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Tim Farron: Labour 'utterly dishonest' about state of economy

November 19, 2011 10:47 AM

farron• [Nov 18] Andrew Sparrow writes: THE Liberal Democrat president, Tim Farron, is normally portrayed as the party's leftish leader-in-waiting, the ideal candidate to take over from Nick Clegg and cosy up to Labour if the coalition crashes and the Lib Dems need their own plan B after the next general election.

I've even written about him in these terms myself. So I was slightly surprised, when I interviewed him in his office in the House of Commons on Wednesday, to hear him excoriate Labour in a way that made his comments about other Lib Dem hate figures (like bankers and Tory backbenchers) sound pathetically tame. Here are the highlights from the interview . .

• Sparrow interviews Farron [Guardian Nov18]

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