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Jeneral2885

(1,354 posts) Thu May 29, 2014, 06:34 AM May 2014

Lib Dem Crisis: What about the Deputy Leader?

Malcolm Bruce? What's his take and role in the whole leadership crisis?

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Lib Dem Crisis: What about the Deputy Leader? (Original Post) Jeneral2885 May 2014 OP

Wait till that empty taxi pulls up, then you can ask him as he gets out. non sociopath skin May 2014 #1

Don't know that much about Malcolm Bruce; but I'm surprised there wasn't a big leadership crisis LeftishBrit May 2014 #2

Some questions.. T_i_B May 2014 #3

non sociopath skin

(4,972 posts)

1. Wait till that empty taxi pulls up, then you can ask him as he gets out.

Reply to Jeneral2885 (Original post)

Thu May 29, 2014, 12:37 PM

May 2014

The Skin

LeftishBrit

(41,205 posts)

2. Don't know that much about Malcolm Bruce; but I'm surprised there wasn't a big leadership crisis

Reply to Jeneral2885 (Original post)

Thu May 29, 2014, 12:39 PM

May 2014

before now.

The LibDems as a group are not known for long-term loyalty to their leaders; and apart from more principled reasons for objecting to Clegg's poodling to the Tories, it was bringing them down drastically in the polls.

ETA: one of the few things that I do know about Bruce is that he had announced his retirement from parliament for 2015, so I doubt that he's playing a huge role in anything any more, insofar as he ever did.

T_i_B

(14,737 posts)

3. Some questions..

Reply to Jeneral2885 (Original post)

Fri May 30, 2014, 07:59 AM

May 2014

I've had a look at Malcolm Bruce's Wikipedia page earlier. Has he only been deputy leader since January? And isn't he due to stand down at the next election?

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