Nick Clegg is the new leader

[walkinginawinterBundleland]

Of the Lib Dems

but does it really matter?

Well, it matters if you're a Lib Dem.

And it might matter an awful lot if there is a hung parliament, which is still the most likely outcome of the next election.

Hmm. I wasn't madly impressed by him when we had the "live chat" (ha!) with him on here.

I'm not sure that it "matters" if there's a hung parliament, as there was hardly much difference in policies between clegg & huhne

I may be wrong, but my impression was that Huhne is more to the left of the party and would have been less inclined to do pacts/deals/agreements with Cameron.

I'm a Lib Dem, an active one

and I don't give a tossin' fark

For me, Huhne always brings to mind the wide-mouthed frog - I think the right man won. Plus, a very good friend of mine is one of Clegg's top men in his shadow cabinet. UQD makes a good point about the likelihood of a hung parliament. I think it is therefore essential that in order to procure people's votes, they come clean over what agreements might be made with what party.

Oooh, namedropper, swedes! You know what role this person is likely to get, then? Do you think he will "reach out" to Huhne and give him a shadow position?

I thought you had to drop a name to be a namedropper.

Well, technically you do, yes!

apparently NG has never heard Fairy Tale of New York bless

of course it is not the most pertinent issue of the day for him to comment on

swedes they're hardly the shadow cabinet. more like the shadow of the shadow cabinet

walkinginawinter - I think all political parties have a 'shadow cabinet' - no matter how feint the shadow.

After the live chat, I feel a bit about this tbh...