Comments on: Why didn’t Clegg visit H&H? http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/07/11/why-didnt-clegg-visit-hh/ "crass, boorish and more a bruiser than blogger" - Alex Wilcock Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:57:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: happichappi http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/07/11/why-didnt-clegg-visit-hh/#comment-191880 happichappi Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:48:46 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/07/11/why-didnt-clegg-visit-hh/#comment-191880 Ah yes, I see where you're coming from now. But there is a tension between the prospect of growing a movement and growing a party, obviously the two are linked but they cannot be exclusively intertwined in order to allow for growth. On the subject of H&H I still think it is a judgement call and it was ultimately the correct decision for Clegg not to allow his position of leadership be reduced to that of a supporting or subordinate role. Nevertheless he could definitely have done more to have been seen to actively encourage his front bench to show the party under him as allied to the cause. Ah yes, I see where you’re coming from now. But there is a tension between the prospect of growing a movement and growing a party, obviously the two are linked but they cannot be exclusively intertwined in order to allow for growth.
On the subject of H&H I still think it is a judgement call and it was ultimately the correct decision for Clegg not to allow his position of leadership be reduced to that of a supporting or subordinate role. Nevertheless he could definitely have done more to have been seen to actively encourage his front bench to show the party under him as allied to the cause.

]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/07/11/why-didnt-clegg-visit-hh/#comment-191630 Letters From A Tory Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:12:55 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/07/11/why-didnt-clegg-visit-hh/#comment-191630 You are assuming that Clegg is capable of building a movement, which seems highly improbable on the basis of what we've seen so far in 2008. He's been floundering more than he's been leading. http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com You are assuming that Clegg is capable of building a movement, which seems highly improbable on the basis of what we’ve seen so far in 2008. He’s been floundering more than he’s been leading.

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]]> By: James Graham http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/07/11/why-didnt-clegg-visit-hh/#comment-191202 James Graham Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:31:03 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/07/11/why-didnt-clegg-visit-hh/#comment-191202 Bizarre. I think they must have changed the URLs at the other end - now fixed. Having said that, I have a lot of time for Martin Kettle. Bizarre. I think they must have changed the URLs at the other end - now fixed. Having said that, I have a lot of time for Martin Kettle.

]]> By: Andy Hinton http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/07/11/why-didnt-clegg-visit-hh/#comment-191158 Andy Hinton Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:45:56 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/07/11/why-didnt-clegg-visit-hh/#comment-191158 Um... broken link. That one takes me to f**king Kettle (as good a definition of broken as I can think of). Um… broken link. That one takes me to f**king Kettle (as good a definition of broken as I can think of).

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