Despite winning the Dunfermline West seat from Labour, the Lib Dems in Scotland did not fair well. Frankly, we did not do has well as we should have. I have spent the weekend recovering from my own defeat in the Council election.
Admittedly I was standing in a ward that has been very left Labour for generations but I am surprised that the SNP did as well as they did taking a large proportion of the vote. There was not nationalist feeling on the doorsteps, just an anti-Labour feeling.
The question I want to think about is why the SNP became the party of protest for Labour voters. Why not the Lib Dems? After some thought I am going to examine the following issues:
1. The Polcies of the Parties
2. The Beliefs of the Voters (to give you and indication of where I will go with that issue think about this, I joined the Labour Party becuase of its beliefs and I left it because of its policies.)
3. Leadership
4. Party Strength
5. Campaiging Skills
Keep an eye out for these thoughts.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment