“Protest Votes”? August 31, 2008
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Over at CiF, Olly Kendall makes this point:
“Hitherto, the Lib Dems have been able to capture the zeitgeist on issues like the Iraq war, or abolition of tuition fees, or campaigning against post office closures. They have excelled in winning protest votes.”
Surely opposition to tuition fees, post office closures and the invasion of Iraq are policy decisions. On what basis does one join a party except its policies?
are you somehow suggesting parties have policies for reasons of integrity rather than purely to win votes???!!!???? ha! rinsed.