Having met Miss Gillard when we were both in TORCHE (gay Conservative grp), I can’t say I was ever impressed by her. She’s a very cold a self-centred person. Don’t think she’ll go down well here. Con gain (just).

I’m surprised the Tory PPC isn’t well liked. As I said on here a while ago I’d have thought she’d start with something of a personal vote from her involvement in Save Britain’s Fish, though I must admit I have no idea how important fishing is to the economy of Cornwall

I would take with a huge pinch of salt statements from LD supporters that local Tory PPCs are not well liked.

Well, you would say that, Pete! Is your lack of purple UKIP colours above an indication you have become independent, as part of a rehabilitation to the blue / green party?

No Tim dont get excited. I wanted to try out the DUP colours actually but they dont appear to have any and now it wont go back.

“Well, you would say that, Pete! ”

well maybe I would - but in all honesty if a Conservative supporter was saying that the LD candidate was not well liked locally I would personally take that with a pinch of salt too

And, of course, I would also be very careful before accepting statements like that at face value, when partisanship may play at least a small part! Actually, in the case of PPCs, it is probably true to say that the vast majority of the electorate have no view whatever, apart from thinking “well it’s just another politician!”