left and locked in internecene cold war, and the Tories taking on the populist mantle, there is fertile ground in the centre. Their problem is a lack of funds - they lack the big biz support of the Tories and the union support of Labour. Also, Tim Farron does not inspire much, his fiery performance on BBCQT notwithstanding. I think he is an interim leader for them.