>> LibDem is Stop Brexit and Only the LibDems can beat the Tories here. Referendum was
>> 56/43 Leave, candidate has never lived in Hants and local paper has just highlighted that
>> in August he was posting to social media comparing Govt. to Nazi party and saying
>> Johnson was emulating Adolf Hitler.
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We had that one as well, and their logic for claiming they were the only party that can beat the Tories was to point to local election results. In the last general election, they were third with 11% of the vote.
The one thing our candidate does have going for him is that he is a local. Born in the town, went to the same secondary school one of my kids goes to, and lives locally. But he doesn’t stand a chance.
Also, even as a Remainer, I am uncomfortable with the Lib Dem policy of simply revoking Article 50. I suspect it’s probably going to play a big part in their failure this week. A shame, as in other respects, I think they have the strongest manifesto of the three, with mostly sensible centre-ish policies that aren’t as reckless and populist as Labour’s, but a bit more socially responsible and more transparent than the Tories. I think they are the closest in terms of what the majority of British people think on many issues, certainly at a time where Labour and the Tories have gone extreme. But I strongly dislike their Brexit policy.
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