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Ex-Ukip members are standing as “Liberal Party” candidates in Lib Dem target seats
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Nov 29, 2019 12:52am |
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| Author | George Grylls |
| News Date | Wednesday, November 27, 2019 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A strange battle has broken out in Cornwall, where voters might be left feeling a little confused by what appears on their ballot papers.
In all six of the county’s constituencies there will candidates standing from both the Liberal Democrats and the “Liberal Party”.
“It’s quite dishonest of the Liberal Democrats to call themselves Liberal Democrats,” said Steve Radford, a councillor in Liverpool and leader of the Liberal Party.
Three of the Liberal Party candidates in Cornwall have until recently been active campaigners for Ukip. Bob Smith was a founder member of Ukip with Nigel Farage and is standing in St Ives and the Scilly Isles. Paul Nicholson was a Ukip candidate for councillor in Penzance in 2017 and is standing in Truro and Falmouth. Elmar Liepins was a proposer for a Ukip parliamentary candidate in 2015 and is standing in North Cornwall.
On the subject of people joining from other parties, Radford had this to say:
“The presumption that because someone belonged to Ukip they are not a liberal is a false view.”
“We’ve had a surge in the past year. A surge in Cornwall. A surge in other parts of the country as well.” |
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