2020 Liberal Democrats Leadership Election

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Hopefully Cooper wins or Jardine wins.

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A few questions:

1) Dawn, why does the SNP deserve to get its arse kicked? I'm an Atlantic Canadian so obviously I'm not sympathetic to seperatists tearing up the country, but why specifically?

Because they are nasty right-wing nationalists who actively and gleefully put David Cameron in office in 2015, and have been a major obstacle to anything approaching left of centre politics in this country because of their antics. Plus the adoration from some lefties in the rest of the UK towards them as if they are 'allies of Labour' or something along that just sickens me. Unfortunately the current situation (independence being desirable but not obtainable for the Scottish population) favours them heavily. They'll become unpopular eventually as all parties do but it won't be soon unfortunately.

(This is very much a personal opinion of mine and not gospel btw)

If the SNP are Right Wing, what is Scottish Labour, Conservatives in name.

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Hopefully Daisy Cooper will run in 2021

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Hopefully Daisy Cooper will run in 2021

More plausible than if the contest was going ahead this year, as originally planned.

True, but Coronavirus resulted in the lockdowns and also, do you think that Swinson will regain her seat in 2024?

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There's still Hobhouse

I can hardly contain my excitement.

Do you think that Swinson will regain her seat in 2024?

It is highly unlikely she runs. As for whether another LD candidate can do it, it depends if the SNP have become unpopular by then. It's got to happen eventually.

Do you think that Swinson has a future in providential politics in Scotland?

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Why is Moran even a LibDem? She could easily sit with the hard left at labour.

There’s nothing really liberal about any of the candidates

Imagine if the Corbynite voters went to the LibDems, resulting in the LibDems being left of Labour.

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Why is Moran even a LibDem? She could easily sit with the hard left at labour.

There’s nothing really liberal about any of the candidates

Imagine if the Corbynite voters went to the LibDems, resulting in the LibDems being left of Labour.

The Lib Dems were arguably overall to the left of Labour during parts of the 2000s.
Labour isn't inherently the more left-wing party.

I know that it went left of Labour, because of Blair and Iraq

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Moran wants to be the British Elizabeth Warren without being experienced in the topics, I guess?

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I wonder what the party would be had Norman Lamb had won the 2015 leadership election?

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When was the last time all three """major""" three """major""" three """major""" party leaders represented London constituencies? Has it ever happened before?

If it counts now, IMO 2017-19 should count. I know Maidenhead isn't technically in Greater London but it's probably no less of a London suburb than Kingston and Uxbridge is.

(caveat I've only taken a train past Maidenhead or Uxbridge and never been to Kingston/Surbiton, so I might be talking out my arse)

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