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LIBERAL DEMOCRATS: PADDY ASHDOWN TO QUIT:.||=================================================================================||||a)NAT: BONG CS Paddy Ashdown|ITN||b)NAT: MICHAEL BRUNSON||ITN|ENGLAND: London: Westminster:||Int|MS Paddy Ashdown MP (Liberal Democrat Leader) sitting with wife Jane||CS Ashdown||CS Jane PULL OUT both||TS Both||Paddy Ashdown MP (Leader, Liberal Democrats) interview SOT||- Most party leaders are either carried out or kicked out/ wanted to leave my successor a successful party on the upward curve/ nothing will ever match what I have now done/ when I have fought election my task will be finished/ will be time for new leader with fresh ideas and fresh energy||||LIB(TX 11.11.98/ITN)|Downing Street: No.10||Ashdown seated at meeting with Tony Blair (PM) and Cabinet members||LIB(ITN)||Ext|Westminster:||Ashdown and colleagues towards and thru parliament gates||Downing Street:||Ashdown and colleagues arriving at No.10 and entering||||HOC TV (13.1.99)|House of Commons:||Int|Paddy Ashdown stands to speak (to groans) and he quips SOT||- And a Happy New Year to you too (laughter)||||ITN|Westminster:||Paddy Ashdown interview SOT||- If you can't take that you shouldn't be in politics/ House of Commons does not thrill me but I love being leader/ no greater privilege than being party leader||||GRAPHIC/STILLS Leadership candidates - Charles Kennedy, Menzies Campbell, Nick Harvey||||Jack Cunningham MP (Cabinet Office Minister) along corridor, into office and interview SOT||- The working of joint consultative cttee and support of Lib Dems for govt huge agenda reform has been important to govt/ PM holds Ashdown's support in high regard||Alan Beith MP (Deputy Leader Liberal Democrats) interview SOT||- He's been superb leader/ he has permanently changed British politics and sees its time for someone else to take over||||ITN LIB HELD IN BUREAU|Brighton:||Ashdown walking thru seat...