Not just 'Nice Guy Eddie': Lib Dems eager for leader to show radical side at party conference
They insist this conference will be a "gear shift".Daisy Cooper, the deputy leader, told me it would be "a gloves-off kind of conference"."You'll see a bit of fighting talk," she said.Some of the caution until now has been deliberate. The party's leadership met over the last few months and discussed whether to copy Polanski's punchy, social media-focused style but decided it wouldn't appeal to the well-heeled areas of southern England that form the Lib Dem heartlands. "We need to be angry on behalf of our constituents."Another Lib Dem MP said: "We are stuck fighting the guerilla politics of local campaigning.
- ▪They insist this conference will be a "gear shift".Daisy Cooper, the deputy leader, told me it would be "a gloves-off kind of conference"."You'll see a bit of fighting talk," she said.Some of the caution until now has been deliberate.
- ▪The party's leadership met over the last few months and discussed whether to copy Polanski's punchy, social media-focused style but decided it wouldn't appeal to the well-heeled areas of southern England that form the Lib Dem heartlands.
- ▪"We need to be angry on behalf of our constituents."Another Lib Dem MP said: "We are stuck fighting the guerilla politics of local campaigning.
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Not just 'Nice Guy Eddie': Lib Dems eager for leader to show radical side at party conferenceImage source, House of CommonsByHarry FarleyPolitical correspondentPublished4 minutes agoDiscontent bubbles not far from the surface as the Liberal Democrats gather for their conference this weekend.Two years on from their best ever general election result, conversations with those on the party's frontbench, its MPs, and backroom staff reveal a frustration at what many see as a failure to capitalise on that success.Polling by YouGov in the build up to the conference highlighted the Lib Dems "have seen no real growth in support since the last general election" and if anything have slipped back."We lack the ability to say something new or interesting," said one senior Lib Dem MP.
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