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Denzil_DC

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5. I saw some of Cliffe's Tweets after the flurry of activity.

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 07:32 AM

Oct 2017

There seemed to be some confusion (maybe mine) about whether he was proposing a new party or an extra-parliamentary "movement" of some sort.

There's certainly a need to tap into and channel the rising Remain sentiment out there somehow.

The Lib Dems may have the policies on paper, but they're not even the third largest party at Westminster nowadays (another pro-Remain party is, though not a UK-wide force) and I'm not detecting much impact from their stance, let alone electoral rewards for it.

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Two cabinet ministers 'interested in new anti-Brexit party idea' (allegedly) [View all] T_i_B Aug 2017 OP

Basically, it sounds like a way to reinvent the SDP and "New Labour" Ken Burch Aug 2017 #1

This can only be refuted with hard evidence T_i_B Aug 2017 #3

I think there should be more cross-party collaboration against Brexit and other far-right ideas LeftishBrit Aug 2017 #2

And another one! T_i_B Oct 2017 #4

I saw some of Cliffe's Tweets after the flurry of activity. Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #5

It's worth looking at the Liberal Democrats problems... T_i_B Oct 2017 #6

I suspect there'd be more likelihood of an immediate impact Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #7

Herding cats... T_i_B Nov 2017 #8

Indeed. Denzil_DC Nov 2017 #9