Susan Kramer unlikely to re-stand in Richmond Park

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Susan Kramer unlikely to re-stand in Richmond Park

By Helen Duffett | Mon 11th October 2010 - 4:46 pm

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From the Kingston Guardian today:

The chances of a repeat of this year’s bitter election battle between Zac Goldsmith and Susan Kramer receded this week as the former MP indicated she was unlikely to contest the seat at the next election.

Mrs Kramer officially remains Liberal Democrat candidate for Richmond Park until six months after the election, but when asked whether she would seek the nomination again she said it was not on her agenda.

She said: “I think you move on and you don’t constantly try to replay the past. I would have liked the chance to do another term but the voters decided otherwise.”

Susan, one of the candidates for the Liberal Democrat presidency, says she would like to concentrate on party members for the time being:

I have time I had never had before and this would be a way to give back to all the people who helped me over the years.

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4 Comments

MatGB 11th Oct '10 - 9:28pm

Mrs Kramer officially remains Liberal Democrat candidate for Richmond Park until six months after the election

Y’know, I’d really like to know where this canard comes from. I’ve heard it repeated so many times, but have checked it out and it’s utterly, utterly untrue.

Other than that, makes sense, and it does free her up to move on. Besides, are any existing constituencies going to exist to be contested next time?
Tony Greaves 11th Oct '10 - 9:45pm

It is an open secret around the party that Susan is on the list of people that has been supplied to “number 10” for nomination in the next batch of peers – which is perhaps due within a week or two.

Tony Greaves
TheContinentalOp 11th Oct '10 - 9:56pm

She was awful on Question Time.
MrsB 12th Oct '10 - 7:57am

her team also managed to send me an email about her presidential campaign with a subject promoting a different candidate.