UKIP former Gosport Chairman joins LibDems

This-England · 10-12-2006, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Wilde

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Originally Posted by mkpdavies

Orange book liberals are much more sensible, classical liberals in the true sense.

They should be joining UKIP if anything.

I agree they sound much more like classical liberals on many issues. What do they say about the EU, though?

A lot of them tend to be very Eurosceptic.
In most European countries where PR is in place they are usually two Liberal parties one Social and one Classical.

This-England · 10-12-2006, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by kernow

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Originally Posted by Tom Wilde

I agree they sound much more like classical liberals on many issues. What do they say about the EU, though?

The "old Liberal Party to the best of my knowledge was and is anti-EU! The Liberal Democrats on the other hand are a "Mongrel breed" who are the result of a mix of old Labour and old Liberal combining the worst of both breeds!

One the first vote in the Commons on the EEC as it was then every Liberal MP voted for it.
The SNP and Plaid Cymru all voted against.
Most Labour MP's voted against and a small number of Conservatives voted against.

kernow · 10-12-2006, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by This-England

One the first vote in the Commons on the EEC as it was then every Liberal MP voted for it.
The SNP and Plaid Cymru all voted against.
Most Labour MP's voted against and a small number of Conservatives voted against.

Well, well, I don't disbalieve you, it just shows even somebody as perfect as me can be wrong!

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Internationalist · 10-12-2006, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by kernow

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Originally Posted by This-England

One the first vote in the Commons on the EEC as it was then every Liberal MP voted for it.
The SNP and Plaid Cymru all voted against.
Most Labour MP's voted against and a small number of Conservatives voted against.

Well, well, I don't disbalieve you, it just shows even somebody as perfect as me can be wrong!

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You are not wrong kernow: the "old" Liberals (as in the breakaway Liberals who did not approve of the merger with the SDP) are anti-EU, but the Liberal party in the 1970s was largely in favour.

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