FYI:
Overall, I feel the party has turned a corner in this election. The optimism amongst the people I’ve spoken to is much higher than it was 12 months ago. The drop in share of the vote from 2004 has not been replicated by a drop in seats.
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It’s been a rough couple of years, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. Ultimately that counts for a lot more than bogus BBC statistics.
Yes – not least because it seems where we have lost has more to do with local issues than anything else. The steady progress where it has been made is more of an indicator for the future. Better that than a ballooning of support due to Labour’s woes, with the probability of the balloon bursting…..my prediction for the policy lite Tories