Comments for My Very Infrequently Updated Lib Dem Blog http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com Stuff I'm doing with the party, and other things if I ever get around to doing any. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:55:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Poll – We’re Back on Track by James Finnie http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/poll-were-back-on-track/#comment-284 James Finnie Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:55:10 +0000 http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/poll-were-back-on-track/#comment-284 Agree you weren't on track - don't agree you are back on track. That said, almost required medical attention reading Katy "only 3378 votes ? ! " Gordons blog with Jinky Jakie James Harrison claiming that he'd had every call in four streets saying they'd vote for her. I know he's a egomaniacal misfit but she should have realised that before repeating his nonsense in her much lauded and plugged blog (only by Scottish Lib Dem blog love in ). That said if he should ever phone me up I am prepared to say anything to get him off my line- may explain it! Keep battering away and you might catch the Greens in the GE - although don't count on it! Got a leaflet recently - love the "straight fight with Labour bit " not sure Wee Ann sees you lot as anything to worry about ; think Patrick Grady might be of greater interest !! Agree you weren’t on track – don’t agree you are back on track. That said, almost required medical attention reading Katy “only 3378 votes ? ! ” Gordons blog with Jinky Jakie James Harrison claiming that he’d had every call in four streets saying they’d vote for her. I know he’s a egomaniacal misfit but she should have realised that before repeating his nonsense in her much lauded and plugged blog (only by Scottish Lib Dem blog love in ). That said if he should ever phone me up I am prepared to say anything to get him off my line- may explain it!

Keep battering away and you might catch the Greens in the GE – although don’t count on it! Got a leaflet recently – love the “straight fight with Labour bit ” not sure Wee Ann sees you lot as anything to worry about ; think Patrick Grady might be of greater interest !!

]]> Comment on Poll – We’re Back on Track by ruaraidhdobson http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/poll-were-back-on-track/#comment-283 ruaraidhdobson Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:09:07 +0000 http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/poll-were-back-on-track/#comment-283 I don't know why it's so bloody fuzzy though... I don’t know why it’s so bloody fuzzy though…

]]> Comment on Poll – We’re Back on Track by Stephen Glenn http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/poll-were-back-on-track/#comment-282 Stephen Glenn Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:50:55 +0000 http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/poll-were-back-on-track/#comment-282 Hmmm. Donoughts. :) Agree with you this poll is a step in the right direction. You know about the rest ;) Hmmm. Donoughts. :)

Agree with you this poll is a step in the right direction. You know about the rest ;)

]]> Comment on Aberdeenshire and the Executive Committee by Top of the Blogs: The Golden Ton (Nos. 41-60) http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/aberdeenshire-and-the-executive-committee/#comment-274 Top of the Blogs: The Golden Ton (Nos. 41-60) Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:59:24 +0000 http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-274 [...] in Norwich? (James Graham) 56. Liberal Youth Elections- fought between factions (Alasdair Wood) 57. Aberdeenshire and the Executive Committee (Ruaraidh Dobson) 58. A Watford Conservative speaks about Ian Oakley (Sara Bedford) 59. As Lib Dems [...] [...] in Norwich? (James Graham) 56. Liberal Youth Elections- fought between factions (Alasdair Wood) 57. Aberdeenshire and the Executive Committee (Ruaraidh Dobson) 58. A Watford Conservative speaks about Ian Oakley (Sara Bedford) 59. As Lib Dems [...]

]]> Comment on Edinburgh West – Much Ado about a Five-Figure Majority by Stephen Glenn http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/edinburgh-west-%e2%80%93-much-ado-about-a-five-figure-majority/#comment-261 Stephen Glenn Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:13:46 +0000 http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-261 Have to agree the race for the selection may well turn out to be more gripping than the actually General Election vote. As I posted last weekend I totally agree with your last paragraph. Have to agree the race for the selection may well turn out to be more gripping than the actually General Election vote. As I posted last weekend I totally agree with your last paragraph.

]]> Comment on The Tuition Fees Debate – The Director’s Cut Redux by James Harrison (President - Glasgow Uni Lib Dems) http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/the-tuition-fees-debate-the-directors-cut-redux/#comment-258 James Harrison (President - Glasgow Uni Lib Dems) Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:46:21 +0000 http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/?p=168#comment-258 Couldn't agree more Ruaraidh. Jo you are entirely wrong, I'm afraid the party will lose a lot of support if the tuition fees policy is axed, mine included. It is a RIGHT for free education, not a privalage. I don't care how much it costs, the principal is what counts. I joined the Lib Dems because they were clear in how much they cared for the concerns of young people! Supporting fees will be the biggest mistake the party can EVER make. Couldn’t agree more Ruaraidh.

Jo you are entirely wrong, I’m afraid the party will lose a lot of support if the tuition fees policy is axed, mine included.

It is a RIGHT for free education, not a privalage. I don’t care how much it costs, the principal is what counts. I joined the Lib Dems because they were clear in how much they cared for the concerns of young people!

Supporting fees will be the biggest mistake the party can EVER make.

]]> Comment on The Tuition Fees Debate – The Director’s Cut Redux by James Graham http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/the-tuition-fees-debate-the-directors-cut-redux/#comment-257 James Graham Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:12:28 +0000 http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/?p=168#comment-257 Don't be ridiculous. Blade Runner hasn't been rereleased anything like that many times! ;) Don’t be ridiculous.

Blade Runner hasn’t been rereleased anything like that many times! ;)

]]> Comment on The Tuition Fees Debate – The Director’s Cut Redux by Jo Christie-Smith http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/the-tuition-fees-debate-the-directors-cut-redux/#comment-256 Jo Christie-Smith Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:12:08 +0000 http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/?p=168#comment-256 No - it's a lousy policy that IS unaffordable (that is the whole point by the way) and does nothing to deal with increasing inequaity. Having free fees and grants didn't increase the number of people from diverse backgrounds going to University. But all the people on salaries much, much lower that most grduates have to pay for it! It is a lousy policy and one that won't win us any votes - aprt from perhaps a few university towns but the rest of us are fed up with it. No – it’s a lousy policy that IS unaffordable (that is the whole point by the way) and does nothing to deal with increasing inequaity.

Having free fees and grants didn’t increase the number of people from diverse backgrounds going to University.

But all the people on salaries much, much lower that most grduates have to pay for it!

It is a lousy policy and one that won’t win us any votes – aprt from perhaps a few university towns but the rest of us are fed up with it.

]]> Comment on The Tuition Fees Debate – The Director’s Cut Redux by Chris Lovell http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/the-tuition-fees-debate-the-directors-cut-redux/#comment-255 Chris Lovell Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:39:39 +0000 http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/?p=168#comment-255 Couldn't agree more! It's a great, flagship policy and one that makes us genuinely different from the other two parties. Couldn’t agree more! It’s a great, flagship policy and one that makes us genuinely different from the other two parties.

]]> Comment on Being in Argyll… by ruaraidhdobson http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/being-in-argyll/#comment-254 ruaraidhdobson Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:08:31 +0000 http://ruaraidhdobson.wordpress.com/?p=155#comment-254 And I always thought Nats were arrogant! And I always thought Nats were arrogant!

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