More rumours and despondency.
Apparently Nigel Farage didn’t really want to win in South Thanet this time round; it was just a step in his strategy for 2020.
And John Curtice is suggesting that there is a serious possibility of a Conservative majority.
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* Mary Reid is a contributing editor on Lib Dem Voice. She was a councillor in Kingston upon Thames, where she is still very active with the local party, and is the Hon President of Kingston Lib Dems.
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