Just wanted to give a shout out to my friend, Duncan Hames, who's running for Parliament today in the UK as a Liberal Democrat. He's good people. He came over last November to volunteer for the Kerry campaign and to see how we Yanks run campaigns. He got 19% of the vote the last time he ran (2000), so here's hoping he makes it this year. We met him through our friend Shona Ferrier, also a Liberal Democrat in the UK. We met Shona and her friend Emily during the 2002 Congressional elections - they came over to volunteer for Van Holling and stayed with us. Great folks - showed me a great time the last few times I went over to London to see Arsenal play.
I'm tempted to try and tell you where the Lib Dems fall on our political spectrum, but there is no "right" answer. They and Labour would be what we consider left of center, with the Tories (Conservatives) on the right, but then again, Labour backed W in the war, so it's not as neat as that. I'm sure if you shoot an e-mail to Duncan, he could fill you in.
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