Well, the newspaper front pages assert there’s no doubt who is responsible for the downfall of Ming Campbell: Lib Dem ‘plotters’. Which coming from newspapers which have constantly pilloried Ming simply for being in his 60s, and have blown up his light-hearted asides as gaffes, seems to me like breathtaking hypocrisy.
But over to you: who do you think gave Ming the final push? Was it:
- The media;
- The ‘young turks’;
- The bloggers;
- Ming himself;
- The polls;
- Brown and Cameron?
To vote, see the poll in the right-hand column.
Here are the results of the previous LDV poll…
Who do you think enjoyed the best Lib Dem conference this year?
• Nick Clegg: 26% (87)
• Chris Huhne: 21% (70)
• Ming Campbell: 20% (67)
• Lady Elspeth: 16% (53)
• Lynne Featherstone: 10% (35)
• Sarah Teather: 8% (28)
Total Votes : 340
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I think it was Simon Hughes and friends. To which category he will fit? He isn’t a “Young Turk”.
Vincent Talleyrand, obviously.
Haven’t you got anything better to do than think up stupid polls?
The answer is “all of the above”. Quite why it seems necessary to put tosh like this on LDV I don’t know.
Can I be the first person to post the location of a ‘Nick Clegg for Lib Dem leader’ Facebook group?
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22384540224
3 – The answer is “all of the above”.
Duncan, that is kind of the point of the poll. Given the tenor of this morning’s press coverage – ridiculously suggesting it was all down to internal backstabbers – it’s no bad thing to point out that Ming was facing pressure from lots of different sources. Not least the media, as the early poll results suggest.
Look to the future, not the past!!
Can i have an “all of the above” option to choose then. Or a Macmillanesque “event, dear boy, events”
WHAT A WAY TO GET RID OF A GOOD AND HONOURABLE MAN ,BACK STABBERS ALL.YES HE IS IN HIS 60S SO WHAT.
Isn’t it obvious that the two assassins were the ones reading out his resignation statement?
@ 9 – No, not necessarily. Both have constitutional functions in situations like this. Simon as President receives the resignation, Vince as Deputy Leader has to show continuity and hold the fort for a while.