Second's Out

Meandering home from the War Memorial this morning, it was put to me absolutely bluntly:

"All we want to do is come second next time, but for that we need to find a middle-aged man somewhere in this constituency who is tougher than an ex-con and who wants to be a Labour candidate but not an MP. Can't you see what you're doing to us here?"

Indeed, I can. And I do not only want to come second.