The Real Opposition - our continuing commitment
February 6, 2006 6:34 PM
Despite the nine days' wonder of a rival party having a new leader - someone whom time will expose as short on principle and suspect on strategy - Liberal Democrats remain as we described ourselves in the general election: The Real Opposition. As we believe electors will recognise, the transitory distractions over recent weeks have no bearing on that. We continue to ask the critical questions and hold the government to account - whilst the Conservative leader milks empty headlines like the Blair clone he seems to want to be.
The electorate, we believe, insists on a wider choice - and a choice of values, not just a cynical contest for positioning at the centre (which, in the Conservatives' case, is not even remotely representative of the party at large).
Accordingly, people believe Liberal Democrats should not limit our ambitions. And neither do we!
And Liberal Democrats, unlike some, have not jettisoned wholesale the key points of policy as presented to the electorate last year. For instance:
- we remain opposed to the Iraq adventure;
- we remain vigilant against government attempts to constrain our civil liberties;
- we remain committed to constructive engagement over Europe
- we remain committed to replacing council tax with the infinitely fairer local income tax.
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