thank you. know what happens when a really powerful, strong orange force goes against a blue wall? the liberal democrats are claiming they can demolish conservative majorities in the same way as borisjohnson's party tore through labour strongholds in the north of england at the last election. what was really noticeable at the beginning of this campaign was when we knocked on doors in chesham and amersham, people kept saying to us, "you're the first politicians to knock on our doors and ask our opinions since i've lived here, and i've lived here 40 years" — or 30 years or 20 years. people in this area have been taken for granted by the conservatives, and that's why they've turned to the liberal democrats in such huge, huge numbers. the conservatives didn't expect to lose here. the liberal democrats grabbed a brick from the blue wall by relentlessly campaigning on local issues. their candidate opposed to a high—speed rail line, hs2. well, nationally, the party supports it. and they also say that proposed changes to the planning system played very badly with the government's traditional voters. and voters in amersham were no