In a seat where only 1186 votes will swing it things are bound to be tense, but when the leading candidates are a savvy young photogenic, glamourous Tory and a hotheaded LibDem redhead it always has glorious potential for a cat-fight. So little surprise when Guido’s lie-ometer started swinging violently reading incumbent MP Sandra Gidley’s blog. The self-styled Romsey Redhead claims in a posting that Tory Caroline Nokes’ 4000 Valentine’s cards to constituents were a “wacky idea” (translation – “why didn’t I think of that?”) and led to people joining the LibDems to help deliver leaflets “as some people didn’t seem to be very amused by the stunt.”

Sorry, but Guido does not believe her, “Oh look a Valentines card from the pretty Tory candidate. I’m so unamused by that I’ll go and help the liberals deliver leaflets even though its blowing gales out there…”