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What is the point of voting Liberal Democrat in Ealing?

Can somebody who is intending to do this in any of the local constituencies explain this to me?

Tricia Arbuthnot ● 1964d9 Comments

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Rosco White ● 1961d

I think the question should be 'What is the point of voting Liberal Democrat?'

Keith Iddon ● 1962d

Second referendum automatically equals the end of BrexitSay the remoaners GET IT DONE

Colin Goodman ● 1963d

Because those are the policies they support?

Susan Kelly ● 1964d

Sadly this is exactly right. The concept of an 'oven ready Brexit' is an even bigger lie that the £350 million for the NHS on the side of a bus. Sadly the opposition to Boris Johnson is so weak that nobody is explaining this to the part of the electorate that haven't worked it out for themselves.

Gordon Southwell ● 1964d

You are under a major misconception if you believe Brexit will some how be over if there is decisive Conservative victory.The agreement that Boris Johnson has obtained is just the broad outline of how we handle withdrawal. The real meaning of what Brexit actually is will only become apparent through the years of negotiations that will then become necessary. The lowest estimate that has been given by anyone who has the most rudimentary understanding of how trade talks work is around five years.Each stage of these will be highly controversial and divisive and more governments are likely to fall and more elections will be called as we grind our way through them. You need to work on the assumption that Brexit will dominate political life for the next decade at least.Johnson will come up against exactly the same problems that Theresa May experienced with Brexit in that the extreme wing of his party will not brook any compromise and prefer a crash out Brexit. So for example when it becomes apparent that it is impractical to exclude the EU fisheries fleet from British waters the negotiations will hit another log jam and it won't be possible any arrangement through parliament.If what bothers you is that Brexit is dragging on then the quickest way for us to be able to stop talking about it is the election of a coalition government that holds a second referendum. That sadly looks like a distant prospect even though every poll suggests the majority of the country would now prefer to remain in the EU.

Mark Evans ● 1964d

No intention of voting LibDem as there is absolutely no point in voting for a prty that will not be able to form a government and the last thing we need is a wooly co-alition that will drag the B word on for months, if not years, more.

N V Brooks ● 1964d

The Ealing North and Ealing South seats look certain to deliver a pro-Remain local candidate so you could vote Lib Dem without any risk. You may feel you need to do this to signal to the party that in future elections they could usefully devote resources to the area. Or you may be a Conservative voter who would never vote Labour under the present leadership but is concerned about Brexit and Boris Johnson's character.In Ealing Central and Acton there is a small but not insignificant danger of the Conservative candidate sneaking in so if your main aim is to stop Brexit then you have to vote for Rupa Huq.I've been surprised how hard and sometimes even dirty the Lib Dems have campaigned in Ealing Central and Acton. This seems to be a really quixotic waste of the party's slim resources which would have been much better spent in nearby seats such as Richmond Park. Their strategy seems to be driven by pique that Labour has refused a higher level of co-operation. They seemed to have missed the broader picture which is that if they want to play a part in the next government they need to help get as many Labour MPs elected as possible in seats where they are the most likely candidate to defeat the pro-Brexit party. That they appear not to have grasped this suggest that they may be falling to the massive levels of incompetence being shown by Labour and the Conservatives which is truly depressing.

Mark Evans ● 1964d

The Ealing seats are all pretty safely Labour these days so there isn't a huge need to vote tactically. In Ealing Central and Acton, I've not been impressed with the Lib Dem campaign. Their literature has been filled with dubious data and their patronising attitude to Rupa Huq ('Corbyn's Labour candidate) is off-putting. Rupa was of course elected prior to Corbyn becoming leader and nobody in their right mind would think she's a Corbynista.

Kevin Wilson ● 1964d