tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post113793158935501945..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Mark Oaten - Who's Next to Fall in the LibDem Scandal Stakes?Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1138055181611990612006-01-23T22:26:00.000+00:002006-01-23T22:26:00.000+00:00Politics attracts a lot of people who believe they...Politics attracts a lot of people who believe they are cleverer than they actually are. Getting elected is largely down to presentation, your ability to make people think things about you that may not necessarily be true. Is it any surprise that the people best at this are those who have spent all or part of their lives with something to hide?<BR/><BR/>To be honest, the biggest disappointment, from a Lib Dem perspective, is that there was obviously not enough "quality control" over candidates. Allowing people with problems to rise to such positions was a mistake and, in private, that's going to have to be addressed. I think that a basically good political position has been undermined by personal failings.<BR/><BR/>I do have to say one thing though, I'm glad this is happening now and not 6 months before the next general election. Doubtless whoever takes over as leader is going to have a difficult job, but at least they'll have 3 or so years to do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1138016943668705712006-01-23T11:49:00.000+00:002006-01-23T11:49:00.000+00:00'Such a clean record'Thorpe's links to anattempted...'Such a clean record'<BR/><BR/>Thorpe's links to anattempted murder case, Ashdown's adultery, Kennedy's alcoholism, Hughes and Bermondsey, Hemming and 26 others, Oaten and a shower of boys, Kennedy and the questionable donations...<BR/><BR/>Relative to their size, that's not a bad run.PoliticalHackUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415484385177871124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1137935397799102952006-01-22T13:09:00.000+00:002006-01-22T13:09:00.000+00:00"one SUPPOSED scandal after another" That's a laug..."one SUPPOSED scandal after another" That's a laugh!<BR/><BR/>There are some jitters from Lib Dem members but that's not really a surprise. The Lib Dems have such a clean record compared to the corruption and sleaze of Labour and the Tories. You have to accept these thing happen occasionally though, however hard you try. Everybody is human.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1137934039320539062006-01-22T12:47:00.000+00:002006-01-22T12:47:00.000+00:00This stinks of a stitch-up. All of a sudden Oaten ...This stinks of a stitch-up. All of a sudden Oaten quits in the middle of the week and then this story comes out. (Unintentional pun there...) It's as if it were all planned in advance...Truculent Sheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07127319218313045629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1137933050547148682006-01-22T12:30:00.000+00:002006-01-22T12:30:00.000+00:00You can't seriously believe, that the "(apparent) ...You can't seriously believe, that the "(apparent) LibDem supporters" you quote from LDYS forum really are what they claim? If you read their other postings, you'll find out that they are mere internet trolls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com