I am glad that you are active Adrian, can you please give us some examples of the work that you are doing for the local community??

Really?? The Lib Dem vote collapsed in every polling district in the Thames Valley last week, and pretty much nationally. They even had to ask for two recounts in the hope they would save their deposit in the Corby by-election, and then begged the returning officer to let them have it back anyway!! Doesnn't sound like a "powerful" position to me!!!

Rather than try & score points by rubbishing the others, could you give us a any examples of your party's local work?

I go around finding the headlines and doing what I can to get myself in the paper. Oh hang on...

Loads of stuff going on, so your welcome to follow my blog for my updates or just follow other Green activists or councillors as appropriate.

I wonder if RG will ever apologise? Perhaps humility is not a New Labour trait either.

I'm not trying to score points against him, I just asked if he could share details of some of the work that the Green Party is doing in West Berkshire.

Some details on my community work are available here: www.richardgarvie.org

Come on Adrian, apologise for what? Asking for you to give us some details? It surely can't be that hard to think of some issues that you have campaigned on? Let's just restrict it to the last month if that helps?

He did the same as you - provided a link.

If the childish bickering by AH & RG is anything to go by i totally agree with you.

It's not really bickering. I just asked him to give some examples of what his party has done locally and he refuses to answer, instead doing the whole teflon / deflect mechanism by those who wish to be career politicians. The problem with politics locally is that those who are politically minded are great at asking questions of others, but shy away from giving answers themselves. We need something different, and that's what I am trying to do with my approach. Doesn't always work in my favour, but at least I try to be open and honest.

Oh dear, I don't think you were listening to HJD.

Let us start with the first question first. Think of a parasite (a crude term, but fitting). The Lib-Dems can’t win an election on their own so the only way we can achieve our goals is through coalition with other parties. I know many other Lib-Dems won’t agree with my jargon but it is just another way to describe PR. That is the future. I can’t see any party winning the election on their own so if they want power it will be through negotiating and exchange (and it will have to be with the Lib-Dems). So that is the start of our position.

Whether it has worked in the past well or not it is working well now. We are the smaller party in a coalition but have managed to get 75% of our policies through. Coalition always means minority rule or having a larger slice of the cake than they normally would get.

To what end? To a united Europe that has one single government and will be a force in the world. Remember. LD’s are a party of Europe. It is in our blood.

Why dream on? Where do you think the Lib-Dems are now? We came fthird with less votes but we have equal power. Even if the coalition loses the next election I am sure that either the Labour party or the Tories will come knocking on our door. Whatever way you look at it the Lib-Dems we will be in power the next time around. You mark my words.

Oh dear....
Oh dear oh dear.....
Oh Dear Oh Dear Oh Dear.
I must go and file down my eyeballs

You may mock but who is in power at the moment? Cynics have been mocking the Lib-Dems for far too long. Now we are in power it seems ridicule is the flavour of the day. PR or coalition it is our future and wherever that is Lib-Dems won't be close to the seat of power.

With a change of leadership I predict Labour to win the general election with Tory in first place in Newbury.

Looking at the recent elections involving LibLiars I think the party may be joining the Dodo at the next election - unless of course they pull out of this coalition before the next due date!

If Labour win and form the next government then I predict it will be with the Lib-Dems.

He answered as well as you did.

following your link & we see that you were 'instrumental' in bringing Nando's to Newbury.

( I'm sure that is only part of that story )

Adrian has asked for a cycle rack at the job centre.

about equal I'd say.

Rubbish. Just a mid term crisis. This sort of thing happens between elections. Whatever position the Lib-Dems finish in the next election you can be sure no government can be formed without the Lib-Dems being part of it. Either that or a Tory/ Labour coalition. And I can't see that. I think people should start getting real concerning the position of the Lib-Dems and their future part in any government plans.

And where have the Lib-Dems lied?