Lib Dem candidate in Devon byelection on 23 June says some voters are keen to send government a message
While it remains perfectly possible that the Conservatives could retain the ultra-safe seat of Tiverton and Honiton this month, it would have given Boris Johnson cause for concern if he had been able to listen to Colin Richey’s discussion with a Liberal Democrat canvasser on Thursday lunchtime.
A self-described lifelong Conservative – “I’m a Tory, my father was a Tory, and I believe in rightwing stuff” – Richey, 87, began the chat on the doorstep of his neat semi-detached house on the outskirts of Tiverton adamant that nothing could change his mind.
