I said that it was "kinda against the point of democracy" for a politicians to say "screw you guys, I'm doing what I wanna do, and if you don't like it then too bad, 'cause who else are you going to vote for?"
There are plenty of other people to vote for. They're putting forward their platform and inviting people to vote for them if they agree with it. They're also saying that they'll be reluctant to reverse any of their policy elements after the election, which seems fair - after all, if they turn round and do exactly the opposite of what they said, they'll look a bit cynical.
I would have thought it would be more undemocratic to accept people's votes and then forget exactly what it was you told your supporters you were going to do, but maybe I'm just strange.
My argument is rather that the Lib Dems are alienating the people that they are supposed to be representing, and are going to lose a fair chunk of voters because of it.
By having a policy and planning on sticking to it? The Scottish electorate have never voted for independence - presumably the SNP should therefore give up on the idea? After all, if more people consistently vote against it than for, it must be a major vote-loser.
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Date: 2007-02-19 07:23 pm (UTC)There are plenty of other people to vote for. They're putting forward their platform and inviting people to vote for them if they agree with it. They're also saying that they'll be reluctant to reverse any of their policy elements after the election, which seems fair - after all, if they turn round and do exactly the opposite of what they said, they'll look a bit cynical.
I would have thought it would be more undemocratic to accept people's votes and then forget exactly what it was you told your supporters you were going to do, but maybe I'm just strange.
My argument is rather that the Lib Dems are alienating the people that they are supposed to be representing, and are going to lose a fair chunk of voters because of it.
By having a policy and planning on sticking to it? The Scottish electorate have never voted for independence - presumably the SNP should therefore give up on the idea? After all, if more people consistently vote against it than for, it must be a major vote-loser.