Jo Swinson was strutting about 4 weeks ago proclaiming herself as the next Liberal prime minister. She'd have been better off aiming a bit lower, by concentrating on becoming the next Liberal MP in her own fooking seat.
she was the party leader, of course she talked about being PM. And She didnt lose her seat because Lib Dems did badly, they improved their vote share considerably. She lost because Scotland.
Know your place woman. Then if she had said she was aiming for 30 seats you would have said she lacked ambition. She was a poor leader but I really don't know why people have it in for her. To paraphrase Nixon yiubwont have swinson to kick around anymore.
she was the party leader, of course she talked about being PM. And She didnt lose her seat because Lib Dems did badly, they improved their vote share considerably. She lost because Scotland."
Not true. The Lib Dems took a seat off the SNP in East Fife. She lost her seat despite being party leader (which usually gives candidates a bounce) because she fought a lousy campaign. And her failure does matter to the whole nation, because the Labour party is toxic right now and there was a golden opportunity for the Lib Dems to become a viable centrist alternative. But she made a whole series of tactical and policy blunders, and as far as I can tell was not much of a liberal or much of a democrat.
Her failure also matters to the nation in other ways. There is huge popular support for some sort of reform to the laws preventing assisted dying. Any party with the word "Liberal" in its title should be squarely behind such reform, because, you know individual autonomy versus the state and all that shizz. It even used to be Lib Dem policy, but disappeared from their manifesto in 2017 (due, I suspect to Farron's religious fundamentalism) and should have been reinstated by Swinson, so that the nation could start having a grown up political conversation about it - she didn't even need to go all out - she could have proposed a Royal Commission. Or a referendum. At least it would have got it on the agenda.
In the meantime paraplegics have to starve themselves to death because the government will prosecute anyone who helps them get on a one way flight to Switzerland.
And it was her job, as leader of the Liberal party, to make that argument on behalf of those people.
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That is unkind.
she was the party leader, of course she talked about being PM. And She didnt lose her seat because Lib Dems did badly, they improved their vote share considerably. She lost because Scotland.
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Know your place woman. Then if she had said she was aiming for 30 seats you would have said she lacked ambition. She was a poor leader but I really don't know why people have it in for her. To paraphrase Nixon yiubwont have swinson to kick around anymore.
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Nothing like grace in victory, eh HD?
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"That is unkind.
she was the party leader, of course she talked about being PM. And She didnt lose her seat because Lib Dems did badly, they improved their vote share considerably. She lost because Scotland."
Not true. The Lib Dems took a seat off the SNP in East Fife. She lost her seat despite being party leader (which usually gives candidates a bounce) because she fought a lousy campaign. And her failure does matter to the whole nation, because the Labour party is toxic right now and there was a golden opportunity for the Lib Dems to become a viable centrist alternative. But she made a whole series of tactical and policy blunders, and as far as I can tell was not much of a liberal or much of a democrat.
Her failure also matters to the nation in other ways. There is huge popular support for some sort of reform to the laws preventing assisted dying. Any party with the word "Liberal" in its title should be squarely behind such reform, because, you know individual autonomy versus the state and all that shizz. It even used to be Lib Dem policy, but disappeared from their manifesto in 2017 (due, I suspect to Farron's religious fundamentalism) and should have been reinstated by Swinson, so that the nation could start having a grown up political conversation about it - she didn't even need to go all out - she could have proposed a Royal Commission. Or a referendum. At least it would have got it on the agenda.
In the meantime paraplegics have to starve themselves to death because the government will prosecute anyone who helps them get on a one way flight to Switzerland.
And it was her job, as leader of the Liberal party, to make that argument on behalf of those people.
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Heh @ the OP
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THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE RETARDED THREAD ANNOUNCEMENT
this thread is retarded
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She was a poor candidate but I wonder if there is not inconsiderable part of the electorate and media that won't support a young woman as leader.
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SUCH HUBRIS INDEED!!
BY THE WAY, ON AN ENTIRELY UNRELATED NOTE, I DO LIKE YOUR OTHER THREAD PROCLAIMING BRAVE BORIS AS THE WHITE SAVIOUR OF WESTERN DEMOCRACY
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