Exactly, and NG will feature prominently in the campaign as you rightly surmise. To be honest I don't know this area very well, but I do know Tim Rait. He will be an excellent ambassador for the party, cultured, intelligent and well able to defuse the absurd sterotypes that the party's enemies continue to repeat. I am confident that Eddy Butler will have assessed our chances here thoroughly.
Obviously the Tories will win it, but the opportunity for the party to pick up disillisusioned voters of the old gang parties is far better than Crewe. UKIP will be confident that it can outpoll us here, but we'll have to wait and see.
I wonder if "Twizzel" will vote for us?
