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.
They never get it right
10 hours ago
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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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