Comments on: 380 Conservative candidates go missing

By: It's atwo-horse race

It's atwo-horse race — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:59:35 +0000

Maybe, just maybe, this story is true – I don’t know. But Conservatives are contesting 88% of seats up for grabs Vs. 64% for the Lib Dems. Why the shortage?

People in glass houses…

By: Hywel Morgan

Hywel Morgan — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:11:59 +0000

OK so PA are being odd by the looks of it!

By: Hywel Morgan

Hywel Morgan — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:10:29 +0000

The PA figures say 365 Tories returned unopposed so that still doesn’t quite add up.

Plus it would be odd to refer to candidate totals as not including those returned unopposed.

By: Mark Pack

Mark Pack — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:59:45 +0000

I prefer my eggs scrambled. I’ll go ready a frying pan.

By: Not a supporter

Not a supporter — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:53:07 +0000

Or could the 380 be those who have already been returned unopposed, and so are no longer candidates?

In which case, that would be egg on your face, I presume?

By: Jeremy Hargreaves

Jeremy Hargreaves — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:32:57 +0000

I think you forgot the complaints about how the Liberal Democrats can’t count so should never be put in charge of the economy, indeed nothing more significant than a village jumble sale which we would have had, Mark.

As you say, it would be quite puerile to respond in kind so I won’t, Black Wednesday, damn that just slipped out, sorry.

By: Mark Pack

Mark Pack — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:26:38 +0000

The Conservative’s own figure is the total of all their English regional figures whilst the PA figure is their UK total minus their Scottish total.

i.e. they are both England only figures.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:24:58 +0000

It might be that the tory figure includes Scotland and that the figures for other parties excludes Scotland.