Conservative activists, like the afore mentioned Tim Montgomerie, are interestingly less interested in winning the by-election and more concerned about stopping UKIP
On the south coast of England this coming Thursday will be the culmination of another in a long line of political spectacles, commonly known as the by-election. (for Americans and some others that’s a special election) This is triggered by the vacating of a seat in the British Parliament due usually to death or corruption, and in this case most definitely the latter. Incumbent Chris Huhne, of the Liberal Democrat Party, has stood down on account of being caught speeding (in a car, not on drugs); and then successfully assigning blame to his wife.
