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Welcome to the life of a Lib Dem supporter. Forever frustrated because you can see what you need to say but can’t here anyone saying it. Well rest assured we are saying it, just the press aren’t reporting it. Why? Well it is partly our fault, and Ming’s fault, but it mainly isn’t, its just normal service resumed.

Our job is to push, fight, scramble and joust for every breath of exposure, every leaflet delivered and every ward and seat won.

If your commitment to the Lib Dems is just about looking at the blogs and saying “sack Ming” what use are you too us?

All you are then is one vote - and by the looks of it not even a firm vote.

So why don’t you become more than one vote? Get down to Ealing Southall and learn what it is to be a Lib Dem! Become 5 votes or 10 votes or 20 votes. TAlk to people, convince them, urge them, impress them, move them with your passion and commitment.

But then again sitting at home and commenting on blogs is much easier.

Do you know what questions were asked to get those figures? Do you know how the answers were weighted by the pollster? Do you know how large the sample and how that sample were selected? Do you know whether those numbers were certain to vote or may vote or just everybody? Do you know hether those polls have been adjusted for “don’t knows”?

Or are you talking about trend? How does that trend compare to this point in other parliaments?

OK, I was an ordinary voter until a few months ago!

No you weren’t, see above.

the polls.

LOL! A) expriest has already comprehensively rebutted that, which you are clearly just avoiding. B) Reading too much into polls doesn’t make you “ordinary” - it makes you an anorak who spends too much time looking at statistics. C) If I had a pound every time, over the past 12 years, I had been told the Lib Dems were going to go backwards in the next General Election because of “the polls” I would be a rich man!

OK, I was an ordinary voter until a few months ago!

On what basis do you claim to be more “in touch” with the “ordinary voter” than the rest of us?

In the Lib Dem context, I suppose the simple answer to that question would be: the polls.

You are not an “ordinary voter”. You are a voter - no such thing as “ordinary” - each voter believes different things and makes up there minds based on different things.

You are one voice not many.

But you do reflect a strand of opinion - a valid strand of opinion - and you are lobbying - yes you are! - and why shouldn’t you.

Not sure how strong or prevelant that opinion is. But you never seem to suggest any way forward except “Chuck Ming, Get Chris” - unless you set out why this would make a blind bit of difference you are basically just saying “Chuck Ming”.

So Come on - up to the plate - now’s your chance - get positive on my ass.

xp

On what basis do you claim to be more “in touch” with the “ordinary voter” than the rest of us?