Vanessa, After this election I am sure there are quite a few Dismayed Labour and Dismayed Conservative voters out there also. I do not of course agree with Conal's refusal to accept the logic of Liberal Conservatism as embodied in the new Government. The Liberals and the Conservatives have always been closer historically than the Liberals and Labour. The Liberals changed and lurched to the Left when they merged with the Social Democrats that had left the Labour Party and have since attracted a wide variety of members and supporters varying from Greens like Andrew Dakers, CND supporters, bierdie wierdoes, sandal wearers, pacifists, soldiers like Paddy Ashdown, nicve middle class ladies who wouldn't been seen dead in the Labour Party, socialists like Vince Cable etc and right across the spectrum to Europhiles like Nick Clegg and to good hard-nosed economic and social Liberals like David Laws. I do agree with you about PR. Neither Labour nor the Conservatives want PR. The Lib Dems will be allowed their vote on the AV system and it will be opposed by most Conservative and Labour voters.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Dismayed Lib Dem voters...	20/05/10 12:05:00	Conal Stewart
Phew! ...	20/05/10 13:20:00	Sarah Felstead
Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters...	20/05/10 15:05:00	Vanessa Smith
Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters...	20/05/10 18:08:00	David Giles
Re:Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters...	21/05/10 17:58:00	Andrew Dakers
Re:Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters...	21/05/10 21:33:00	Neil Chippendale
Re:Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters...	23/05/10 13:19:00	Vanessa Smith
Re:Re:Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters...	24/05/10 14:34:00	David Giles
Re:Re:Re:Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters...	24/05/10 14:41:00	Vanessa Smith
Dismayed Lib Dem voters...	25/05/10 13:11:00	George Knox
Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters...	25/05/10 14:29:00	Steve Taylor
Re:Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters...	25/05/10 15:24:00	David Giles
Re:Re:Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters...	25/05/10 16:36:00	Steve Taylor
Re:Re:Re:Re:Dismayed Lib Dem voters...	25/05/10 17:04:00	David Giles

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