The problem child
At ALP33, we're in no doubt: the Liberal Democrats are the biggest problem we have in UK politics. Theirs is an ideology that tolerates everything and believes in nothing - and anyone who questions this is met with supercillious tutting and passive aggressive eyebrow-raising.
As we saw on the Discussion page, for any stable country to exist there must be a rock solid ideology that holds down the anchor in the middle ground.
For decades, this requirement has been missing in the UK. And the Liberal Democrats now need to be replaced as a matter of urgency by something that has the strength to stand its ground against all comers.
Right now, there's a huge vacuum in British politics as people are being pushed into echo chambers with confirmation bias on both the right and left wings.
Gone are the notions of an open mind and the ability to challenge ideas without fear of retribution. Cancel culture is everywhere.
Nice, tolerant and progressive ideologies might be lovely when the sun's out, the sky's blue with no clouds and the water is flat.
Unfortunately, these ideologies always sink like a stone when the storm comes and the water gets choppy. Find out more about this by watching the first film on this page, "Liberal Democrats".
The late writer and educator, Christopher Hitchens, once said: "The barbarians can never take a city until someone holds the gates open to them."
In 2024, in the UK (and throughout Europe for that matter), any barbarian totalitarian with a thirst for ultimate power would fancy their chances against a Lib Dem. After all, history has shown us they always fold like a house of cards when the going gets tough.
Take a look at the second film on this page, "Totalitarians," to see what happens when the middle ground collapses - trust us, it's not pretty.
We think that modern day Liberalism, which certainly isn't classic Liberalism, is currently holding the gates open for the totalitarians to waltz in. And whilst they may not have shown their faces yet, you know they soon will!
In short, this threat to our society that hides under a false cloak of liberalism and democracy, but is in fact no such thing, simply needs to go.