I
realised yesterday that I had made no grand announcement and didn't want groups
like Medway yet again.
I
have indeed left the Liberal Democrats.
It
was not a political decision or a disagreement or because of local issues - it
was due to mundane selfish reasons.
I
joined back in 2009 and supported my party proudly, stood in two local
elections and a by-election, represented the party at hustings and school
debates. I believe in Liberalism to my very core and truly believe Tim Farron
is the leader to take the party forward.
I
was deeply disappointed last year with the results. I grew up in Gillingham
South and love the area as much as I love Liberalism. Whatever I say will be
interpreted as sour grapes by some so it's best I say nothing more.
I
have now moved out of Gillingham South to another part of Medway, a part I know
very little about and it is against my belief to stand for a ward I don't live
in.
A
new house, new life and personal problems at home mean I need to dedicate my
time and resources elsewhere. I also have another book to write which is
dominating my spare time. I've got some eight months and 80,000 words to write so as you can imagine I'm more than a little busy.
I
also tire of the political sniping on Twitter. Every time I made a political
statement or dared to question a Labour member all I got was "The LibDems.
Blah blah" or general crap (thank god for the mute button!) and
frankly can live my life without it. Man I can live without it. The sniping is one of the things I hate about politics - it isn't about issues its all about one-up-man-ship and it is all really childish. I really won't miss that.
When
my subscription ran out a few months ago it made sense to let it slide.
I
didn't announce it before because... Well I didn't think it was worth
mentioning as being a LibDem was not my defining facet - I always thought that
was being Sophie, Ollie and George's dad.... I quietly changed my bio on Twitter to just be about my writing and went about my life retweeting political comments from all parties and thought that was it.
By
the by I'm not interested in joining any other parties, sorry.
Oh
by the way, I cancelled my White Dwarf subscription too if any one is interested...
