Unbelieveable ! No not the millionaires from Chelsea winning the FA Cup, not the latest TV talent show winners – but a British newspaper actually urging voters to get out and vote Lib Dem.

All credit to the Observer for crediting the Lib Dems as the only party ready to put Britain’s case forcibly in Europe (see http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/31/european-elections-liberal-democrats)

and also for being the only party with a history of commitment to electoral reform, see ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/31/voting-reform-liberal-democrats ), the latest bandwagon used by the other two main parties in a desperate attempt to move the political conversation away from their MPs sleaze.

Lib Dems are also challenging the Tories on the funding they receive from their deputy Chairman, Lord Ashcroft. This is the man given a peerage by the Tories for making huge donations to their party (over £5m in the last few years) whilst never actually fulfilling his promise (made in order to become a peer) of  living in the UK rather than his very comfortable tax havens abroad. Yes this man from Belize is currently funding the Tories attack on scores of target seats for next year’s General Election. This includes my own Reading West constituency and , in particular Tilehurst Ward, where he his currently funding a glossy leaflet that hit doorsteps yesterday.

I challenge the Tories to say where the money for their campaign in Reading West has come from !