Candidates in the local elections that have been held in stages across Pakistan have supposedly competed as individuals, though many have in fact been party, or ex-party, men.
Ex-party president Simon Hughes replaces Steve Webb as energy and climate change spokesman.
The ex-Tory party treasurer told BBC Radio 4's The World at One he should have been contacted before broadcast.
In those negotiations, Imran Khan, the ex-cricketer whose party has risen to an unlikely third place by appealing to young people and those disaffected from mainstream politics, is likely to play a critical role as a potential king-maker.
If anything represents the uneasy muddle that is Indonesian politics these days, it may well be Golkar, the party of discredited ex-president Suharto.
The Liberal Democrats "let people down" by not dealing with claims made against the party's ex-chief executive Lord Rennard, Nick Clegg has said.
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Praising John Swinney, he said the finance secretary had once been the "defeated and devastated ex-leader of his party", adding that there was "hope for us all".
Mr Lipponen's thoughts now turn to the new balance of power in a coalition still likely to include the Greens, the ex-communists and a party of ethnic Swedes, as well as the conservatives, who vigorously argue for a fifth nuclear power station for Finland.
Under fire for his party's handling of allegations against ex-chief executive Lord Rennard, he said voters could trust the party's record in office.
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The largest opposition party in Parliament, ex-PM Chuan Leekpai's Democrats, may lead a censure debate next month.
At least five people in Mozambique have been killed after members of the opposition party Renamo, an ex-rebel movement, attacked a police post.
Labour must offer "solutions" to voters' problems if it is to be seen as an "effective party of government", ex-Home Secretary Lord Reid has said.
Dozens of high-profile Republicans -- including former party Chairman Ken Mehlman, ex-presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman and actor Clint Eastwood -- filed a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that Proposition 8 should be struck down.
Everyone else is nowhere, including the leaders of Golkar, once the political machine of the ex-dictator Suharto and still the largest party in parliament.
As the movie opens, Jane Adler (Streep) attends a sun-dappled outdoor party where she runs into her ex-husband, Jake (Alec Baldwin), with his much younger second wife, Agness (Lake Bell).
Some thought that without ex-TV host Kilroy's recognition factor the party might struggle.
Only two former National Party cabinet ministers did so: Adriaan Vlok, ex-minister of law and order, and Piet Koornhof, ex-development minister.
Elisa Carrio, an ex-member of Mr de la Rua's Radical party, had hoped to use the election as a launch-pad for a populist bid for the presidency.
While some watch the procession from London on television, some ex-miners in Easington in County Durham will be holding a party.
Ex-Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said his centre-right Gerb party's chances had been damaged by comments from other parties on the eve of the polls.
If such ex-Tories find it impossible to go back to their former party, they can always opt for the Liberal Democrats rather than Labour.
Ali Haider Gilani, the son of ex-premier Yousuf Raza Gilani from the Pakistan People's Party, is running for a provincial assembly seat in the district of Multan.
Mr Zardari's party fears that if former Supreme Court judges, including ex-chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, are reinstated, they could overturn a controversial amnesty that Mr Musharraf granted Mr Zardari and Ms Bhutto last year that paved the way for them to return to the country.
Pichit Rattakul, a scientist, environmental activist and former Democrat Party MP who ran as an independent, decisively beat two ex-governors.
Oliver Letwin, the affable ex-philosopher who has taken over from Ann Widdecombe as the Conservative Party's shadow home secretary, falls into this category.
The opposition Peronists, particularly ex-President Carlos Menem, despise Mr Alvarez, who defected from their party in the 1990s.
An ex-Royal Navy medical officer is to stand for the National Health Action Party in the Eastleigh by-election after disgraced Chris Huhne quit.
The ex-fighter pilot who defied his captors in Vietnam and, often, his party's leaders in Washington.
South Carolina has both a long tradition of party-switching and a population of 400, 000 independent-inclined ex-servicemen.
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