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Letter to the editor
Dear Letters Editor, As public confidence in the three main political parties continues to decline many are now looking afresh at the smaller parties. Some even consider the possibility of forming new ones ( Graham Forsyth, “I’m holding out for a new party to support”, E&E 27th May). I would like to suggest that there is already one party on the scene which embodies the values many would like to see re-established in public life. That party is the Liberal Party the oldest of Britain’s poilitical parties. It was almost smothered in 1988 with the formation of what eventually evolved as the Liberal Democrats. All around the country, however, there are groups of Liberals who maintain their national organisation and against every kind of handicap continue to campaign as an independent political force. In the current round of local government elections Liberal Party candidates are standing to defend their seats or win new ones. Locally in Exeter and Bideford and further afield in Worcestershire and North Yorkshire. There are other areas of Liberal strength that do not have elections this year. One of these is Liverpool where a Liberal Party councillor has just been elected deputy Lord Mayor. One of the encourgaging signs for the Liberals is the attraction it has for many who know little of the events of 1988. There are now returning “old” Liberals but they are being joining by “new” Liberals who have usually seen our website “liberal.org.uk” and taken from it an invitation to join. Applications have come in this week from places as far apart as Leicester and Cumbria. To those who are intent to establish a new party I wish good luck for the formidable task they have ahead. But to those who have Liberal views there is already a party to join where they will be welcome. Yours sincerely, David Morrish
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