Today was the count for the biggest election since Norwich North and before Glasgow North East, the Mayoralty of Bedford.
Nothing on Iain Dale's blog nor Guido Fawkes which I was a wee bit surprised about, although Iain is a little busy in Bracknell, even missing PMQs this week, but even so......this was a major victory for the Liberal Democrats in an area where there is a Labour MP.
It really is time for the Liberal Democrats to replace the Labour Party.
I have known Dave for many years, in fact he was on of the three people in the "National" party that influenced me and made a major impact in my very early days in the party some twelve thirteen years ago - there was Dave Hodgson, Neil Fawcett and Gerald Vernon-Jackson.
So, Bedford has a Labour MP but yet the Mayoral race was between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives - in the final result, Labour came 5th - I bet Patrick Hall is a worried man tonight and rightly so.
So, this evening Bedford has a Liberal Democrat Mayor, Dave Hodgson, well done to Dave, Christine and the team - you have done the party proud.
The pundits that right our party off do so foolishly, we are capable of replacing the Labour Party in the House of Commons and we are confident and our targeting strategy is bigger than ever before. As Dave Hodgson has proved, right us off at your peril.
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Just winning, on a 30% turnout is not exactly storming home, dont kid yourself! I really dont care about the politics of the Mayor, I do care about the disaster which would be a more to 2 tier in the Borough. There is no difference between the 2 systems in reality, but the move is a MASSIVE change, which cannot be justifed, and which the Borough just dont have the skills and resources to carry out sucessfully, which could bankrupt the Borough. PLEASE dont do it, spend all that money and time on the schools which actually need the resource.
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