From Jock Coats (himself a Lib Dem)
'I hope [Chris Huhne*] will stand again, as has seemed likely ever since the "discussion" about Ming's leadership began, ooh, sometime after 4th March 2006 I think it was'.
* Jock Coats and I are both 'Georgists', we favour land value taxation over taxes on income and profits, and a 'Citizen's Income' flat-rate universal cash benefit scheme over the mess of a welfare state that we have. Chris Huhne is vaguely in favour of Land Value Tax, altho', having once shared a platform with him, he spent most of his speech yapping on about 'green taxes' and 'climate change' so I'm not holding my breath.
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Go read Dan Hannans post on Clegg and Huhne on his blog (or the extract copied on mine). Puts Huhne in a new light for me, not that i ever liked him before. If Clegg gets the reigns, as an orange booker, it might make for some interesting politics and nudge us towards a more economically liberal and less statist consensus.
I still think the party will have to split as i dont see how the left and right can sit under one roof. Rabid socialists alongside some classic liberals. Uneasy bedfellows.
Of course underneath the Lib-Dems will remain a dangerous party with slavish belief in the EU. It will take a generation of change in both policy and members to change their foundations. But it will be interesting to watch.
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