Johnson, partygate et cetera, and last night they locked the ballot papers away, they are counting today, that is just getting going, but one lib dem told me, look, they are feeling optimistic about how things are looking. are feeling optimistic about how things are looking. paul, thank you very much. things are looking. paul, thank you very much. in things are looking. paul, thank you very much, in bristol. i m joined by the deputy leader of the liberal democrats, daisy cooper. a good time to talk to you, daisy, you have had a pretty good night and morning overall, what you think of your prospects in somerset? weill. morning overall, what you think of your prospects in somerset? well, as ou sa , your prospects in somerset? well, as you say. we your prospects in somerset? well, as you say. we have your prospects in somerset? well, as you say, we have had your prospects in somerset? well, as you say, we have had a your prospects in somerset? well, as you say, we have had
That labour were always seen as behaving very well on covid and conservatives very badly. but what resonates badly with the electorate generally is that they will both found out that they came up with the rules in the first place and that puts things in a different context. we are going to speak to our political editor for the west of england, paul baltrop. liberal democrats had high hopes there? doom democrats had high hopes there? down in somerset. democrats had high hopes there? down in somerset. the democrats had high hopes there? down in somerset, the lib democrats had high hopes there? down in somerset, the lib dems are, yes, optimistic. some is a classic two horse race between the lib dems and the conservatives, they dominated in paddy ashdown s day, somerset was the heartland with most of the parliamentary seats. they fell on hard times after the coalition era, went badly backwards, lost control of most of the councils. what is happening in somerset is that they are mergi