tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277746591174465580.post967225764149175737..comments2023-06-26T15:29:14.498+01:00Comments on Liberator’s blog: A coup against Clegg?Gareth Eppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18198368251505541728noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277746591174465580.post-470933749311305312013-06-27T20:59:11.590+01:002013-06-27T20:59:11.590+01:00Precisely what “fresh ideas”? What is fresh about ...Precisely what “fresh ideas”? What is fresh about ‘TINA’ economics and maligning party members?<br /><br />As long as you imagine that such a 1980s-vintage cocktail of prejudices is “fresh”, you will be no more credible in 2040 than you are now.Simon Titleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121239127665359267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277746591174465580.post-72861840030001656822013-06-27T19:53:27.298+01:002013-06-27T19:53:27.298+01:00I prefer people with fresh ideas to dullard footso...I prefer people with fresh ideas to dullard footsoldiers.<br /><br />Graeme Cowie. Party member for 2 years 2 months. I will forward more structured and thorough thoughts some point after 2040 when you think I've become credible.Graeme Cowiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704481523638679620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277746591174465580.post-31287802798229524752013-06-27T13:59:31.341+01:002013-06-27T13:59:31.341+01:00Incredibly well said Simon, both your blog and you...Incredibly well said Simon, both your blog and your later comment.Richard Graysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05205651819198349197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277746591174465580.post-28901949937679364342013-06-27T08:53:08.103+01:002013-06-27T08:53:08.103+01:00Your comparison is false. Clegg was not and is not...Your comparison is false. Clegg was not and is not a “younger activist” setting out to be a councillor. He joined the party in his 30s and became a parliamentarian within two years of joining, not 16 years. He never served any sort of ‘apprenticeship’ in the party but was fast-tracked into the leadership. As a result, he has not developed enough sympathy for or understanding of the party. <br /><br />It isn’t me who believes that younger activists should “shut up and leaflet, and let us run the show”. My point is that it is Clegg and his inner circle who, by insulting the membership, are taking such a view.Simon Titleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121239127665359267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277746591174465580.post-69806697502869719092013-06-27T08:38:24.134+01:002013-06-27T08:38:24.134+01:00I find it hugely alarming that you think being a m...I find it hugely alarming that you think being a member for 'only' 16 years is not enough to internalise you into the party. Given that one of the former northern council leaders I know joined after Nick, I suspect this is an ill researched stock to beat him with. Further, the message this sends to younger activists who aspire to help this party in the long run seems clear to me; shut up and leaflet, and let us run the show. With youth engagement in politics already so low, this is a baffling stance to take. <br /><br />T. Oliver, Hull.Aremayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04407684997443152339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277746591174465580.post-81081515392660080292013-06-27T08:11:01.577+01:002013-06-27T08:11:01.577+01:00Thanks - corrected.Thanks - corrected.Simon Titleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121239127665359267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277746591174465580.post-31106329319946592652013-06-27T00:52:39.292+01:002013-06-27T00:52:39.292+01:00Minor correction: Nick became an MEP in 1999 not 2...Minor correction: Nick became an MEP in 1999 not 2001.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14504938606041630916noreply@blogger.com