{"id":316,"date":"2005-06-24T13:29:07","date_gmt":"2005-06-24T12:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/?p=316"},"modified":"2005-06-24T13:51:12","modified_gmt":"2005-06-24T12:51:12","slug":"radical-responsible-reforming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/06\/24\/radical-responsible-reforming\/","title":{"rendered":"Radical, responsible, reforming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nicol Stephen yesterday <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/scotland\/4122106.stm\">won the election<\/a> to succeed Jim Wallace as Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. He beat fellow MSP Mike Rumbles by 76.6% to 23.4%.<\/p>\n<p>I was at the press conference where the result was announced by Malcolm Bruce MP and I watched Nicol&#8217;s acceptance speech which was as positive as the campaign had been. Nicol is a charismatic new leader (and former MP) who I&#8217;m sure will lead the LibDems to a greater presence in the Scottish Parliament in 2007.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I want us to be seen as pro-education, pro-the economy, pro-business, pro-the environment,&#8221; he explained. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want our ideas to be radical, responsible and reforming.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\n&#8220;My strategy is to aim high, my vision is a Liberal Scotland and Scotland&#8217;s future is best with the Liberal Democrats.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here endeth the PPB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicol Stephen yesterday won the election to succeed Jim Wallace as Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. He beat fellow MSP Mike Rumbles by 76.6% to 23.4%. 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