THERE'S hot speculation that Gordon Brown could call a snap election this spring.
And if he did, it could very well have an unintended but nethertheless positive effect on the local Labour group's fortunes.
The reasons are obvious:
1) Incumbent Labour MP Rosie Cooper has a healthy majority
2) People would be voting for district council and parliamentary candidates
3) I can't imagine many people would vote Tory for district and then Labour for general election, or vice versa
Net result: A Labour majority?
Of course, this is purely hypothetical as I can't remember the last time (if ever) that there were district and national elections on the same day.
So who knows, maybe GB's plan could be a sure-fire (and probably only) way of weakening the Tories' vice-like grip on West Lancashire anytime soon.
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