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Who rises if Huhne falls?

January 20, 2012 9:33 AM

davey• [Jan 20] George Eaton writes: . . SO, who rises if Huhne falls? Ed Davey, the employment minister and Vince Cable's deputy, is the name most frequently cited as a possible replacement. He is well regarded by Lib Dem MPs after fending off some of the wilder proposals contained in Adrian Beecroft's report on labour market reform. The Standard also suggests that Jeremy Browne, the Foreign Office minister, is in the running.

Another name inevitably raised is that of David Laws, whom Cameron has always insisted he wants to see back on the frontbench. But at a time when Nick Clegg is pursuing a strategy of differentiation it would seem inappropriate for Laws, the Tories' favourite Lib Dem, to replace the left-leaning Huhne, possibly their least favourite.

• Who rises if Huhne falls? [George Eaton, New Statesman Blog, Jan 20]

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