So, a liberal democrat candidate for Basingstoke thinks a five year sentence for rape is "excessive"

[BasilFoulEggs]

I'm slightly surprised that the rapist vote has become so big and valuable that it is being courted in Basingstoke, but I know very little of that part of the world and given the current travails of the Lib Dems, I suppose there may be some sort of electoral advantage in tweeting that our justice system is outrageous for actually punishing a rapist properly. Maybe no on else will vote for them anymore, what do I know.

The Lib Dem candidate in question, seems to imagine that if a man is good looking and lots of women "wouldn't say no" to him, then the fact that one woman didn't say yes, means his sentence for rape ought to be lowered. Apart from the fact that this is unfair to ugly rapists, it shows a confusion in his mind about the difference between sex and rape, which means that this young man is not fit to represent women. I'll say nothing about what else he might not be fit to do with women as that doesn't actually have anything to do with his electoral campaign.

I've e-mailed Basingstoke Lib Dems to tell them what I think of their candidate's views, if you want to to, here's the link to their website:

basingstokelibdems.org.uk/en/page/chineham-our-candidate

I think that the person who made light of rape is a fool.
And I am very glad that his career is fucked.

"fowl" language - is that like clucking hell? .

I agree with Sardine. This chap clucked his own career down the fox hole.

(see what I did there?)

Oh, 28abcd, bless you, dear!

That's quite the tantrum you've had there, isn't it?

Such an empassioned speech in defence of the indefensible - it's almost as if you yourself were the one to 'fowl' up in the election so badly that no-one voted for you

"that article is already in the bins of last month" - alongside the political career of Liam Elvish, thankfully.

Although 'The Bins of Last Month' is a great name for a band; can Liam play a tambourine at all?

Finally got my response from the LibDems after two months. No mention of donations to Rape Crisis.

On 25 Jul 2012, at 17:31, Nick Clegg wrote:

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Liberal Democrats

Correspondence Assistant, Jul 25 17:31 (BST):
Dear Yabing,

Thank you for contacting us regarding the comments made by Liberal Democrat council candidate Liam Elvish on Facebook about the Ched Evans case.

I would like to make it absolutely clear that the party does not agree with the views expressed by Mr Elvish. It is completely inappropriate and damaging to make light of offences such as rape. He has now recognised his mistake and has apologised for his remarks.

Thank you once again for making us aware of your concerns on this matter.

Kind regards,

Rory Belcher
Liberal Democrats

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If Liam Elvish is genuinely sorry about the comments he made re. Ched Evans' sentence being too long, and how most women would sleep with him anyway, perhaps he would consider a donation to Rape Crisis?