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Originally Posted by SuperiorSteve
What are your thoughts on a UKIP/Liberal Party/Green Party alliance?
I was just looking at some papers I have and realised the Greens are anti-EU and have some very good policies.
We should perhaps offer a coalition in local, National and European elections.
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I think it is an excellent idea!
I've read that the Liberal Assembly passed a motion (in about 2000 or 2001, I think) barring the party's leadership from ever entering into an alliance or a merger with any other party. If that resolution is still in force then it would be a barrier to the Liberals joining any formal alliance. However, if there was strong support for such an alliance then the next Liberal Assembly could of course vote to approve it.
There are of course many policy differences betwen the three parties - in fact apart from the detailed differences, the whole approaches are different. I went over to the Liberals because their approach suited me better. Therefore alternatively, rather than a formal alliance with shared policies, it might be better to aim for more informal co-operation stopping short of an actual alliance. Nigel Farage and Steve Radford seem to have a good working relationship - I seem to remember that they have shared a platform at at least two recent demonstrations (ID card and referendum on Lisbon?)