one of the liberal democrats calling cards is that they do a lot more leaflets and a lot more that you would see surgeries and local campaigning. and that is their pets, really is that you will have the best local champion who won't get caught up in the machinations and the complexity of national party politics. i expect that helen will be a really good mp but this in the end isn't about, and it is why by—elections come with so many different sets of voter behaviour to general elections is that it is very substantially about sending a message and sending a message to the conservative party that lots and lots of their stalwart supporters, and you know north rocks is a constituent be that stayed conservative throughout the blair years and turned yellow at this by—election is really, really very significant. to have that many conservative voters who simply cannot bear to hold their nose and go out and vote for boris