Shalford Liberal Democrats pander to the green vote

Following the feigned outrage about the Tories' ballot paper designation, I see that the Shalford Liberal Democrats, unlike their townie brothers, have not missed a trick, by describing themselves on the ballot paper as “Liberal Democrats - for a greener Britain.”

Now you’ll excuse my mentioning that all the parties have gone a bit green recently, particularly as the evidence that we’ve messed up the earth’s ecosystem is mounting up, so something has to be done. So everyone has gone green (though not as green as the Green Party.) Those of us who still recall the last General Election in 2005, will remember that the losing Liberal Democrat candidate Sue Doughty (aka Mrs David Vyvyan Orchard) felt it necessary to tell all and sundry that the Greens lost her the seat (and didn’t she go on and on about it.) The Orchards are certainly not making the same mistake twice.

It’s a dangerous policy because the local rag, the Surrey Advertiser, is certainly going to expose such shenanigans and interview dozens of Monday afternoon shoppers in Guildford who will be outraged by such trickery. No hold on, I’ve just remembered that sort of thing only happens when the Tories are naughty…

The Liberal Democrats. They must think we’re all green.