The Horsell's Mouth Politics, pedantry and personal interests

Pity, pity, pity the poor voters of Buckingham in May 2010. I suppose you could argue that rather than being saddled with Labour luvvie John Bercow masquerading as a Tory as a shoe-in next time, things have slightly looked up for them with the news that UKIP fruitcake Nigel Farage is to break parliamentary tradition and stand against him.

Iain Dale expertly analyses the delicate political and Conservative implications of this bold move but really – is this best that we can offer the voters of this part of the world? What a sad reflection on our political scene this is.