The bookmakers certainly make the Lib Dems favourites to take the seat. The Lib Dems are surely the challenger. (In the end, in Chesham and Amersham, the Lib Dems won by a handsome margin.) Here, although it will stick in many Labour activists’ craw, is the crucial social role played by the Lib Dems. Tactical voting must step out of the shadows: it is time for it to be formalised in a transparent public pact.

Source: The Guardian December 13, 2021 06:44 UTC