Is anyone in Oxford West/Abingdon? What the hell happened?

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TheHeathenOfSuburbia · 07/05/2010 08:32

How did Evan Harris lose his seat on such a massive swing? What happened?!

I went to bed last night thinking Lib Dems were going to lose a few seats, but a 13% swing? WTF? Did he punch a granny in the face or something?

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TheHeathenOfSuburbia · 07/05/2010 08:54

I know about the Dr Death thing, but he's held those opinions for the 13 years he's held the seat... was there some church campaign against him? I know the Telegraph and the Mail have run a lot of articles bashing him, they must be delighted today

(MintHumbug - that's voluntary euthansia, a subtle but important difference...)

It's just that he's a bit of a hero to the scientific community, and OxW/Ab is a pretty well-educated area, a lot of high-tech industries. If a liberal supporting evidence-based policy and secular politics can't get elected there... well, I guess they can't get elected anywhere.

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ASecretLemonadeDrinkerDAVE · 07/05/2010 08:40

extending the limit??

policywonk · 07/05/2010 08:38

The abortion stuff is one of the main reasons I like him so much

policywonk · 07/05/2010 08:37

New boundaries screwed it for him, apparently

I'm so depressed about this result (night as a whole not too depressing IMO). He is such a brilliant, stand-up guy.

MintHumbug · 07/05/2010 08:36

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Brollyflower · 07/05/2010 08:34

Off to google...

he has always seemed a little, er unusual

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