As the LDs have no chance at an overall majority, a pledge that means "I will do X if we win, but not if we have a coalition" is meaningless. They should not be signing any such pledge if they will break it under _any_ condition.
Should be presented as "if we win, we'll do X, otherwise we'll negotiate best deal on X". Which would be fair and more honest. And also what's actually happened.
Doesn't make the damage it's caused any less, or the number of pissed off activists and members reduced. I'm pissed about the whole thing, but I'm looking at it from all sides.
They could easily, still, stick to the pledge (it's not broken yet, no vote has taken place), but that'd mean the report in full would be worse.
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andrewducker) wrote2010-11-13 11:20 am
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And yes, I agree. As does Clegg.
Should be presented as "if we win, we'll do X, otherwise we'll negotiate best deal on X". Which would be fair and more honest. And also what's actually happened.
Doesn't make the damage it's caused any less, or the number of pissed off activists and members reduced. I'm pissed about the whole thing, but I'm looking at it from all sides.
They could easily, still, stick to the pledge (it's not broken yet, no vote has taken place), but that'd mean the report in full would be worse.
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