30-06-2006, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Aardvark
We should be very pleased?
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Yes and no - I have mixed feelings.
We deserved at least second imo. I am dislated there.
Beating Labour - yup, well pleased with that but Labour's bad result was not, I think, as a result of any of our efforts.
I wonder, had we not fielded a candidate, would the Lib Dem have won?
Not that I hold any brief for the Lib Dems, but it would have meant both Labour and the Conservatives trounced in a single by-election and what stronger message to they need?
Mind you ... a ~600 vote majority sends a message enough maybe ..
I guess, overall, although I feel some disapointment, it is a pleasing result - just.
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