Cornwall's Lib Dem MPs top Tory hit-list
Assuming boundary changes happen as recommended, here are the top Lib Dem marginals with percentage majority over Con
Guiseley and Yeadon 0.3
Bodmin and Newquay 0.3
Abingdon and Oxford North 0.3
Solihull 2.1
Richmond and Twickenham 2.2
Hazel Grove and Poynton 2.2
Truro and St Austell 2.5
St Ives 2.7
As Conservative Home puts it:
"When Tory MPs are most depressed with the failings and compromises of coalition government they comfort themselves with the thought that it is hurting the Liberal Democrats much more than it is hurting Conservatives. The Lib Dems are the bindweed of British politics. Once they've invaded territory they are hard to get rid of but the next election is our best opportunity in a generation to significantly cut their numbers. While they are down on the floor we shouldn't show mercy. We must finish them off."
With coalition friends like these, who needs enemies?
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Comment number 1.
At 9th Mar 2012, Tynegod wrote:It could be said "the gloves are off".
But I think this was always going to be a "bare-knuckle" contest.
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