Lib Dems find it's grim up north

My thanks to the Conservative Home blog for reminding me that Liberal Democrats used to really like by-elections. As my colleague Brian Wheeler reports, maybe UKIP are becoming the new Lib Dems.


What does it mean in Cornwall? At the moment, absolutely nothing. The next round of Cornwall Council elections are not until 2013. The Liberal Democrats still have a large (but shrinking) political machine capable of getting voters to polling stations.

As Lib Dem councillor Alex Folkes has blogged, it's too early for his Cornwall team to panic. But his Lib Dem colleagues in Scotland and Wales, and anywhere else where there are elections in May, must already be contemplating what to do with all the spare time they are about enjoy.