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Opinion: Why changing leader now  WILL save the party in 2015 and beyond.

Libby - Some rghts reserved by David SpenderA debate is still raging in the party 5 weeks after  the disastrous Local, Euro and Newark byelection results which saw the party slump to 6.9% and to 2.6% at Newark. Numerous opinion polls also point to a historic disaster facing the party on May 7th 2015.

In my own local party Wakefield just this week a letter went out to party members to ask the question about Nick Clegg’s continuing leadership. Across the party it is reported that some 30 local parties have tabled …

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  • sean
    @Peter Davies Agreed, and that's arguably the strongest argument for the UK acting through coalitions (G7, EU adequacy frameworks, UN processes) rather than wai...
  • sean worrell
    @paul barker The grid strain is real and measurable, and it's a fair reason to demand efficiency standards and clean-power conditions on new data centre approva...
  • Matt Wardman
    @Nonconformistradical . i do not think that would work. Consider how many times Doctors, when asked to consider reporting eyesight defects wrt driving lic...
  • Matt Wardman
    This is a good call for consideration, rather than kneejerk reactions, from Karen. But I think it is massively too narrow trying to focus the question on one va...
  • Tristan Ward
    I certainly support a hard Lib Dem campaign I Holborn & St Pancras arguing for closer relationships with European states and the EU, strong defence and urg...