David Davies to hang on?

Hmmm. A whisper arrives that David Davies, a Conservative Shadow Minister (presumably for Defence, given that he’s ex-SAS and probably knows ten ways to kill with a ball of candy floss) has done surprisingly well in Dorset – he was seriously worried about losing to the Lib Dems. But it looks like he’s going to hold on, and – even better – the Labour candidate may even lose his deposit! How about that: the ruling party gets lumped in with the Monster Raving Loonies and the vanity projects like Veritas and Respect.