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Whose vote is most important when we select our next leader?

How will you vote in the forthcoming Lib Dem leadership election? What qualities are you looking for in a leader?

Will it be the candidate with the best policies? Maybe you’ll plump for the individual with the most charisma? Or perhaps you’ll play smart and choose the person who’s tallest?

It might be helpful to consider the qualities you consider most important in a Leader. Given the party’s election process, here are some things you might well consider:

  1. You like them as a person
  2. You know them as a friend
  3. You think they have good policies
  4. You trust their judgement
  5. You find them charismatic
  6. You enjoyed their hustings speech
  7. You think they would do a good job as PM

The trouble is, pretty much none of the above are useful when considering the most important voter of them all…people who aren’t you.

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  • John B Grout
    Excellent piece, Josh. As for seeking others' thoughts on the pitch, here are mine: Labour and the Greens want to do things for you, the Conservatives and R...
  • David Evans
    It's an interesting article, which gives us more to think about, but when it ends with "Government and politics can strive toward this platform ... giving ind...
  • Neil Sandison
    This one of a series of articles recently published in the Liberal Democrat Voice that defines our social liberal values . Frequently the hot house of Westminst...
  • Pawel Urbanski
    This is the right problem to be working on, and I think the answer may be less about the words than about the moments. In my experience people learn what we sta...
  • Simon Robinson
    It's good to have an MP putting herself forward for this. The manifesto seems a bit vague though. All good thoughts and nothing you can really disagree with, b...