Back to the Future
TB has met many a misty eyed
The reaction to the last post proved what TB has suspected in the last few weeks- that already the invisible-primary of the CF elections has begun. We have seen a flurry of backroom activity, fundraisers set up and strange allegiances emerging.
This got TB thinking that we have a real chance to have a proper debate about what direction CF should go in politically. No longer should CF elections be about who can mobilise the most of their mates to vote, or which candidate can get the most people drunk on a national tour. Why can't we have a hard fought ideological battle.
TB would love to see a libertarian/right candidate battle it out with someone from the left of the Party next time round.
Let's find our real direction.
So while the late night phonecalls and msn-chats are underway - no doubt soon to be replaced with drunken declarations of support in late night bars at conference, why don't the candidates take the opportunity of what is set to be an extremely long election campaign to nail to the mast their colours and communicate what they believe in. TB would like to see the internet utilised more this election. If you are think of running and you are doing it for the right reasons, not just personal aggrandisement, why not get a policy debate up and running now? Why not pitch a manifesto of what you believe in now, before you are forced to promise the world at the hustings?
Lets find out what we all really stand for, what the next generation of the party truly believe in and what we will fight for.
FCS
hack who, over a drink or two has spoken with rose-tinted glasses of the days when political beliefs and factions dominated the Party youth elections.The reaction to the last post proved what TB has suspected in the last few weeks- that already the invisible-primary of the CF elections has begun. We have seen a flurry of backroom activity, fundraisers set up and strange allegiances emerging.
This got TB thinking that we have a real chance to have a proper debate about what direction CF should go in politically. No longer should CF elections be about who can mobilise the most of their mates to vote, or which candidate can get the most people drunk on a national tour. Why can't we have a hard fought ideological battle.
TB would love to see a libertarian/right candidate battle it out with someone from the left of the Party next time round.
Let's find our real direction.
So while the late night phonecalls and msn-chats are underway - no doubt soon to be replaced with drunken declarations of support in late night bars at conference, why don't the candidates take the opportunity of what is set to be an extremely long election campaign to nail to the mast their colours and communicate what they believe in. TB would like to see the internet utilised more this election. If you are think of running and you are doing it for the right reasons, not just personal aggrandisement, why not get a policy debate up and running now? Why not pitch a manifesto of what you believe in now, before you are forced to promise the world at the hustings?
Lets find out what we all really stand for, what the next generation of the party truly believe in and what we will fight for.
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libertarian doesnt mean right-wing
no shit sherlock - the slash denotes an either/or situation.
Either someone from the Libertarian or the Right-Wing of the Party taking on someone from the Left.
yawn.
Rumours abound that Richardson is back in the ring..
https://londonspin.blogspot.com/2008/07/matt-richardson-contemplating-national.html
Politics? In the Tory youth wing? Isn't it all about managerialism nowadays?
In my day we would have been running election campaigns with pictures of us holding Ak47s alongside the mujahideen fighting the Soviets showing our commitment to freedom.
Whatever happened to those Afghan rebels?
I do hope whoever gets in introduces 2 year terms, the current exec have only been in a very short time and everybody's already speculating about who's going to replace them...
you have a rather prodigious readership it seems mr bear.
guido fawkes clearly, dizzy and dale pinch your stories...
impressive.
"I do hope whoever gets in introduces 2 year terms, the current exec have only been in a very short time and everybody's already speculating about who's going to replace them..."
This is because they are, with the exception of May and Douglas, Kwik Save calibre at best.
Hasn't Michael Rock banned politics from CF?
If there still are NME elections next time around...
Good for people to know.