Oh dear.  It seems the Liberal Democrat policy of propping up Labour in the Town Hall has claimed its first casualty.  That’s assuming you don’t include the 37,925 people who voted Conservative but who were ignored in this grubby deal.

Rob Earl, a senior Liberal Democrat in the Borough has, tonight, joined the Conservatives.  Rob was their candidate in Clatterbridge and, before that, in Upton.  He was also a Constituency officer.  Their loss is our gain!  He’s not the first (Oliver Adam, Jeff Clarke and Sajj Karim have all made the same move) and hopefully won’t be the last!  It’s proof again that only the Conservatives can beat Gordon Brown.