 Hughes said the Lib Dems would have 150 MPs under PR |
Some of the greatest governments of the future will be Liberal Democrat, party president Simon Hughes has said. In a speech to the party's conference in Blackpool, Mr Hughes pledged to "deliver Liberal Democracy" across Britain "soon" and "in our time".
But he warned it would only come if the party increased the "breadth and depth" of its support.
Mr Hughes also hailed the Lib Dems general election result and attacked the UK's "rigged electoral system".
He said the Lib Dems would have 150 MPs - instead of the 62 they have - under proportional representation.
"The whole parliamentary system has now produced a complete distortion of democracy," he told delegates.
He said Britain was approaching an "autocratic tyranny" under Labour and he mocked the Conservatives for choosing their "fifth different leader in eight years".
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