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Listed below are comments made by longjohnbarleycorn between Friday, 8th August 2008 and Friday, 8th August 2008.

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Preparing for battle 7:50pm on 08 Aug 2008 To oldnat-comment 2
Federalism has been LD policy for years-but what does it mean?It suggests to me that they should be supporting a multi question referendum with a detailed explanation of the term.And why are they not in government fighting for their local income tax?
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In a PR parliament perhaps we need more "Wilsons" and Rumbles,MSPs who are not disloyal but exhibit a degree of independent thought who can contribute to the general policy debate eg T Dalyell,F Field,even Byers and Milburn.There is something demeaning about lobby fodder MPs, MSPs.Who was the Glasgow East MP and how was he regarded? Can anyone name an interesting/provocative MSP?
Preparing for battle 7:12pm on 08 Aug 2008 PR was the Lib Dems most high profile ,identifiable success within the coalition,yet at the outset Labour showed no inclination to implement it.But they eventually succeeded. Lesson? Get to the cabinet table and use the position to your advantage,after all you are in the driving seat.Obviously T Scott prefers to snipe(sorry prefers the moral high ground) from the sidelines-where is the risk of parliamentary support,not for independence, but for approval for a referendum?But a more serious problem confronting the L Dems is what is their "narrative",as Finnie coined it.In fact is it not the case that platitudes describe the quotes from ALL Scottish parties-we all want apple pie?But who knows how to provide it?Answers on postage stamp!

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