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Charles Kennedy
It is my guess that rightly or wrongly Charles will be forced out as Leader by Tuesday.
What party members including councillors have not had so far from those seeking a change in leadership is what policies and policy changes they think the party should adopt.
It is clear to me that several of our MP's instead of bringing such policies forward for membes to debate have decided instead to force a leadership election - not based on policies or principles but on personality.
posted by Editor libdems-now @ 4:53 AM
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If politics is a greasy pole, as Charles Kennedy has sadly discovered, then his obvious successor, Simon Hughes, now needs to seize that pole with a very firm grip.
Hughes is respected in all quarters as decent, compassionate, urbane, witty, intelligent, principled and also vastly experienced.
More to the point, for the future of the Lib Dems, he is hugely popular with the public.
For all his personal qualities, that easy affection which people from all walks of life offer him is the most significant reason why he is the right man to lead them into a share of Government later this year.
After half a generation of a "New Labour" experiment that has ended up looking as clueless and lacklustre as the dying and dreary Conservative administration it replaced, Britain is long overdue the freshness and vitality that has always characterised the bulk of the Liberal Democrat policy canon.
That's why the Lib Dem membership owe it to the country to choose the man whose electability offers them the best chance of a serious role in Government that has beckoned many times but hitherto remained tantalisingly just out of reach.
In short: cometh the hour, cometh Mr Hughes.
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