tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10829781.post8369114449417812990..comments2023-07-05T11:26:53.498+01:00Comments on A Big Stick and a Small Carrot: Sad but TrueGarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08188217045700587288noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10829781.post-58267292387782231322007-10-19T16:22:00.000+01:002007-10-19T16:22:00.000+01:00I think it was merciful for Ming that age became t...I think it was merciful for Ming that age became the issue. If people hadn't been writing about that, it would simply have boiled down to how feeble and uninspiring he was. The Lib Dem version of IDS.<BR/><BR/>Granted, it was though grossly wrong for the media to focus on age. They should have lampooned Ming for his failings as they do any other politician.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10829781.post-19304533394805654022007-10-17T13:46:00.000+01:002007-10-17T13:46:00.000+01:00I remember reading somewhere sometime (reliable in...I remember reading somewhere sometime (reliable information obviously) that some poll had asked people whether they would vote Lib Dem if they had a chance of winning - and the percentage went up quite a bit. <BR/><BR/>It makes my blood boil the way the sychophants for the Big Two will dismiss the Lib Dems as meaningless and nothing, thereby entirely discounting the views of over a fifth of the population. It makes sense for them to do so, but it's dishonest and patronising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com