With British politics in chaos, the Liberal Democrats are getting election-ready – POLITICO

LONDON — The Liberal Democrats have already selected a raft of prospective parliamentary candidates in their target seats for Britain’s next general election, as part of a wider move to ready the centrist party for a potential return to government.

Over the past month, Britain’s pro-EU liberal party quietly picked 28 candidates and built three-person activist teams around each of them. It’s a move that lays the groundwork for the next election — not currently due until 2029 — and marks the earliest in a cycle that the country’s third-largest party has ever picked candidates.

POLITICO spoke to 12 Lib Dem politicians and staff with direct knowledge of the changes, some granted anonymity to speak candidly about the party’s next phase and its stakes.