Well, it does in some respects but I'm specifically annoyed with some of the Liberal activists who object to any attempt to use rhetoric that actually works and/or use of labels such as 'liberal socialist' to their idols like JS Mill (who was a socialist but in no way a marxist, let alone a Marxist).
But the thing is some of the Libertarians in the tories are headbanging loons, but others, like for example Alan Duncan, are fairly liberal, and the modern Conservative and Unionist party could, if it wanted and Cameron wasn't a twonk, claim a greater part of the party of Gladstone than the Lib Dems--the old Liberals split 5 times, 4 of those splits ended up in the Conservatives, Churchill being the most prominent.
But meh, it's not their activists or members I'm interested in, it's their soft supporters, especially in cities like Leeds, Sheffield and Bradford where the Tory party hasn't got a cat in hells chance of getting anywhere.
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Re: Also, in response to your headline:
Date: 2008-Sep-16, Tuesday 13:54 (UTC)But the thing is some of the Libertarians in the tories are headbanging loons, but others, like for example Alan Duncan, are fairly liberal, and the modern Conservative and Unionist party could, if it wanted and Cameron wasn't a twonk, claim a greater part of the party of Gladstone than the Lib Dems--the old Liberals split 5 times, 4 of those splits ended up in the Conservatives, Churchill being the most prominent.
But meh, it's not their activists or members I'm interested in, it's their soft supporters, especially in cities like Leeds, Sheffield and Bradford where the Tory party hasn't got a cat in hells chance of getting anywhere.