Monday, October 09, 2006
23/01/2006 Sample declares for Hughes
23rd January 2006
Salisbury's Liberal Democrat Group Leader, Cllr Paul Sample, is named today as one of over 60 leading Councillors who have declared their support for Simon Hughes MP in the Lib Dem leadership race.
Cllr Sample said: "It is becoming clear that Party activists and Councillors are, in the main, backing Simon Hughes for Leadership of the Liberal Democrats.
"I've know Simon since he was first elected back in the early 1980s and I know him to be an honest and sincere individual.
"I think it is fair to say that there is still quite a lot of anger among activists who feel that the parliamentary party stitched Charles Kennedy up. Simon was loyal throughout and had nothing to do with that. It is one of the reasons why people are backing him."
Salisbury's Liberal Democrat Group Leader, Cllr Paul Sample, is named today as one of over 60 leading Councillors who have declared their support for Simon Hughes MP in the Lib Dem leadership race.
Cllr Sample said: "It is becoming clear that Party activists and Councillors are, in the main, backing Simon Hughes for Leadership of the Liberal Democrats.
"I've know Simon since he was first elected back in the early 1980s and I know him to be an honest and sincere individual.
"I think it is fair to say that there is still quite a lot of anger among activists who feel that the parliamentary party stitched Charles Kennedy up. Simon was loyal throughout and had nothing to do with that. It is one of the reasons why people are backing him."
