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LOCAL LIB DEMS CLAIM TORIES ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER

Shepway Liberal Democrats claim o­n their website that the Conservative campaign in the Hythe South by-election has been rocked by the news that their own former Councillor is to stand against their official candidate.

They say that party bosses overruled local Conservatives over their choice of former Councillor Martin Ross in favour of another candidate who they say, "doesn't even live in the ward".

The Lib Dem press release claims: "Many Conservative supporters were already reeling from last month's decision by the Tory Council to bring back the people who closed Shepway's toilets back into the ruling cabinet."

Lib Dem Neil Matthews said, "It really is a shambles. The Conservatives seem more interested in fighting each other rather than fighting for Hythe."

Shepway Conservative spokesman Bob Davidson said: "We have a selection procedure and one of the candidates was not found to be suitable."