Operation Tory Decapitation?

There seems to have been little mention of the much hyped ‘Tory Decapitation’ strategy from the Liberal Democrats recently, and they have a very good reason for keeping quiet: not only did the plan fail to  come off as expected; it backfired in stunning fashion.

Perhaps it was a good campaign by the Conservatives, perhaps it was a poor campaign by the Liberal Democrats; in reality these would both have had some part to play in the failure of the ‘Tory
Decapitation’ strategy. The most amusing view however, might be the most accurate: the sheer horror of the thought of a Liberal Democrat MP drove the Conservative voters out in their thousands.

Seeing torrents of Liberal Democrats buzzing like yellow flies around town centres and high streets is enough of a reminder to bring out most Conservatives but just to be certain, they delivered twice the liberal literature to people’s homes as an added reminder to vote Conservative.

It turns out that the massive efforts of the Liberal Democrats to steal the seats of key Conservative MPs during the last election had the paradoxical effect of increasing the Conservative vote. Rarely, if ever, has irony been employed to such wonderful use.

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