True Blue: Caught Red Handed Cursing Yellows

Until 20 July 2008 Ian Oakley was Cameron's Conservatives PPC for the three-way marginal of Watford - held by Labour by around 1,100 votes. But having literally left his fingerprints all over a large part of his harrassment and criminal damage campaign he has pleaded guilty and could face imprisonment. His activity makes nearby Grant Shapps look like a saint with his internet personation moves. Shapps also lost a thrusting young councillor from his patch. Is Shapps' by-all-means-necessary cheating and smearage gene infectious?