The Conservatives are stronger in the new towns, weaker in some some suburbs and more concentrated in the South-East – the cause and effect of changes in the party.
Candidates can apply to 22 “clusters” of seats across the country.
Doing nothing at all may well have been more successful than trying to bump off the Lib Dem leader like this.
Plus, should Nigel Farage be standing in Doncaster North rather than Thanet South?