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[mrph]

Don't talk to me about politics for a day or two, ok?

Idiots. The fact that not a single one of the MPs calling for Charles Kennedy's head was willing to stand against him says it all. They wanted him gone - a number of them said they wouldn't continue to serve with Kennedy as leader - but somehow when he actually called a leadership contest none of them wanted to know. Not until he'd also been pushed into saying that he wouldn't take part in it himself.

Not impressed. I suspect whoever gets elected isn't going to last long. And then we're back to the two-party Punch and Judy show for another five years or more.

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[diffrentcolours]

There are two things I'm scared of. The first is the number of people who say they're not going to vote Lib Dem over this. It's a tempting reaction but a knee-jerk one. The party is, at the least, still the least worst option in Westminster, even if it's no longer the best.

The second is that this will see the Lib Dems move to the right. I'm hoping it doesn't - the party has always seemed more about policies than personalities. But some of the possible contenders have views I strongly disagree with, and I believe that an unregulated capital market cannot be universally fair. Still, I'd rather have an anti-supervision Liberal Democrat than an anti-supervision Tory...

[mrph.livejournal.com]

Seconded. Pretty much exactly my thoughts on the matter.