Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te hoa whawhai o Nick Clegg mō te kaiārahi o te Rōpū Manapori ā-Rangatiratanga i waenganui i tētahi tautohetohe nui inanahi i runga i te matenga o tētahi o ngā kaitohutohu o te rōpū. I whakapaehia a Tim Farron e te pouaru o te tupapaku mo te 'whakakahoretanga' i muri i te kitenga o te uiui i peke atu a Jo Stephenson mai i te tuanui o tona whare i a ia e mamae ana i te 'ohanga nui'. Ko Mr Stephenson, te kaiārahi tuarua o Cumbria County Council, i hinga mai i te whare e toru nga papa i Windermere i muri i tana whakahawea mo nga utu pareketo hou i te rohe pōti a Mr Farron o Westmorland me Lonsdale. Inaianei kua whakapae te pouaru o Mr Stephenson a Hilary i a Mr Farron - he perehitini o mua o te roopu i tapaina ko "Saint Tim" na ona whakapono whakapono whakapono - mo te whakarereke i tetahi kirimana hei tautoko i tana tane kua mate mo te kaupapa here. I whakapaehia a Tim Farron (maui) e te pouaru o Jo Stephenson (waenganui) a Hilary (matau) mo te 'whakakahoretanga' i muri i te kitenga o te uiui i peke ia mai i te tuanui o tona whare i te wa e raru ana ia i te 'pupuri kaha' I ora a Mr Stephenson i tana hinganga i te tuatahi, a he pai ki te korero ki nga paramana e hiahia ana ia ki te whakamate ia ia ano. I mate ia i ona whara e toru wiki i muri mai. Ko te raupapa ohorere o nga huihuinga i puta i muri i te kaiarahi a Mr Stephenson i nga mahere tautohetohe Lib Dem ki te whakanui i nga moni a te kaunihera ma te whakakore i nga waka waka koreutu i Cumbria. E kī ana ngā pūtake ā-rohe, ko Mr Farron <unk> te tino kaitono ki te whakakapi i a Mr Clegg mēnā ka hinga te rōpū i te Kōwhiringa Pāremata <unk> i oati ki te tautoko i ngā whakapae hei utu mō te whakawātea i ngā wāhanga o te rohe e whakahaeretia ana e te Liberal Democrat. Engari, e ai ki a Mrs Stephenson, i te wa i whakaohohia ai te mahere ki te riri nui mai i nga kainoho o te rohe, ka noho puku a Mr Farron i te wa e whakaekehia ana a Mr Stephenson 59-tau-tau ki nga korero riri i runga i a Facebook me Twitter. 'Kua whakaritea e rātau he kirimana, engari ka whakakāhoretia e Tim, ā, ka akiaki i a Jo ki mua, kia mau ai ki te riri,' ka mea ia ki te Mail i te Rātapu. 'Ka mea noa a Jo, 'Ehara i te mea e mahia ana e te tangata rangatira, ehara?' Engari ko te mahi a nga kaitōrangapū. Kāore au i te mōhio ki ngā taipitopito [o te kirimana]. E mōhio ana ahau i whakakeke a Farron i a ia, ā, i waiho e ia a Jo i roto i tētahi...
I whakapae te pouaru o Jo Stephenson i a Tim Farron mo te tinihanga i tana tahu i mate. I whakahaweatia ia mō ngā utu whakatārewatanga hou i te rohe pōti a Mr Farron. Ko te kaihautū tuarua o te kaunihera o Cumbria County i hinga mai i tētahi whare e toru ngā taumata. I kitea e te tirotirohanga i peke atu ia i te tuanui i a ia e mamae ana i te 'ohanga nui'