Originally Posted by Tom Wilde

Yep, I read this on an unofficial LibDem forum yesterday, and it also appears on his Wikipedia entry. So therefore it must be true, ho.ho. The claim on the LibDem board was that Meadowcroft joined the LDs a few days ago. I don't know the story behind it.

For those who don't know, Michael Meadowcroft is the former Liberal MP who helped relaunch the Liberal Party in 1988/9 after the rest of the party had merged with the Social Democrats. He was Liberal Party president until 2005, although latterly he was largely a figurehead, having retired from active involvement some years ago. In 2005 he stepped down and was replaced by Steve Radford.

I note that his joining the LibDems happened just before the annual Liberal Party Assembly on Saturday - so maybe there was some motion there he didn't like. I also note that his joining the LibDems was almost simultaneous with me switching allegiance from UKIP to the Liberal Party, so maybe I just have the poitical equivalent of BO.