7th December 2009

Whatever happened to defector Denis Knowles’ blog?  It seems to have vanished. 

Can there be any connection with the Wallasey Top Tory (Cllr Blakeley) having adopted a role for himself as his Party’s grammarian?   

By the way why not take a look at Conservative numeracy as well?  They have just pronounced their by-election win, in one of their safest seats, as a fantastic success. 

But in a reduced poll their vote collapsed by 681 (Labour’s also dropped – by a mere 59).  The Tory percentage of votes cast also fell – and even with a Left independent in the field Labour’s percentage rose by almost 3%.   At a time when the Tories had conducted the most virulently aggressive campaign in their history it must have been a great disappointment for them to see their support withering so badly.  No wonder they prefer to comment in well spun words rather than in actual numbers.