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	<title>Comments on: Advice to the Australian Liberal Party</title>
	<link>http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/26/advice-to-the-australian-liberal-party/</link>
	<description>MP for Wantage and Didcot</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>by: Votedave</title>
		<link>http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/26/advice-to-the-australian-liberal-party/#comment-21629</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>27% is SO LOW - Labour have hardly ever been lower than that.  Tories down 1%, but still, their biggest lead since August 1988!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>27% is SO LOW - Labour have hardly ever been lower than that.  Tories down 1%, but still, their biggest lead since August 1988!
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		<title>by: Tizzy</title>
		<link>http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/26/advice-to-the-australian-liberal-party/#comment-21570</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/26/advice-to-the-australian-liberal-party/#comment-21570</guid>
					<description>1. The electorate are not always right but, yes, one has to accept the verdict (unless you're a LibDem who will complain about the voting system).

2. Yep. Took your party long enough to find that out, though.

3. Yes, unless you're Labour or LibDem's- they can stiff themselves all year round for all I care. :D

4. (see 2)

Can I add another point?

Party wonks should be on the ground, finding out what went wrong the last time. Stop shutting yourselves in the ivory towers created by your donors and spend some time with real people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. The electorate are not always right but, yes, one has to accept the verdict (unless you&#8217;re a LibDem who will complain about the voting system).</p>
<p>2. Yep. Took your party long enough to find that out, though.</p>
<p>3. Yes, unless you&#8217;re Labour or LibDem&#8217;s- they can stiff themselves all year round for all I care. <img src='http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>4. (see 2)</p>
<p>Can I add another point?</p>
<p>Party wonks should be on the ground, finding out what went wrong the last time. Stop shutting yourselves in the ivory towers created by your donors and spend some time with real people.
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		<title>by: canvas</title>
		<link>http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/26/advice-to-the-australian-liberal-party/#comment-21543</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Iain Dale reckons that tomorrow's Independent will show new poll results...

"it will show a 13 point Tory lead. Yes, you read that right. Tories on 40% and Labour on 27%."

So, DC has been gifted a 13 point lead by Brown's total failure as PM - let's hope DC keeps going up the charts!  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Iain Dale reckons that tomorrow&#8217;s Independent will show new poll results&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;it will show a 13 point Tory lead. Yes, you read that right. Tories on 40% and Labour on 27%.&#8221;</p>
<p>So, DC has been gifted a 13 point lead by Brown&#8217;s total failure as PM - let&#8217;s hope DC keeps going up the charts!  <img src='http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />
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		<title>by: Votedave</title>
		<link>http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/26/advice-to-the-australian-liberal-party/#comment-21536</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/26/advice-to-the-australian-liberal-party/#comment-21536</guid>
					<description>I agree with just about all of that Ed.  Cameronites rule!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with just about all of that Ed.  Cameronites rule!
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		<title>by: Sue</title>
		<link>http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/26/advice-to-the-australian-liberal-party/#comment-21528</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/26/advice-to-the-australian-liberal-party/#comment-21528</guid>
					<description>Oooh, that caught me off guard, I'd come back here for more chit-chat!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oooh, that caught me off guard, I&#8217;d come back here for more chit-chat!!
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		<title>by: canvas</title>
		<link>http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/26/advice-to-the-australian-liberal-party/#comment-21526</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/11/26/advice-to-the-australian-liberal-party/#comment-21526</guid>
					<description>Welcome back, Ed.  Do you ever interact with your blogging community? It would be fun if you did actually comment on 'comments' left here! :)

David Cameron responds to us on Webcameron - and so does Iain Dale on his blog. But it's your blog - so do it your way...  Anyway, you have a fun blog - and you make interesting posts. Thanks for that.

Regarding Point 1)
Yes, good point. The OLD Conservative Party stopped listening - and that's why Labour have been in power for a decade. Too true.

Point 2)
Centre ground is where the Modern Conservative Party should be. A right wing party would NEVER win a general election. A modern liberal Conservative Party WILL win the next general election.

Point 3)
"If the Party was united they would never be divided"
This is one of main reasons I have never voted Conservative in my life. All the nasty internal Tory politics of old was such a turn off.  But times have changed and so have I.  David Cameron could be the best thing that has happened to this country in decades.

Point 4)
Too true again. DC is a great leader - he represents the hopes and views of my generation perfectly. Labour have lost the plot and they let my generation down - badly.  Tony Blair promised so much and he didn't deliver.  

Let's hope David Cameron continues do decontaminate 'the brand'.  He is making great progress.
The Tories of yesteryear are slowly becoming a distant memory - and DC's modern and progressive Conservative Party really are the way forward.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome back, Ed.  Do you ever interact with your blogging community? It would be fun if you did actually comment on &#8216;comments&#8217; left here! <img src='http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>David Cameron responds to us on Webcameron - and so does Iain Dale on his blog. But it&#8217;s your blog - so do it your way&#8230;  Anyway, you have a fun blog - and you make interesting posts. Thanks for that.</p>
<p>Regarding Point 1)<br />
Yes, good point. The OLD Conservative Party stopped listening - and that&#8217;s why Labour have been in power for a decade. Too true.</p>
<p>Point 2)<br />
Centre ground is where the Modern Conservative Party should be. A right wing party would NEVER win a general election. A modern liberal Conservative Party WILL win the next general election.</p>
<p>Point 3)<br />
&#8220;If the Party was united they would never be divided&#8221;<br />
This is one of main reasons I have never voted Conservative in my life. All the nasty internal Tory politics of old was such a turn off.  But times have changed and so have I.  David Cameron could be the best thing that has happened to this country in decades.</p>
<p>Point 4)<br />
Too true again. DC is a great leader - he represents the hopes and views of my generation perfectly. Labour have lost the plot and they let my generation down - badly.  Tony Blair promised so much and he didn&#8217;t deliver.  </p>
<p>Let&#8217;s hope David Cameron continues do decontaminate &#8216;the brand&#8217;.  He is making great progress.<br />
The Tories of yesteryear are slowly becoming a distant memory - and DC&#8217;s modern and progressive Conservative Party really are the way forward.
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