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Opinion: Have a local party meeting after the election

By Antony Hook | Wed 25th March 2015 - 10:25 am

We will all be very busy for the next few weeks, working hard to get Lib Dem MPs elected.

But once the votes are counted, the job of setting the country on the best direction will not over. There is every chance no party will win a majority.

Thinking about this must not distract us from campaigning. But it would be irresponsible to think that polling day is the end. It is just the beginning.

The Federal Executive has agreed processes for how Liberal Democrats approach inter-party negotiations.

A negotiating team will operate on appointment by the Leader. It will report to a small reference group drawn from FE, FPC members and MPs/peers. They will report to the full committees and all MPs/peers. Any proposed decision to work with another party in government will go to a Special Conference.

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