Is it strange that I'm more worried about Conservative prospects here than in Crewe?...
Yes. This is one of the richest parts of the country and we've seenvery recently quite how well the Tories are doing in the various commuterbelts. It would take skill to lose this one right now.
But what about the big scary LibDems, with their barcharts and legions of activists!?
Lets remember what happened in the last by-election in a 'safe conservative seat' - then again the near disaster in Bromely seems to have had a lot to do with the local association and was at a time when the Conservatives were not doing nearly so well as now, still its a worry.
