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Daveb
Earthsea


2211 Posts
Posted - 26/06/2007 :  22:21:12  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6241928.stm

So another MP turns his back on the electorate and changes party midstream.

If they want to change fair enough but they should resign and let a by-election take place.

It shows a total disregard for the voters.

This is why I stand by the statement in another thread that they are only out to serve their own interests.
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you!

Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
5815 Posts
Posted - 26/06/2007 :  22:27:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
"Under your leadership the [ ... ] Party appears to me to have ceased collectively to believe in anything, or to stand for anything.
...


"It has no bedrock. It exists on shifting sands. A sense of mission has been replaced by a PR agenda."


He could have been talking about any party really
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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Daveb
Earthsea



2211 Posts
Posted - 26/06/2007 :  22:29:32  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Labour especially
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
5815 Posts
Posted - 26/06/2007 :  22:31:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
So maybe this quote was meant to be in his acceptance letter rather then his resignation one.
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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nightbird
Calaspia



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Posted - 26/06/2007 :  23:44:43  Show Profile  Send nightbird an AOL message  Reply with Quote
When a MP jumps party they should hold a by-election, this just stinks of somebody's lust for power at any cost.....
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FUBAR
Barsoom



425 Posts
Posted - 27/06/2007 :  20:36:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
If he was my MP I'd be demanding he quit and hold a new election under his new colours. How dare he flaunt the voters who put him there just so he can change parties as he chooses......
I came into the world with nothing and still have most of it left..
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Daveb
Earthsea



2211 Posts
Posted - 27/06/2007 :  21:04:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It happens too often.
The Langston woman and her partner I believe fall into the same category.
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