Well I suppose I can see why Gareth has wandered away from the argument. To be honest, I'd rather deal with the wilder personal stuff in PMs than keep a dead thread in the list, but since he keeps posting it for all to see, I feel obliged to keep the record straight.

No, I am not the "same person" who did those things in Newark, who no doubt had a different name from mine anyway. (My name is Peter Kirker, as Gareth knows.) I am notorious myself for making silly mistakes, but I would have thought it better to check before speculating on an allegation like this.

As I thought I'd made clear, I have never expressed interest in standing for any parliamentary seat in any party's name. Neither am I a member of Newark Labour Party any more than I was ever an official of Buckingham Labour Party (Gareth's last peculiar theory). With respect, I suggest that if Gareth has any more of these ideas, he tests them out on me via PMs before putting them in the forum.