tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974616.post3289355400118360768..comments2023-10-02T14:33:18.136+01:00Comments on The Very Fluffy Diary of Millennium Dome, Elephant: Day 4211: The Price for Dropping Lords Reform – VINCE FOR CHANCELLORMillennium Domehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430269096817934037noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974616.post-8799247172884515472012-07-15T23:17:36.981+01:002012-07-15T23:17:36.981+01:00That was a bit grudging, wasn't it.
What I sh...That was a bit grudging, wasn't it.<br /><br />What I should have said was that Andrew is right and I'm persuaded by what he says, and what Dave Page says here:<br /><br />http://jazzhandsseriousbusiness.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/chancellor-vince-would-be-a-compromise-too-far<br /><br />Reform of Parliament is TOO important to horse-trade away.<br /><br /><br />Vince shoud still be Chancellor, though :)Millennium Domehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430269096817934037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974616.post-62083388116633161062012-07-13T10:42:36.520+01:002012-07-13T10:42:36.520+01:00Yeah, fair enough.Yeah, fair enough.Millennium Domehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430269096817934037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974616.post-58317261127331370752012-07-12T13:29:53.335+01:002012-07-12T13:29:53.335+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Andrew Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07412263807838661843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974616.post-64275868124677348022012-07-12T13:29:23.594+01:002012-07-12T13:29:23.594+01:00I can't agree, I'm afraid. Even though we ...I can't agree, I'm afraid. Even though we all *know* that Vince should be Chancellor, that's too high a price to pay for it. If we give up on Lords reform, we give up on the hope that we can *ever* fix our broken system -- because we've given up on the idea that *even in government* the Lib Dems can make a substantive difference to the constitution.<br /><br />That means the only way Lords reform will *EVER* happen is if we get an actual Lib Dem majority government -- which we all know will never happen under the current system.<br /><br />We simply can't let them win this one, no matter what concessions we get in exchange. If we do we're as good as giving up on the party ever making a real difference.Andrew Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07412263807838661843noreply@blogger.com