From the Facebook groups: more evidence that the momentum is with Chris December 7, 2007
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I noticed last night that there has been movement on the membership of the Lib Dem Facebook groups (above), which had been largely static for a few weeks – the past 48 hours have seen a swing to Chris.
Most people signed up to FB groups early in the campaign, so Nick has a lead on overall numbers, but the pattern of movement seems to give (anecdotal!) credence to Chris’s claim that the momentum is with him as the crucial undecided voters go to the polls.
Tall finds that Cleggies judge Huhne the debate winner November 17, 2007
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Impartial arbiter and Lib Dem Voice editor Stephen Tall has crunched the blogosphere’s reaction to the Question Time debate… and finds that partisans of both sides and undecideds were bowled over by Chris.
Chris takes part in online Q&A at Political Betting November 4, 2007
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The Political Betting website is holding online Q&A sessions for both leadership contenders. Chris was first up this morning and you can read it here.
James Graham on Chris’s manifesto November 1, 2007
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Over at Quaequam Blog!, James Graham has been looking through the various sections of Chris’s manifesto and giving his opinion. He says:
Huhne is clearly taking risks, and he should be congratulated for that. He has brought substance to a debate which until now has been distinctly wanting for it. On a number of issues however, he simply doesn’t seem to appreciate the communication issue. On the environment, on crime and on taxation it isn’t that he is wrong on detail, but that he hasn’t worked enough on communicating the message. This is at least a much bigger concern of Nick Clegg’s.
But on consistency, he wins hands down. You can’t fault him for not being prepared to answer difficult questions. This is an issue my scoring system doesn’t measure, yet it is important. Developing a clear Liberal Democrat identity is crucial. It gives us a brand – not something that 100% of the population will agree with, but something which a substantial minority certainly will. Longer term, such consistency will help us bridge the gap between the 10% of the public who identify as a big-el-Lib big-dee-Dem and the 50% of the public who identify as a small-el-liberal.
Blog reaction to Chris’s Trident announcement October 29, 2007
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Thanks to Stephen Tall at Lib Dem Voice, who’s saved me the trouble of doing it by rounding up the reactions of Liberal Democrat bloggers to Chris’s announcement that he opposes replacing Trident.
Paul Walter backs Chris October 27, 2007
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Paul Walter, who writes the Liberal Burblings blog which was shortlisted for Lib Dem blog of the year 2007, has ended his undecided status and now backs Chris for the leadership.
Jock Coats pitches Chris to the Greens October 27, 2007
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Over at The Daily (Maybe), a Green blog, two Lib Dem bloggers take the campaign outside the party and explain why they’re backing their choice for party leader. Making the case for Chris is Jock Coats.
The first campaign jokes? October 25, 2007
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Wit and Wisdom gives us what I think are the first jokes of the leadership campaign:
How many Chris Huhne supporters does it take to change a lightbulb?
Two: one to change the lightbulb and one to set up the ‘Lightbulbs for Chris Huhne’ Facebook group.
And before you ask, no, that group doesn’t exist. Not yet, anyway.
Should Chris have a chance at Prime Minister’s Questions? October 18, 2007
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On the Political Betting website, Mike Smithson puts forward an interesting suggestion for the leadership contest – allowing the contenders for the leadership to show how they would do at Prime Minister’s Questions. In his view this would give the party membership and the public the chance to see how they would do in one of the most important roles of the party leader before we get to vote on them, rather than waiting to see how they do after they’re elected.
Of course, there’s a question as to whether the rules of the House of Commons would allow for this to happen, but what’s your opinion? Would you like to see Chris Huhne, Nick Clegg and whoever else stands given their moment in the Commons spotlight?
