If there's one thing that Liberals don't respond well to...

[miss_s_b]

Yeah, OK, there are lots of things Liberals don't respond well to. But really, Cleggy? REALLY? If I don't agree with every word of Shirley Williams' motion I am on the side of Andy Burnham?

Well, I guess I'm on the side of Andy Burnham, then. OR NOT. What is WITH YOU? Do you think that sort of wankery is going to make me, and others who don't appreciate what you're doing IN OUR NAME less annoyed with you? Really? Are you THAT stupid? See, this is the thing. I don't think you ARE that stupid. I think you are actively trying to drive me and others like me out of the party. And you know what? You're going to have to try a damn sight harder than that.

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I just deleted a long stream of invective here, but I really am, very very angry. It's probably a good job I'm not in Gateshead.

Comments

[lizw]

If he's trying to drive me out, he's currently doing a bloody good job, what with the substance of what we've been doing on benefits + manipulating procedure in the worst way both in Parliament and at Conference + rhetoric like this. Awaiting the outcome of the emergency motion and George Potter's attempts (with others) to get the Parliamentary Reports rejected, plus a chat with djm4 when he gets back from Gateshead; but as matters stand, I don't expect to be a member of the Party by the end of this week :-(

[miss_s_b]

I'm currently in "I'm not going to let that arrogant southern tosser do this to MY FAMILY" mode. This may change, though.

[lizw]

More power to you. I'd be in that mode as well if I felt I realistically had the means of stopping him. I'd be kidding myself if I thought I could be more effective than George has been, given my current constraints. I still want to hear from djm4 what exactly happened there, and I'm glad the worst bit of the Shirley Williams motion got removed, but overall, this Conference hasn't given me much reason to feel I can achieve anything useful in this party at the moment.