The chances of me voting Liberal Democrat are slim to non-existent. However, I take an interest in politics when I can, and so I watched the Ten O'clock BBC news to find out what the Lib Dems have been proposing policy-wise and so on, at their annual conference.
However, the BBC report was exactly the same as the BBC report I'd seen a few days earlier. Essentially it was 'Ming Campbell is an old man. He's got grey hair and he's old. There are people younger than Ming Campbell. How can he really be a leader, when he's so old?'
I found it frustrating the other day, and I found it rather offensive this time. I absolutely detest this moronic assumption that the elderly are irrelevant and incapable of leadership.
I would not vote for Ming Campbell, because I am not a fan of Liberal Democrat policies. But it would never, ever be because he is a man of advanced years and possessing the wisdom of experience. And anyone for whom that would be a reason is really rather silly.
9/20/2007
Disrespectful! And Foolish to boot!
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I liked their idea about giving an amnesty to illegal immigrants.
I SOOOOOOOOOOOO agree! Dh "made me" a member of the tories and we always vote that way, but when we lived in Fife, we voted for dear old Menzies because the conservative candidate was the most appalling BOY in history, and to be honest, I feel like voting liberal this next election too - because I would hate for the boy Cameron to ever end up as PM, and because I am so sick of being told 66 is so old Campbell should just curl up and die quietly in a corner.
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