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Published Date: 02 May 2009
THE Labour Party could fracture as badly as it did in 1981 if the party suffers a heavy loss at the next election, Lord Ashdown warned today.
As a bruising week for Gordon Brown draws to a close, the former Liberal Democrat leader said Labour faces a "heart and soul battle" if it loses power and faces an SDP-style breakaway.

In 1981 Labour MPs opposed to Michael Foot's leadership – led by the "Gang of Four", which included David Owen – defected from Labour to set up the SDP.



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  • Last Updated: 02 May 2009 10:37 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Labour Party
 
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The west awake,

Argyll 02/05/2009 11:55:22
Lord Ashdown "warns" about a Labour schism??!!
Who's he warning?

Bring it on!
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steve 1511,

aberdeen 02/05/2009 16:12:46
the gibbering eejit broon with the big banana smile looks as if he is after a part on the hoobs kids tv show
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dodderer,

Edinburgh 03/05/2009 10:23:48
Once again the government try to side step the real issues. The country is heading for bankruptcy and they want to spend their way out of it. uncontrolled spending got us where we are today. so get a few nonentities on the back and middle benches to threaten to defect and the masses forget the real issues. The man at the top may well be a Scot but right now I wish he were Japanese then he might fall on his sword. Only joking about that bit but when the hell will he do the right thing and resign. We should all vote Liberals because they are becoming a true alternative to the other two sibling parties.
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PaulW,

Borders 04/05/2009 00:42:59
No disrespect, but when Dodderer recommends voting Liberal, I can see where he gets his moniker from :-) Until such time as I get to a stage when I forget that I have any principles, I will not being voting for a party with more faces than Big Ben, which the Lib Desm demonstrate ona regular basis.

Besides, in Scotland we have no need for the two siblings he mentions or the Liberal (Not So Very Much Democrats), as we have the extra option of voting SNP, which is what I intend to do.




 

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