Meanwhile, in the North East...

Liberal Democrats select their candidate for Hartlepool. After deciding that mobile phones were bad in Hodge Hill, it now seems that lawyers will be the bad guys for Hartlepool, though of course it's just a coincidence that Jody Dunn, the Lib Dem candidate happens to be one. Of course, there are no lawyers in the Labour party, though a voice in my head keeps whispering Caesar's wife...Caesar's wife

Meanwhile, the voices in Tom Watson's head start going on about 'crackheads and junkies' again. Keep it up Tom - another 27% swing will do nicely.