Having spent so long courting George Monbiot and basking in the warm sunlight of his approval, Plaid Cymru must have been pretty pig-sick yesterday morning to read this letter in the Guardian to which he attached his name.
Mr Monbiot joined with a host of other progressives including Richard Reeves, John Kampfner, Professor Noreena Hertz, Susie Orbach, Henry Porter, Francis Wheen, Jeanette Winterson, Richard Dawkins, Philippe Sands, Anthony Barnett, and David Marquand to assert that the energy for the future of progressive politics is to be found with the Liberal Democrats.
It is a contemporary political fact that the stronger the performance of the Liberal Democrats on 6 May the better the chances of progressive reform.
The Liberal Democrats are today’s change-makers. They have already changed the election; next they could drive fundamental change in our political and economic landscape.
Some of us have already pinned our colours to the Liberal Democrat mast. For others, the decision to back the Liberal Democrats in this election is a difficult one. Long-standing party loyalties, even in a less tribal world, are not easily suspended. But May 2010 offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape politics for the better. It must be seized.
It is an endorsement that is very much welcomed by the Liberal Democrats.
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