The leaflet above is being delivered in Labour areas of Torridge and West Devon by the Lib Dems. Using Labour Party logos and typefaces it clearly is designed in such a way as to draw in the Labour reader. There is little evidence at first glance that this is a Lib Dem leaflet.

Before the election, the Lib Dems sent out an invitation to the North Devon Business Club, inviting them to meet David Walter the Conservative candidate. Another scam.

But the appearance of the Labour scam leaflet is good news for the Conservatives. Why?  Answers:

a) The Lib Dems have adopted an old squeeze method, clearly abandoning attempts to use the Iraq war as a pull. In other words, the Labour vote is firming up and the Lib Dems are getting desperate.

b) The Lib Dems are inadvertantly focusing attention on the real battle for power, between Labour and Conservatives. This means they have to abandon any pretence of forming a national government themselves.

c) Lib Dem targeting is pretty poor, and they are delivering a lot of these leaflets through the wrong doors, sending out entirely the wrong signals in some pretty key areas.

Another case of the Lib Dems trying to fool the electorate, but ending up fooling themselves.