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@ReggieHere @thecasualcritic @ChrisMayLA6 That was a #TonyBlair / #PaddyAshdown idea in the mid-1990s, known as "The Project". It seemed to offer a remedy to the problem of #Tory electoral dominance on 45% of the votes.

Its fatal flaw was that it misunderstood the #LibDems. A big chunk of LibDems really were liberals who hated Labour's authoritarianism. Another chunk of LibDems are ideological anti-socialists, who in 2010 were comfortable in the #ConDem coalition with the #ConservativeParty.

Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 Dec 22, 2023

R to @benedictrogers: Here is what I wrote 5 years ago, upon the news of #PaddyAshdown's death https://hongkongfp.com/2018/12/25/remembering-paddy-ashdown-action-man-british-politics-good-friend-hong-kong/ https://nitter.hongkongers.net/benedictrogers/status/1738301860157460524#m

Remembering Paddy Ashdown: The ‘action man’ of British politics and a good friend of Hong Kong

The day I landed in London after having been refused entry into Hong Kong on the orders of Beijing, in October 2017, I received an email from Paddy Ashdown. “What has happened to you is incredibly serious,” he said. “It’s a flagrant violation of Hong Kong’s autonomy. Please come and see me urgently”. A few […]

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