tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post5542804576445781801..comments2024-03-29T07:15:16.690+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: A liberal helping of failureJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-87545555244910556322021-05-18T12:57:59.206+01:002021-05-18T12:57:59.206+01:00They're all basically social democratic partie...They're all basically social democratic parties. Labour and the Liberal Democrats too and to an extent even the Scottish Tories put forwards arguably socialist policies we know the UK Tories would never roll with.<br /><br />Take the independence question out of the equation and there isn't much Parliament disagrees about. This is why all parties struggle to come up with distinctive policies - exemplified by Labour putting "covid recovery" front and center. That got them nowhere because, is any party going to oppose that? No, they were all banging on about different ways of doing it.<br /><br />Acts have often been passed nearly unanimously or with just one or two dissenting parties. The majority of Scots are apparently fine with this and the minority don't care enough to vote for radically different parties, whether they be religious, fascists, ultra-conservatives, communists, libertarians... New centrists don't have any space to triangulate between the established parties due to their overlaps.<br /><br />If you're not a social democrat, I can see how this would be difficult to stomach. It probably won't change much after independence either, the whole point of independence is to guarantee that Scots get the government and parliament we vote for.Alan Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002781913954524919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-73318591060246697832021-05-18T10:45:08.186+01:002021-05-18T10:45:08.186+01:00There is room in Scotland for a party dedicated to...There is room in Scotland for a party dedicated to improving the economy and the actions of all levels of government. The SNP, Labour and now ALBA are all social Democratic parties, insensitive to these concerns. The natural party to solve these problems the LibDems are denied the ability to find Scottish solutions to Scottish problems by there incorporation within a larger UK party. Like the Free Democrats in Germany they could be the natural party of coalition for the larger parties. All they need do is separate, abandon their undemocratic opposition to independence and concentrate on making devolution work.Willie Hogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669579065168857480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-84818406871477980582021-05-18T07:31:25.875+01:002021-05-18T07:31:25.875+01:00It's not something that I think or care much a...It's not something that I think or care much about but you're probably, broadly correct Thomas S. It's hard to see today's Lib Dems as any more than a residue that has become a variant of Toryism. A pointless appendage.Alt Cluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482350112125105748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-49721933702055368742021-05-17T19:01:39.077+01:002021-05-17T19:01:39.077+01:00My feeling is the Scottish Lib Dem’s would be best...My feeling is the Scottish Lib Dem’s would be best served retreating from the ambition of being a national party and to find accommodation with the other Unionist parties in their small handful of areas of strength - seeking to find an accord with the Conservatives, and (less realistically) Labour to give them a free run. They could go down the root of Mid-century National Liberalism and secure a continued existence as a semi-independent faction within the Scottish Conservative-led Unionism.Thomas Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16064988799186983927noreply@blogger.com