WALES: Lib Dem leader resigns his post.(News) From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: May 8, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 MGN Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: By TOM BODDEN Welsh Affairs Correspondent

WELSH Lib Dem leader Mike German will stand down at the party's autumn conference, he announced yesterday.

The decision will signal a race for a successor to the longest standing leader of a political party in the Assembly.

Mr German, 63 today, led the Lib Dem group since devolution in 1999.

He stood down temporarily as deputy first minister in 2001-2 to defend himself against allegations...