In a surprise appointment, Nick Clegg has recruited the former CNN host to help communicate the Lib Dem message in the run up to the 2015 vote.
"He’s a disrupter," the Lib Dem insider told HuffPost. "Adding the biggest name in British media to the election team is a huge coup for Nick."
Having seen the Lib Dems plummet in the polls in recent years, the HuffPost understands the Deputy PM was desperate to convey a more coherent line to the British press ahead of the election amid fears the party could be ravaged at the ballot.
The party bigwig told HuffPost that Morgan had been eager to take the role, and had been considering a sideways move into politics for some time.
Not only is Morgan expected to use his extensive Fleet Street and TV connections to secure Clegg favourable coverage, sources at ITV indicate the former Mirror editor host has already sounded out Simon Cowell to see if the deputy PM can be a guest judge on next year's Britain's Got Talent.
Piers Morgan Live was cancelled in February, with the final show airing last Friday.
Neither the Lib Dems nor Piers Morgan were available for comment.
Piers Morgan bid farewell on Friday evening, delivering a final heartfelt broadside to America’s gun lobby in the last ever edition of CNN’s Piers Morgan Live.
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