Jayne Innes' sour grapes.

In the early hours of Friday morning, Nuneaton returned its first Conservative MP for 18 years, with a majority of just over 2,000.

So, congratulations to Marcus Jones on his victory. Ordinarily, I would offer commiserations to the failed Labour candidate, Jayne Innes, if it wasn't for this Facebook post -

British political results appear to be dictated by one billionaire from Belize, and another billionaire from Australia. **Keep the Labour flag flying!**

Lord Ashcroft and Rupert Murdoch were not responsible for your defeat, Jayne. You should perhaps consider that it is something to do with the manner in which you conduct your campaign, which, from the content of your leaflets, has been overwhelmingly negative towards the Conservatives.

Or, it could simply be that people either don't trust your claims of 'Standing up for Nuneaton'. After all, it was only five years ago that you were standing for election in Birmingham Yardley - another contest where you were beaten, in that instance by Liberal Democrat John Hemming. I wonder, who did you blame that time for your defeat?

I do believe you have good intentions, Jayne. But it seems that you are only interested in becoming just an MP, not an MP for a specific area, such as Lynda Waltho, the former MP for Stourbridge, who said she wasn't interested in simply being an MP, she wanted to represent her area, much like Marcus Jones, who has often spoke of his love for Nuneaton, and his pride at being able to serve his town as both a Councillor and now an MP.

Should you stand for public office again, Jayne, I would seriously look at the conduct of both your party and campaign before seeking to blame political boogeymen.

The PEOPLE of Nuneaton decided that you weren't good enough, Jayne, not Ashcroft or Murdoch.

Tomorrow is our chance to kick Labour in the ballots

Tomorrow, the country goes to the polls in what is possibly the most important election for some time. The public will pass judgement on not only the last three years of Brown's Britain, but possibly end thirteen years of New Labour mismanagement and waste.

Nationally, all the polls point to either a hung party with the Conservatives as the largest party, or a small Conservative majority. Either one is infinitely more preferable to another five years of Brown, Balls, Harman & Co, but i'm convinced a Conservative majority is the right choice for Britain in its current state.

Therefore, it is the duty of those of us in marginal (or near marginal) seat to make that happen.

Nuneaton has been held by Labour since 1935 (apart from a brief Conservative stint between 1983 and 1992). Ordinarily, I would expect it to remain Labour, but the loss of the Council to the Conservatives, coupled with Bill Olner's long overdue retirement, means it has seen a close fight between Labour and the Conservatives.

Bill Olner's parliamentary record can be summed up as below average. It is no wonder, then, that his once healthy majority slipped to just over 2,000 in the last election - a majority that can be easily overturned, which could mean that Marcus Jones, not Jayne Innes will the new MP for Nuneaton on May 7th.

Although I am obviously biased against Labour, there is something unpleasant about the way Labour, and Jayne Innes, have run their campaign. One only needs to look at the many Labour leaflets shoved through front doors to see this -

"The Tories are a change you can't afford"

I find the arrogance of such a statement insulting, and for all her talk of 'Standing up for Nuneaton', I don't feel I can trust Jayne Innes.

Even her election agent, Gwynne Pomfrett, makes my skin crawl, as i'm sure anyone who has sat through his French lessons at Alderman Smith Secondary School would agree.

Whatever the national outcome of tomorrow's election, I sincerely hope that the people of Nuneaton (and Warwickshire North, where Tory Action Man Dan Byles is fighting Health Minister Mike O'Brien) do the right thing and vote Conservative.