Tim Farron initiates major campaign against Tim Farron

Popular MP accused of 'playing politics with self'

Cumbrian MP, Tim Farron has announced a campaign against Tim Farron, the Member of Parliament for Westmorland and Lonsdale.

Farron, who has represented the area since 2005, has launched numerous campaigns against the government, frequently taking local causes all the way to Westminster.

However, many people may not know that Tim is also President of the Liberal Democrats who are in a coalition government with the Conservative Party.

When this was pointed out to the MP he then decided to take "a decision based on principles, on the liberal values that I hold dear" to launch a campaign to oust himself from office in protest at the government that couldn't exist without the party he is president of.

Farron also insisted that he would stand in the constituency at the next election saying that he could best represent the constituency.