Summary
The favourite to win the Lib-Dem leadership last night vowed to rebuild the battered party and give it a new sense of 'unity and professionalism'. Sir Menzies Campbell, who has been acting leader since Charles Kennedy's admissions of alcoholism led him to stand down, took a coded swipe at his former boss as he promised to take tough decisions about the party's future and to provide more 'clarity'.
Front runner Sir Menzies (known as 'Ming'), Welshman Simon Hughes and Chris Huhne will be at hustings meetings in Cardiff tonight following a series of meet-the-members events throughout Wales. Although he is the bookies' favourite, party insiders say Mr Huhne, who has only been an MP since May, is mounting a strong challenge.See the full content of this document
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I'm Not Scared of David Cameron or Gordon Brown. I Say
The party has been dogged by scandals since the turn of the year. First Mr Kennedy was forced out, and then front-bencher Mark Oaten, briefly a contender to take over, was reported to h...
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