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Thursday 14 May 2015

Why are so many people suddenly joining the Liberal Democrats?

Both the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph have run articles exploring the recent surge in Liberal Democrat membership. Since the polls closed on election day last Thursday,10,000 people have become members (Labour has reported an increase of 29,103 new members).


 Is this the start of a 'liberal fightback', as president of the Liberal Democrats, Sal Brinton seems to suggest, or will these new members simple lose interest?