Tim Montgomery has been conducting an interesting thought experiment, asking people which party they would join if we scrapped the existing political parties and set up new ones.
Tim is suggesting that we might have four new parties instead:
1) The "Solidarity party", unashamedly left wing and pro public sector
2) The "Liberals," who would be both socially and economically liberal,
3) The "Nationals," economically liberal, small-government, moderately eurosceptic
4) The "Freedom party" of the patriotic right
You can see what they might look like at this" page on the twitpic site.
It gives an idea of how different our politics might look, and what a range of views are covered by the present government, that there would almost certainly be members of the present cabinet in all four parties - Vince Cable and some Lib/Dems in the "Solidarity" party, Nick Clegg and Danny Alexander in the "Liberals" quite possibly with some Conservatives such as George Osborne, David Cameron and a plurality of the Conservative leadership probably in the "Nationals" but a significant minority of Conservatives joining Norman Tebbit and Nigel Farage in the "Patriotic Party"
It's not going to happen, but if it did, and assuming all these parties were set up in a way which tackled any issues you may have with sleaze, party democracy, etc, which would you join?
Tim is suggesting that we might have four new parties instead:
1) The "Solidarity party", unashamedly left wing and pro public sector
2) The "Liberals," who would be both socially and economically liberal,
3) The "Nationals," economically liberal, small-government, moderately eurosceptic
4) The "Freedom party" of the patriotic right
You can see what they might look like at this" page on the twitpic site.
It gives an idea of how different our politics might look, and what a range of views are covered by the present government, that there would almost certainly be members of the present cabinet in all four parties - Vince Cable and some Lib/Dems in the "Solidarity" party, Nick Clegg and Danny Alexander in the "Liberals" quite possibly with some Conservatives such as George Osborne, David Cameron and a plurality of the Conservative leadership probably in the "Nationals" but a significant minority of Conservatives joining Norman Tebbit and Nigel Farage in the "Patriotic Party"
It's not going to happen, but if it did, and assuming all these parties were set up in a way which tackled any issues you may have with sleaze, party democracy, etc, which would you join?
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