Labour hints Charles Kennedy to defect from Liberal Democrats

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/aug/20/labour-hints-charles-kennedy-defect-liberal-democrats

What comes first, a LibDems crossing the floor or a new LibDem leader?

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Ed Miliband says if he wins Labour leadership contest his strategy is to make Lib Dems 'extinct'

What an idiot.

He's trying to take hold of the anger of Labour members at the LibDems, of which there are many. Of course, it's clear that the Libs will make themself extinct over the next 5 years. Labour should be attacking the Tories.

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Ah, not a brilliant choice of words, though not any worse than the norm for politicians talking about the general subject of future party structures.

Btw, Kennedy's seat has never been Labour held. Not sure why it's always being confused with Caithness and So On.

I imagine that, if he was to defect, Labour would select him for a safe seat in Scotland. Would he hold Rosse, Skye and Lochaber as a Labour candidate? I imagine his personal vote is very strong.

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This can't be true, why else would the Australian election be the BBC's top story and not this?

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lib-dems-to-discuss-closer-ties-with-labour-at-election-2058833.html - The Kennedy story appears to have given the Libs a taste of things to come for them.

I hope I can say on behalf of many Labour supporters that we don't want the Libs, thanks. They had their chance to let the Tories go it alone. Just because their support has collapsed to 12% (and falling) and Labour appears to have picked up most of the collapse, doesn't mean they can have us when the going gets tough for them. That's opportunism, if I ever saw it.

If they're down to 5 MPs at the next election, then it's their own doing, not Labour's doing or even the Conservative's doing.