United Kingdom's Liberal Democrat leader resigns
{{date|October 15, 2007}}
[[Image:Ming Campbell during visit to Brent in September 2006.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Menzies Campbell during a visit to Brent, England in September 2006. {{image source|[[w:User:Mpntod|Martin Tod]]}}]]
[[w:Menzies Campbell|Menzies Campbell]], leader of the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[w:Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrat]] political party, has resigned.

[[w:Simon Hughes|Simon Hughes]], the President of the Liberal Democrats, and deputy leader [[w:Vincent Cable|Vincent Cable]] announced the resignation outside the Liberal Democrats headquarters in London, saying that he had made the decision "in the interests of the party". 

Vincent Cable will become acting leader while a [[w:Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2007|leadership election]] takes place. Home Affairs spokesman [[w:Nick Clegg|Nick Clegg]] and environment spokesman [[w:Chris Huhne|Chris Huhne]] are considered to be possible candidates.

Campbell, 66, was [[w:Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2006|elected leader]] in January 2006 after [[w:Charles Kennedy|Charles Kennedy]] stood down. Since then he has faced criticism over his leadership and poor poll results.

In his resignation letter, he wrote: "It has become clear that following the prime minister's decision not to hold an election, questions about leadership are getting in the way of further progress by the party. Accordingly, I now submit my resignation as leader with immediate effect."

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7045833.stm
|title=Campbell quits as Lib Dem leader
|author=
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=October 15, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/libdems/story/0,,2191673,00.html
|title=Campbell resigns as Lib Dem leader
|author=Deborah Summers, Tania Branigan and Hélène Mulholland
|pub=Guardian Unlimited
|date=October 15, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=CJNNT5V11SAENQFIQMFSFFOAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2007/10/15/nming115.xml
|title=	Menzies Campbell resigns as Lib Dem leader
|author=Richard Holt
|pub=Daily Telegraph
|date=October 15, 2007}}

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Menzies Campbell during a visit to Brent, England in September 2006. 
Menzies Campbell, leader of the United Kingdom's Liberal Democrat political party, has resigned.

Simon Hughes, the President of the Liberal Democrats, and deputy leader Vincent Cable announced the resignation outside the Liberal Democrats headquarters in London, saying that he had made the decision "in the interests of the party". 

Vincent Cable will become acting leader while a leadership election takes place. Home Affairs spokesman Nick Clegg and environment spokesman Chris Huhne are considered to be possible candidates.

Campbell, 66, was elected leader in January 2006 after Charles Kennedy stood down. Since then he has faced criticism over his leadership and poor poll results.

In his resignation letter, he wrote: "It has become clear that following the prime minister's decision not to hold an election, questions about leadership are getting in the way of further progress by the party. Accordingly, I now submit my resignation as leader with immediate effect."
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