Lib Dems up in two tricky by-elections

My friends have summarised rather well the results of yesterday's parliamentary by-elections. Nich Starling points to a week of ironic contrasts: on Monday pundits were speculating about Ming Campbell; now they are all speculating about the wheels falling off the Cameron bandwagon.

Jeremy Hargreaves describes Cameron's failings - he does not go down well in places like Chelmsford.