Lynne's Parliament and Haringey diary

Watched Chris Huhne and Nick Clegg on the Andy Marr show this morning. Both on good form.

Then read the newspaper coverage. Pretty clear that the Times et al are weighing in for Nick 'the bookies favourite'. However, in the Liberal Democrats, that might not be the signal the party is waiting for. We're an ornery lot and don't like being bounced.

We were bonced into Ming really - and had Chris been better known and had he been in Parliamnet more than six months, I think he probably would have won. He went an awful long way from a real standing start.

What we clear this morning, though, was that we have two really excellent options. You almost wish that you could bang them into one. Indeed, the good news is, whoever wins, that we will have both of these first class polticians right at the forefront of the Lib Dems.

Labels: andrew marr, chris huhne, lib dem leadership contest, ming campbell, nick clegg