LibDems: Is it time to call it a day?

A sad cartoon some might say, sickening to others. If the truth be told it strikes a raw nerve. Ming's leadership is becoming a liability to the Liberal Democrat party.

It's no-longer a laughing matter. The party is in trouble there can be no doubt about that. A lot of the dead wood needs to be cleared out. Some of the heavyweights at HQ are trying to put a gloss on the current situation and are rather foolishly ignoring the electoral meltdown. Talk about spin, how dare Mark Pack write such garbage. An absolute load of cobblers. A complete misrepresentation of the truth. What is it all for. Is somebody trying to suggest people are idiots and will believe such crap? Better to say nothing than to write something so stupid.

In Wales, Peter Black AM has been castigated for speaking his mind. The next thing you will hear is a suggestion that he is bringing the party into disrepute or he will be stigmatised by the heavyweights in London. They can't actully shut him up. As a member of the LibDem Welsh party there's not much they can really do to him except make verbal noise. No right thinking person in Wales would blame Peter after the disastrous results. Quite sure some of the LibDems in Wales will come out and support him.

In Scotland the LibDems have now turned down the prospect of a coalition with the SNP to form the next government. Scottish Lib Dem leader Nicol Stephen has indicated they refuse to consider the Nationalists' demand for a referendum on independence.

Why are the LibDems taking this undemocratic stance. From all indications, the vast majority of the Scottish electorate including Scottish party members want a referendum. I personally don't like the idea of an independent Scotland but I'm not Scottish. It's the right of the Scottish people to determine the country's destiny not a few individuals.

I suspect the real reason behind the LibDems stance is more about stopping the Nationalist's leader Alex Salmond becoming Scotland's First Minister than any referendum.

Simon Jenkins article in today's Guardian TATTERS the party suggesting it's time to disband. He writes,

What are Liberal Democrats for? They are the flotsam of 20th-century politics drifting on into the 21st, coagulated from ancient clubs, cabals, splits and defections from other parties. Not since the 19th century have they cohered round any great interest. They represent no mass movement, no breaking of the political mould. Ask a Liberal Democrat what he or she is for and you get only a susurration of platitudes.

LibDems won't find it very complimentary but they will have to admit there are elements of truth in his words. Bit harsh to suggest the party disbands but the way things are heading it's going to be reduced to a minority party if care is not taken. Come the GE the party will lose many of the seats they were so proud of gaining last time around.

Update: Blog find : This post led me to THIS.