So, apparently, thon old chap who leads the Lib Dems is stepping down.

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09-07-2018, 09:03 AM
Burney

So, apparently, thon old chap who leads the Lib Dems is stepping down.

He wants to change the rules so that a non-MP can lead the Party.

I'm really not sure how that's supposed to work. :rubchin:
09-07-2018, 09:06 AM
71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat

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Originally Posted by Burney

He wants to change the rules so that a non-MP can lead the Party.

I'm really not sure how that's supposed to work. :rubchin:

Works for UKIP and The Greens, both about as relevant as the LDs.
09-07-2018, 09:07 AM
Pokster

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Originally Posted by Burney

He wants to change the rules so that a non-MP can lead the Party.

I'm really not sure how that's supposed to work. :rubchin:

SNP, Greens , Welshers...... and used to happen more in the UK... so can work and you could argue that a leader not having to concentrate on the daily MP job COULD do a better job than an elected MP
09-07-2018, 09:15 AM
Sir C

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Originally Posted by Burney

He wants to change the rules so that a non-MP can lead the Party.

I'm really not sure how that's supposed to work. :rubchin:

Hitler was a successful party leader without being an MP #ken
09-07-2018, 09:19 AM
Peter

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Hitler was a successful party leader without being an MP #ken

So was Farage. Yet another similarity between the two :)
09-07-2018, 09:20 AM
Peter

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Originally Posted by Burney

He wants to change the rules so that a non-MP can lead the Party.

I'm really not sure how that's supposed to work. :rubchin:

Its inevitable isnt it?
09-07-2018, 09:34 AM
Sir C

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Originally Posted by Peter

So was Farage. Yet another similarity between the two :)

They seem quite different to me. Hitler didn't drink Farage does. Hitler was vegetarian(ish). Farage isn't. Hitler didn't like foreigners. Farage is married to one.

Chalk and, if I may say, cheese. :judge:
09-07-2018, 09:50 AM
Peter

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Originally Posted by Sir C

They seem quite different to me. Hitler didn't drink Farage does. Hitler was vegetarian(ish). Farage isn't. Hitler didn't like foreigners. Farage is married to one.

Chalk and, if I may say, cheese. :judge:

I believe Hitler farted a lot. I have no idea whether Farage does.

Also, Farage does go on about fishing a lot more than Hitler did.
09-07-2018, 11:30 AM
Burney

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Originally Posted by Pokster

SNP, Greens , Welshers...... and used to happen more in the UK... so can work and you could argue that a leader not having to concentrate on the daily MP job COULD do a better job than an elected MP

Thing is, those are either fringe parties or separatist parties where the leader sits in their own Parliament/Assembly. The LibDems are supposed to be an actual, serious, nationwide, Parliamentary party. To appoint a non-MP as leader would effectively be to admit that they are just a fringe party.
09-07-2018, 11:39 AM
Luis Anaconda

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Originally Posted by Burney

Thing is, those are either fringe parties or separatist parties where the leader sits in their own Parliament/Assembly. The LibDems are supposed to be an actual, serious, nationwide, Parliamentary party. To appoint a non-MP as leader would effectively be to admit that they are just a fringe party.

I thought that did that when they appointed that chinless Tim Farron, but I have to say I was taken aback when I read the whole non-MP thing. Maybe they want to appoint Charles Kennedy's ghost. At least people noticed them when he was the leader
09-07-2018, 11:42 AM
Herbert Augustus Chapman

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Originally Posted by Peter

I believe Hitler farted a lot. I have no idea whether Farage does.

Also, Farage does go on about fishing a lot more than Hitler did.

Hitler wasn't very fond of Monty. Farage thinks he's OK'ish.
09-07-2018, 11:47 AM
Burney

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Originally Posted by Sir C

They seem quite different to me. Hitler didn't drink Farage does. Hitler was vegetarian(ish). Farage isn't. Hitler didn't like foreigners. Farage is married to one.

Chalk and, if I may say, cheese. :judge:

Farage only has one ball, whereas Hitl...oh.
09-07-2018, 11:54 AM
Burney

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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda

I thought that did that when they appointed that chinless Tim Farron, but I have to say I was taken aback when I read the whole non-MP thing. Maybe they want to appoint Charles Kennedy's ghost. At least people noticed them when he was the leader

The other thing is that it's a fairly massive insult to their sitting MPs (and the people who voted for them) that they don't think any of them is good enough to lead the party :hehe:
09-07-2018, 11:54 AM
IUFG

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Originally Posted by Burney

Farage only has one ball, whereas Hitl...oh.

has its own wiki page...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possib...f_Adolf_Hitler

"... there was nothing wrong with Hitler's testicles."
09-07-2018, 11:59 AM
Burney

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Originally Posted by IUFG

has its own wiki page...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possib...f_Adolf_Hitler

"... there was nothing wrong with Hitler's testicles."

Yes. I knew that, i. But I felt that introducing that historical fact might have spoiled the joke a bit. :-|

But thanks for pointing it out.
09-07-2018, 12:02 PM
IUFG

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Originally Posted by Burney

Yes. I knew that, i. But I felt that introducing that historical fact might have spoiled the joke a bit. :-|

But thanks for pointing it out.

I wasn't attempting to micturate on one's pomme frites, b...