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Lech Walesa to address Libertas Convention

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So - still no published policies.
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The Libertas programme for a better Europe will be published on this site in the coming weeks.
There are not many "coming weeks" before the election wil be over.
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Well if we were to believe their claim that they have 200 candidates then their partners if they have partners make 400 ...................did we see a pghoto of all the candidates with Herr Ganley at any stage?

The all signed a covenant too? I missed that, touch of Carson with about 450 000 (idf we take the women's covenant into account.) less signatures.

Of course Lech was paid any union leader from the former "Soviet Union" would expect cash
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Did anyone see an agenda - was there any debate of policy? There are a couple of speeches on the website - they hardly took a day.
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No Debate,

Ganley just sent out more spam
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The bureaucrats in Brussels said it wouldn't happen. They said it couldn't be done. Nevertheless, Libertas' first-ever Convention has transformed the European Union election. By uniting the leaders of the ‘No’ campaigns on the European Constitution and the Lisbon Treaty, we are now the fastest-growing political movement across Europe.
it is in the four email inboxs that I use ..I am four members of Libertas and People korps has a blog on the MPF libertas site for members only , great stuff
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No Debate,

Ganley just sent out more spam

it is in the four email inboxs that I use ..I am four members of Libertas and People korps has a blog on the MPF libertas site for members only , great stuff
You're a cheeky little scamp, OMM, but doing a great job. Beir bua!
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The Irish Times said there were 1,200-1,500 at the convention. It didn't look like that from the streaming - did anyone do a head count?
The maximum seated capacity of the hall they hired is 1,133 but they might have been able to squeeze in a few more.
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Nobel peace prize winner and champion of Polish freedom Lech Walesawill address the Libertas Convention.
Poor old Lech needs the money it seems and Libertas aren't the only European party to share in the Lech loving. Just another hollow Libertas publicity stunt to mask the fact they have not and will not be able to have a coherent Europe-wide policy platform.
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Wałęsa, who rose to prominence as the legendary leader of the Solidarity trade union movement, told a packed convention of over 1,000 Libertas campaigners on May Day that "Declan Ganley and Libertas have the potential to change Europe for the better".
The former Polish president urged voters to "heed the Libertas message" and put citizens back at the heart of the European project.
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Wałęsa later told the press that he did not support Libertas or Declan Ganley, but rather went to Rome "to speak about new solutions which could best serve Europe". He also told Polish radio that he had been paid a considerable amount of money to speak.
EurActiv.com - Confusion in Poland after Wałęsa’s Libertas address | EU - European Information on EU Elections 09

Hard to say what his position is really. Seems on both sides.
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I suppose it depends on how much he is being paid to speak and by whom. I wonder if he even wrote his own speech? Walesa is claiming that he was paid a "substantial" sum of money by Ganloopy to speak in Rome. Is this all that Liebertas have left in the tank, buying up faded old politicians like a parody of some third-rate "I'm a celebrity get me outta here!" show.
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Paying for your support is a bit sad isn't it?

The Walesa gig appears to be another Libertas balls up on the PR front .. it's going so well!

Polling data in the coming weeks will be fun.

Any word on their Euro candidate for Northern Ireland.. according to Paddy Agnew in Saturdays Irish Times they would be running a candidate in the six counties?
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