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PADDY ASHDOWN bemoaned the inaccuracy of pre-election polls yesterday, which he blamed for having “killed” the Liberal Democrats.
The Lib Dem peer and former leader, who backtracked on a promise to eat his own hat if the shock exit polls were right, turned his fury on pollsters that all predicted the Tories and Labour were neck and neck.
Admitting he has been “blindsided” by the result which has left his party with only eight MPs, losing a colossal 49 seats, Lord Ashdown suggested more people would have voted Lib Dem if the polls had shown the real situation.
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
VINCE MILLS cautions over the perils and pitfalls of ‘a new left party’
