Daisy Cooper, the new Liberal Democrat MP for St Albans, raised eyebrows yesterday by suggesting she could run to succeed Jo Swinson as leader. Speaking to LBC, Cooper declined to rule out a leadership bid. “I’ve got big ambitions for the country that I want to live in,” she said. “Let’s see where we are in a few weeks’ time.”
Having been an MP for four days, is Cooper on a hiding to nothing? Liberal Democrats at Westminster are unsurprised by her ambition, and the party has long been ambitious for her. Tim Farron gave her a starring role in his only general election campaign. And having run for the Lib Dem presidency in 2014, she is not unknown to the grassroots.
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