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.