Although I noted that Campbell’s resignation meant not many lobby journalists trekked up to Finsbury to hear Cameron speak about poverty this morning, the general level of interest in his surprise decision has been pitifully low.
It’s often not been the main story on the news bulletins and this morning’s papers weren’t exactly packed full of analysis and features. This surely reflects a lack of interest in the Liberal Democrats as much as Campbell’s low personal profile.
Campbell gave his first verbal statements to the broadcast journalists this afternoon. Speaking to Nick Robinson he said that:
It’s amazing that this was the first time he’s spoken about it, if it really was all jump and no push you would have thought he’d have taken more than an afternoon to prepare himself for the announcement.
Deputy Editor