<sod >'In these difficult and uncertain times our country desperately needs a strong and effective Labour Party, holding the government to account and preparing to form the next government.< eod>< sod > "In these difficult and uncertain times our country desperately needs a strong and effective Labour Party, holding the government to account and preparing to form the next government." Another troubling implication of the Liberal DemocratsÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂ success is it showed the party campaigning machinery is functioning well.< eod>