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Quote of the day from David Blunkett
David Blunkett tells the BBC:Any deal with Labour would be "a coalition of the defeated".
The missing – Luke Durbin
It's four years since Luke Durbin went missing as a 19-year-old lad on a night out with friends in Ipswich. He had been missing a year when I first wrote about his disappearance and the torment of his broken hearted mother Nicki who believes he is dead.Tomorrow is the...
My two home towns hit the headlines
As I drove into Wisbech on Saturday to visit my mother, I had to take a detour as I passed the burnt out shell of a public house. An arsonist had struck, a serial arsonist, for the fifth time in six weeks. The people of this Fen town are naturally very nervous. The...
Nigel Farage’s amazing escape
Looking at the crumpled wreckage of this plane crash, someone above must clearly be looking after Nigel Farage and I am amazed how he escaped without serious injuries. I believe he is still be in hospital being treated for broken ribs and other minor injuries where he...
A small increase of women MPs
Because I believe you are all longing to know how many women were elected into Parliament, this is the breakdown, courtesy of the Centre for Women and Democracy. Don't hold your breath, it's not earth shattering: a total of 142 women were elected (22%), a small...
Our outstanding Cambridge success
Nick Hillman can congratulate himself on his outstanding success last night. He was only selected as the Cambridge Conservative parliamentary candidate just over four months ago, a seat where we came a poor third in the 2005 general election after Lib Dems...
Terrific success for Julian Sturdy MP, and other results
Wow, what a night, though we all knew it was going to be sensational for many different reasons, with Lembit Opik and Jacqui Smith's humiliating defeats among some of the shock results. I was naturally thrilled that we won in York Outer where a very close campaign was...
Tremendous feeling of optimism with Cambridge voters
I've been telling in Cambridge for Conservatives and can report that there has been a huge turnout of voters, particularly first-time voters which you would expect in a university city. I know our candidate Nick Hillman has a lot of support here, and that his hard...
My role as an election teller and counting agent
Iain Dale has flagged up two quotes today from voters who are supporting Conservatives for the first time. I am pleased to say I have met others who feel the same way, and interviewed a couple on this video for Rob Halfon, who is standing in Harlow. I stumbled across...