Here’s what I’ve just written to Columba Blango, the failed LibDem candidate down in Peckham.
Dear Columba
You were kind enough to respond to my questions about being an ex-pat voter, and I’d like to thank you for that. The only other person to reply, out of all the candidates in your constituency, was the Conservative who said, basically, ‘We hate Europe and want nothing to do with it.’
Anyway, Sorry you didn’t win.
I’m writing now to express my concern that your party leader, Nick Clegg, appears to be considering doing a deal with the Conservative Party.
Frankly, has he lost his bloody mind? What? I was at school and then university during Thatcher’s evil reign and he and his henchpersons are her devil-spawn. Am I the only one who sees that? Please, encourage Mr Clegg NOT to treat with the Tories at all, they are very, very dangerous people. ‘Oh we can control them when we’re voting with them’. Right. You can see where that leads.
If your party did do a deal to put the Tories into power you’d lose an awful lot of supporters. I voted for you for the first time at this election because the Labour Party had proven disappointing in too many respects recently, despite having done some great things. I did so hoping that you’d provide a new start. Well, bringing back the Tories is the kind of new start off to which you really shouldn’t get. I’d never vote for you again, and I suspect many others would feel the same.
Kind regards,

Chris Ward

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