This isn't just fence-sitting, this is Lib Dem fence-sitting.The Liberal Democrats bizarre decision not to vote either way over the EU treaty yesterday has refined sitting on the fence into an art form. For Nick Clegg -in his first big decision- to demand that his MP's sit on their hands on pain of resignation is simply breathtaking stupidity, especially at a time when many people are wondering just what exactly our Lib Dem MP actually does for the money he and his wife are paid.
Adrian Sanders position is especially ludicrous, this is the man who has never accepted our mayoral system (adopted fair and square after a referendum); refuses to offer us a referendum on probably the most import decision faced by Britain since he became MP, yet claims there is a 'need' for a referendum on whether Torbay has one casino or two.
In eleven years at Westminster our MP has achieved nothing for the people of Torbay. I am afraid that last week was the shameful pinnacle of an utterly ineffectual political career.
In order to get elected here in 2005 Mr Sanders solemnly promised voters that he would back a referendum and has blatantly reneged on that promise, something that at almost a quarter of his rather more honourable colleagues felt they couldn't do. He already holds the accolade for having polled the lowest vote of any MP in Torbays history, and I don't doubt that the dwindling numbers of people voting Lib Dem in Torbay will shrink further as a result of this week; but the real damage is not just to Adrians chances of ever being trusted again, it is that even fewer people will see the point in turning out to vote at all.
Adrian Sanders position is especially ludicrous, this is the man who has never accepted our mayoral system (adopted fair and square after a referendum); refuses to offer us a referendum on probably the most import decision faced by Britain since he became MP, yet claims there is a 'need' for a referendum on whether Torbay has one casino or two.
In eleven years at Westminster our MP has achieved nothing for the people of Torbay. I am afraid that last week was the shameful pinnacle of an utterly ineffectual political career.
In order to get elected here in 2005 Mr Sanders solemnly promised voters that he would back a referendum and has blatantly reneged on that promise, something that at almost a quarter of his rather more honourable colleagues felt they couldn't do. He already holds the accolade for having polled the lowest vote of any MP in Torbays history, and I don't doubt that the dwindling numbers of people voting Lib Dem in Torbay will shrink further as a result of this week; but the real damage is not just to Adrians chances of ever being trusted again, it is that even fewer people will see the point in turning out to vote at all.
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David Cameron's bizarre decision not to vote either way over Bill Cash's amendment to the EU treaty has refined sitting on the fence into an art form. For DC to demand that his MP's sit on their hands on pain of resignation is simply breathtaking stupidity.
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