David Gwilliam
Well-Known Member
From the first time I heard Tim Farron speak he reminded me of a creepy mid-west hotel filmed in black and white; the kind of place where you would advise Janet Leigh not to take a shower. Others will have their own choices but to me Farron is the creepiest British political figure of recent years.
He says he is resigning because of his principles. Only the most cynical will point out that he would probably not have become leader if Jo Swinson had not lost her seat in 2015. Jo Swinson is back in parliament and perhaps Farron jumped before he was pushed.
There are those who claim Tim Farron is useless. This is not true. For those of us who enjoy exasperating cold callers he has become very useful. During the election I enjoyed believing that the man who rang about the accident I had not had was from the Liberal Democrats. I believed the LibDems had pledged to replace my car and any other car that had been in an accident. When I asked how "this Tim Farron of yours" was going to pay for this he got quite plaintiff "I don't know Tim Farron". He rang off when I demanded that the LibDems send the other driver to prison.
For years I have explained my accident by having Jesus walk out in front of the car. I am now a little jaded with that. The next time I will take it for granted that they heard about the accident from Tim. I will want to know where he met Tim and what Tim told them about the accident. Then at the right moment I will claim that I recognise the callers voice and that he is Tim Farron putting on a funny accent..
It does occur to me that if enough people responded to cold callers by talking about Tim it may drive the cold caller mad. Tim Farron will then have finally achieved something worthwhile.. It can become the Tim Farron movement.
He says he is resigning because of his principles. Only the most cynical will point out that he would probably not have become leader if Jo Swinson had not lost her seat in 2015. Jo Swinson is back in parliament and perhaps Farron jumped before he was pushed.
There are those who claim Tim Farron is useless. This is not true. For those of us who enjoy exasperating cold callers he has become very useful. During the election I enjoyed believing that the man who rang about the accident I had not had was from the Liberal Democrats. I believed the LibDems had pledged to replace my car and any other car that had been in an accident. When I asked how "this Tim Farron of yours" was going to pay for this he got quite plaintiff "I don't know Tim Farron". He rang off when I demanded that the LibDems send the other driver to prison.
For years I have explained my accident by having Jesus walk out in front of the car. I am now a little jaded with that. The next time I will take it for granted that they heard about the accident from Tim. I will want to know where he met Tim and what Tim told them about the accident. Then at the right moment I will claim that I recognise the callers voice and that he is Tim Farron putting on a funny accent..
It does occur to me that if enough people responded to cold callers by talking about Tim it may drive the cold caller mad. Tim Farron will then have finally achieved something worthwhile.. It can become the Tim Farron movement.