He says that this is especially so in “a progressive, liberal party”
Tory voters on the Devon coast show no sign of being worried by the manifesto muddle, nor is there a Liberal Democrat revival.
Tim Farron has led his party into an electoral cul-de-sac on the EU. He needs a change of course to save his MPs – and his leadership.
A key problem for Farron’s party is that Labour is competitive among young people – many of whom have not forgiven it for tuition fees.
Most people I’m meeting seem either pro-Leave or resigned to it happening – and believing that Theresa May is best-placed to see it through.
They are willing to support the Corbyn leadership even though they expect it to break a similar tuition fees promise to that broken by Nick Clegg.
They themselves are proving May’s argument that they cannot be trusted to protect our national interest.
“The Prime Minister is heading for a colossal coronation on 8th June. We’re determined to turn this into a contest.”
But is he still a Party member, as Jenny Tonge was allowed to be after losing the whip?
Corbyn could not shake May, but Robertson for a moment disconcerted her.
In 2014 we asked “What does David Ward have to do to get kicked out of the Lib Dems?” Three years on, he has been reselected as a candidate for Farron’s party.
That the pursuit of Farron was legitimate doesn’t mean that they, or anyone else, should feel happy about it – or the bigger trends of which it was part.
He doesn’t think homosexuality is normal, and so the canary, down in the LibDem coal-mine, starts singing its querulous warning. It’s a canary he’s trying to strangle.
Leaving the EU matters, but it shouldn’t drive out other important issues entirely.