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President goes into hiding

June 2nd, 2009 Posted in UK Politics by

Reports of the president’s assasination have been greatly exagerated. Not dead just gone into hiding. Why? we are told on Lib Dem Voice today its because “…the existence of my blog seems to have led some people into thinking that it is possible to keep up a running commentary on what is going on” .

Well hell yes! We need a running comentary on what is going on. Now more than ever. The reasons why have been lain before our eyes over the last couple of weeks. And the idea that by closing down her blog she will somehow stop the “running commentary” is just nonsense.

So now we are promised that “In future, minutes of FE will be published here on LDV, within the one month required by the Standing Orders”. Batten down the hatches lads the natives are restless.

Ps. Ros Scott has now admitted herself that the FE has only limited powers. That may be true. And that may be the most powerful argument we have heard so far for sorting out the Party organisation. BUT what about powers it does have ? Surely it has some powers over employees of the party? And if so why were they not used? Sadly it looks like we will never know.

One Response to “President goes into hiding”

  1. Oranjepan Says:

    I’ve commented on several of the other blogs mentioning this subject, so I’ll add my voice here too.

    This is a false argument and needlessly divisive.

    There is a clear conflict between the responsibility of elected officials to represent and the expectation that a blog will give a personal commentary, so obviously something had to happen.

    I want to see the federal committees publish an ‘official’ blog as part of the secretary’s duties to enable direct communication from the horses mouth. I don’t mind if it has a closed readership but I think it is essential that members have access to accurate information about what is going on.

    LDV has a more wide-ranging remit to engage at a less detailed level and therefore cannot give sufficient attention to the real questions of internal organisation. Factional blogs like LV or SLF have a different role, arguing for what should and should not happen, rather than what is happening, will happen or could happen.

    So there is a clear gap in the market for unbiased authoritative reporting from the inside.