I’ve often said history points to two routes for Liberal Democrat (and before that Liberal Party) revivals.

One, which we’d much rather avoid, is a foreign disaster - Iraq, former Yugoslavia, Suez… The other is seizing electoral opportunities outside Westminster general elections to give us momentum, increased prominence and growing relevance. After Sarah Green’s brilliant win in Chesham and Amersham, we saw the boost that gave the party nationally with consistently higher poll ratings and greater media attention. Now we’ve got a chance - a real chance - to pull off something even bigger in North Shropshire. Some people are most moved by positive messages, others by negative messages, so let give you one of each: Helen Morgan and Boris Johnson. Helen is a fantastic candidate and would make a brilliant MP. Other words apply to Boris Johnson… What a Christmas present for Helen winning would be, and what a Christmas headache for Johson that would be too. There’s still time to make a difference to the result. Please do help if you can. Details of how to help are on Helen Morgan’s website.