Liberal Democrats people are not being diverted from Crewe.

However there are many Liberal Democrats who have helped us already by sparing us a couple of hours of their valuable time.

I am not sure I had the exact letter that has been posted here. The Liberal Democrat mailings that I have been sent in the last couple of days has logos and the words Liberal Democrats mentioned several times.

Peter Wardle
Henley Constituency Liberal Democrats

You have a point and I would have expected at least one mention of the words “Liberal Democrat” above the imprint. Having said that, I think the style comes over as nice and personal. And, after all, are you expecting a letter from the Conservatives’ By-election HQ in Henley? I am certainly not, and I doubt whether any of our supporters are. I can usually tell from the envelope that something is from the Liberal Democrats. My wife is a less active LibDem and she can usually tell as well.

My point is that blowing this up into a major fascimile thing with little pointers etc is OTT. Fair enough – it’s a free country and if you want to do it – great. It just seems disproportionate to me as does, more importantly, the reference to “dare not write their name”. Neil Fawcett comes across to me as a very bluff, honest and open chap and I really suspect this is much more likely to be a case of an intention to make the letter more personal and perhaps a bit of “cock up” – rather than conspiracy. So “dare not write their name” really is over-dramaticising it. But then I over-dramaticised my response by saying “your problem” rather than “the problem” so I am guilty as well and as I say, it is a free country and I respect your write to blog about this. And thanks for your intention to help in Henley!

Again, apologies for the terse first one or two comments.

Best wishes
Paul