Wendy Chamberlain, the Liberal Democrats' Chief Whip, unexpectedly worked with Reform UK MPs Lee Anderson and James McMurdock to secure a symbolic victory on proportional representation. Despite political differences, both parties share a commitment to electoral reform.
Wendy Chamberlain , the Liberal Democrats ' Chief Whip, is dealing with the headaches of a much larger party – and weighing up how far to imitate Nigel Farage
“And indeed, I’m going to take part-credit for our electoral reform win a few weeks ago, because Lee Anderson and James McMurdock, they were kind of standing outside the lobbies, and I was like, ‘You should be in here! You’ve signed the agreement!’ And they came in.” But she admits that – even without echoing the aggression that Reform often adopts – the Lib Dems could learn from the right-wingers’ persistence in putting their message across through all media avenues available, saying: “If I look at, for example, GB News, it’s not something I would actively choose to go on.
As well as managing the headaches that come as the flipside of success, the Liberal Democrats are adjusting to a new world in which they can no longer focus all their firepower on the Conservatives but must take on Labour too. Chamberlain points specifically to the decision to impose inheritance tax on farmland and deny compensation to the so-called “Waspi women” who say their state pension age was changed with insufficient notice as examples of Labour apparently letting down its voters, saying: “To have that level of ire from from an electorate who had obviously given Labour in many areas an opportunity this time just seems foolhardy.
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