According to Sky News Ming has quit as party leader. The announcement was made by Simon Hughes and Vince Cable. Vince takes over as acting leader pending the election of a new leader.
Good news indeed. Ming was always a great foreign affairs spokesman but never made his mark as leader. Let us hope that we can now elect a leader capable of connecting with the electorate without references to things such as the "motor car"!
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So who is next then?
Will be interesting to see who stands.
Hughes might stand but shouldn't and wont win in my opinion.
Huhne and Clegg will definitely stand and I would expect one of these two to win.
David Laws may also throw his hat in the ring as may Steve Webb.
Beyond those five I would be very surprised if anyone else stood
Ed Davey? Susan Kramer?
Davey might throw his hat in the ring but wont win.
Kramer or possibly Featherstone might have a go. Personally I would prefer Featherstone out of the two.
Hughes has now sensibly ruled himself out of the contest.
I still think it will be a two horse race between Huhne and Clegg and I think Clegg will probably win it (so thats screwed his campaign). I will probably be supporting Clegg (thats screwed his campaign again) but the door to Huhne is still open in what will be a short campaign.
The greater pity is that we are not having a longer campaign to better test the metal of the two main contenders
Tell me about Norman Baker - he has come to my attention as one who does not shy against asking awkward questions.
Norman Baker - MP for Lewes Majority 8,47. He is currently Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Definitely a conspiracy theorist re Dr Kelly etc and as you say asks loads of akward and pertinent questions. Unlikely to stand in my view
His website is here
http://www.normanbaker.org.uk/
and his views on DR Kelly can be seen here
http://www.normanbaker.org.uk/concerns/kellymail.htm
Thank you - Dr David Kelly *Affair* holds considerable interest for me which is why I knew of Norman Baker.
I guess Dr Evan Harris won't be in the running either ?
I have a lot of time for Evan - he is very sound but I dont think he will be running. My support will be going to one of the two "front runners". I will post more later when I declare my support
Those are the two I know of because of the interest they have shown in causes that are important to me.
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