Lynne vs Gordon

I get more post from Lynne Featherstone these days than I do from my mum. Three items in the first half of this week from the Lib Dems. So what do they have to say for themselves?

Firstly there's this big shiny leaflet asking who will deliver FOR ME as my next MP. Lynne Featherstone is "the positive choice", they claim. How positive, though?

To answer that question they've provided a handy checklist showing how Lynne weighs up against "Gordon Brown's Labour candidate" (that's Karen Jennings to you and me). This is rather unfair, especially with the picture of a tired, sad-looking GB (not that he ever really looks otherwise). However it can only reflect well on Karen that the Lib Dems have shied away from going head-to-head against her. Par for the course so far.

Overleaf we hear "what local people say about Lynne Featherstone. Turns out they like her, and for three out of five of them it's for positive reasons, and not just because she's not a Tory.

We then get to hear about how she's battled to get Hornsey Hospital reopened, to keep police stations open longer and to hold people to account for the whole Baby P mess.

Verdict

It's a bit rich calling oneself "the positive choice" without naming the opposing candidate. Instead the Lib Dems have fallen back on Brown-bashing. Still, they have backed it up with some positive stuff about Lynne, so we'll let them get away with it this time.