Very interesting point. I wonder if that's also true for Party activists (all parties) and campaigners in the Third Sector. (View Post)

Thanks - I think that was a couple of days ago - but I see that two Independents in Swansea have indeed joined the Lib Dems. Like prognostications for the G&D result, I suspect that there's … (View Post)

Yes, it certainly was - and in particular from John O'Grady, the Independent Labour candidate (four of the candidates had "Labour" in their descriptions.) The Liberals usually get the … (View Post)

On the Saturday before the Croydon North West by election in 1981 there were so many helpers (it was before the Lib/SDP merger) that people were told to put on a Liberal badge and go and mill around … (View Post)

Some of us are hoping for a three way tie, with the Returning Officer having to arrange the drawing of lots. The one who pulls the shortest straw has to be the MP...... (View Post)