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.