Boost for Chris Huhne from Scotland
Welcome news from Scotland in the LibDem leadership contest: a majority of the Liberal Democrat's MSPs - ten out of sixteen - are backing Chris Huhne.
Here are some of their quotes from our MSPs about Chris:
Mike Rumbles, Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine: "He is the only senior Liberal Democrat who seems to fully understand that devolution doesn't stop with Scotland and Wales but needs to be extended to England too."
Robert Brown, Glasgow: "His belief in building power from the bottom up will go down particularly well in Scotland."
Margaret Smith, Edinburgh West: "I believe Chris has the ideas to revitalise not only our party, but British politics generally."
As for last night's Question Time - I think both Chris Huhne and Nick Clegg were good, but Chris was better - particularly in the first half.
I believe we need to be a radical alternative to the cosy consensus of Labour and Tories. I don't want the same old same old. There is no point in that. And I think Chris can best deliver that! That's why I went for him in the first place. Of course you might expect me to say that! - but pleased too to see that overall balance of comments on Liberal Democrat Voice was that Chris was the best.
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i don't think though that Nick IS going for the same old same old.
Just talking to ourselves is the same as same old same old.
The policies are done by the members - we still need to communicate them and have fresh ideas to sell to soft cons, soft lab, unds,nvs, greens etc
The problem for Nick Clegg is that his pitch is "I'm the best communciator" but when put head to head vs Chris Huhne he either draws or just loses. If you are saying you are the best communicator, you should be winning the head-to-heads all the time.
overall balance of comments on Liberal Democrat Voice
And that remains the case even if you take my attempts to report things as they happened out. He definitely sold me on being the better at getting our ideas across, which given that's supposedly Nick's USP means I'll go with the guy I was inclined to already.
(weird typing this comment and seeing you sat in parlt for a debate live on the TV as I do so)