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Thoughts on betrayal
May. 18th, 2019 03:28 pmFound a dismal little clutch of leaflets on my doorstep today, some 10 days after I filled in and mailed my postal vote for the Lib Dems. These were from Labour, the Yorkshire Party and UKIP. I did actually read them (on the principal of "know thine enemy") and was surprised to find them remarkably similar. I don't just mean the Brexit-fudging in which they all indulged, it was also that the key message in each case was to vote for them in order to give a message to another party (or parties - Yorkshire Party seems to be against everybody!) which they reckoned had betrayed their cause.
I looked back at the Lib Dem leaflet that arrived nearly 2 weeks ago. Yes, it does mention other parties, but clearly in order to differentiate their own messages. And the messages are positive: prosperity in Europe, working together on the climate emergency, protecting public services. It feels good to read.
Sure, I'm a longtime Lib Dem so you would expect me to like it, but I have seen plenty of my own party's leaflets which have annoyed me or put me off or tested my loyalty. This wasn't one of them. But if I had been a member of one of these other parties, I don't think their offerings would have made me keen to vote at all.
I looked back at the Lib Dem leaflet that arrived nearly 2 weeks ago. Yes, it does mention other parties, but clearly in order to differentiate their own messages. And the messages are positive: prosperity in Europe, working together on the climate emergency, protecting public services. It feels good to read.
Sure, I'm a longtime Lib Dem so you would expect me to like it, but I have seen plenty of my own party's leaflets which have annoyed me or put me off or tested my loyalty. This wasn't one of them. But if I had been a member of one of these other parties, I don't think their offerings would have made me keen to vote at all.
