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I Am Interested In Politics

The slogan of the Liberal Democratic Party in the British general election is "Open, Tolerant, United". It seems to me that it is very difficult for a party, or a country, to be all three, at least to the same extent. If a party is open and tolerant, that suggests that it welcomes dissenting opinions. That might be admirable, but hardly conducive to unity.

In practice, I suspect the Liberal Democratic Party is rather more united than it is open or tolerant.

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Gauntlets28 · 26-30, M

Well it's probably talking more about how the party reacts to the world outside it than it does the politics inside the party.
After all, as you say, it's coherent in its political stance, but given that it has expressed a willingness to do things like form coalition governments with parties that don't share all of their opinions, that's probably where the openness and tolerance comes into play.
It's united in the belief that it should press its own motives, but still allow for the dissenting opinions of others, in short.

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Gauntlets28 · 26-30, M

@Gauntlets28: The "Open" part does refer to pro-Europeanism though apparently. Doesn't specify whether EU or just Europe though.

MartinII · 70-79, M

@Gauntlets28: Right, thanks for checking it. It fits their stance on Brexit too, I think.

MartinII · 70-79, M

@Gauntlets28: To me there's a sort of subliminal message that people who are pro-EU are more likely to be "open and tolerant" than those who are pro-Brexit.

EuphoricTurtle · 41-45, M

Opposing views are essential to unity because they represent inclusiveness, we all get to speak our mind and have our voices heard. Unity without this is nothing more than a totalitarian state

Justme264 · 70-79, M

Perhaps implies a willingness to apply common sense and pragmatism rather than rely on dogma?

Which may explain why their recently resigned leader found his position unsustainable?

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