Labour set for defeat
Elizabeth Shenton and the Liberal Democrats are gaining ground fast in Crewe and Nantwich.
With Labour support plummeting, local people are set to choose between Elizabeth Shenton and the Conservatives for our new local MP.
Gordon Brown’s Labour Party are out of the race. Local people are angry at Labour’s failure to listen on issues like crime, 10p tax and the war in Iraq.
Liberal Democrat campaigner Elizabeth Shenton has seen her support rise fast in recent days - gaining support from both Labour and Conservative voters.
Most people agree that Elizabeth Shenton is the best person to stand up for Crewe and Nantwich.
From: Crewe Liberal Democrats
Byelections comment:
A Liberal Democrat victory might seem to be a wild claim but it would not be the first time they have come from also-rans to victors.
Remember Dunfermline in 2006, when they came from 27% behind Labour to win a seat that everyone said would be a fight between Labour and SNP.
Labour tried to play down the Lib Dem threat by talking up the SNP challenge, in the hope of making voters think a vote for the Lib Dems would be a wasted vote.
Final result was Lib Dems 12,000 - Labour 10,000 - SNP 7,000
Could the same thing be happening again?
2 Comments:
Dunfermline is a bad example. The Lib Dems started in second place, ahead of the SNP.
Doesn't sound much like Crewe and Nantwich to me :-)
Yes, but The Lib Dems' victory came despite bad publicity which had dogged the party for weeks with the forced resignation of former leader Charles Kennedy over his drink problem, would-be successor Mark Oaten's rent boy scandal and the gay confessions of leadership candidate Simon Hughes.
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