By my reading, really cynical and pragmatic Liberals would already be putting a lot of emphasis on extra-Green bona fides and be distancing themselves from carbon supporting measures of any sort. They have no more seats to lose in the west and might pick up some swing seats in urban areas.
Likewise in Covid-19 measures. Sounding as though they're thinking more than six months ahead should play well with their core and core-adjacent voters.
And holding serious-looking consultations gives them cover if they actually do think at some point that they need to shore up the longer-term economy with structural changes.
I wouldn't expect "radical" measures from them - they are, after all, the party of the status quo. Just more "proactive" ones.
(My other recommendation was, and is, that they should have a change of leadership Real Soon Now. Against the current PCs and Singh, they don't need charisma, they need gravitas.)
Real change will be driven by facts in the ground. Enough people may very well be hurt badly enough that this no longer looks like a local maximum. I'm a poor one to judge; I haven't been hurt financially by the past several months and I'm asocial enough that the relative restriction in social contacts with WFH is probably a small net benefit for me, rather than the stress-inducing thing it seems to be to others.
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Date: 2020-07-14 08:17 pm (UTC)Likewise in Covid-19 measures. Sounding as though they're thinking more than six months ahead should play well with their core and core-adjacent voters.
And holding serious-looking consultations gives them cover if they actually do think at some point that they need to shore up the longer-term economy with structural changes.
I wouldn't expect "radical" measures from them - they are, after all, the party of the status quo. Just more "proactive" ones.
(My other recommendation was, and is, that they should have a change of leadership Real Soon Now. Against the current PCs and Singh, they don't need charisma, they need gravitas.)
Real change will be driven by facts in the ground. Enough people may very well be hurt badly enough that this no longer looks like a local maximum. I'm a poor one to judge; I haven't been hurt financially by the past several months and I'm asocial enough that the relative restriction in social contacts with WFH is probably a small net benefit for me, rather than the stress-inducing thing it seems to be to others.