mostly david ephgrave

Today, I voted for my local Lib Dem candidate, Sam Collins; the first time I haven't voted for the Labour Party in a General Election. That's not to say I've switched allegiance - I still want Labour in - but I'm thinking tactically. And locally, as Sam would be an absolute asset to Hitchin as our MP. I put this out there in the hope it'll give anyone umming & ahhing over whether to vote tactically the reassurance others are doing it. four out of the five tactical-voting sites in the image below suggest voting Lib Dem in Hitchin & Harpenden; let's get duplicitous Boris Johnson and the Tories out. Remember: endlessly intoning they'll "Get Brexit Done" after all the "dither and delay in Parliament" is simple and memorable, but it's devoid of substance. And it's a lie too, as even accepting the Conservatives' current deal will not be an end to it.  That's my two penn'orths; Ephgrave, over and out....

While they’re by no means a bad political party to vote for - if it weren’t for a recent leader's backtracking on pledges to get into bed with the then-Prime Minister David Cameron in a coalition you might say they had the best ethics - I’d have more faith in them if they proofread their own literature. If you’re going to misspell one word on your leaflet, it best not be the name of the area you part-represent. It’s marginally better than forgetting the party you bat for, or accidentally dropping a massive swear (the word “count” is screaming for a typo) but it’s still not great; spell-check can be a wondrous tool if used correctly; that, or you could ask your mum to cast her eye over it. To be fair, the councillor in question seems a pretty decent chap, who’s lived locally for years (unlike our current MP, Bim Afolami, who was quickly air-dropped in to replace the Machiavellian Peter Lilley when he stepped down / was ex...