Liberal Dems spank Labour

[Sundae]

I'm a socialist, and campaigning as hard as I can to get our LibDem candidate in. Aylesbury has always been true blue (I can only assume because the poorer parts of town are disenfranchised) but I think we have a chance this time.

The sitting Tory candidate wasn't one of the worst offenders when it came to the expenses scandal, but he didn't emerge covered in glory either. I think we all sniggered that he charged a Twix to expenses... A 40p chocolate bar for a man on £60k?! I used to buy milk for my colleague at the PCT and not claim it back because it seemed too pettey - and they were on 3x my salary!

So anyway, not only would Lambert be a new broom (a positive in this climate of political ennui) but he has also confirmed he will commute to London - as he already did in his previous job (from which he is taking a sabbatical in order to campaign) and therefore not stick the electorate with an £80k mortgage bill every year.

No party has my complete heart, but the LibDems have my hope.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

but he has also confirmed he will commute to London - as he already did in his previous job (from which he is taking a sabbatical in order to campaign) and therefore not stick the electorate with an £80k mortgage bill every year.

High speed train.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Good news for the Liberal Dems?

It is time to reframe the question. Banks and financial institutions should do what economy and society want them to do – support enterprise, direct credit to where it is needed and be part of the system that generates investment and innovation. Andrew Haldane – and the governor of the Bank of England – are right. We need to break up our banks, limit their capacity to speculate and bring them back to earth. Britain should also launch an official investigation into what went wrong – and hand the findings to the Serious Fraud Office. This needs to become this election campaign's number one issue – not one which either a compromised Labour party or a temporising Conservative party will relish. The Lib Dems, the fiercest critics of the banks, have begun to get very lucky.

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