Iain Dale fails to win open primary in Bracknell

Update #2: 19:21: Iain has just tweeted:

Many many congratulations to Philip Lee. And I mean that. He is a worthy winner. Naturally I'm gutted, but there can only be one winner

Update: A few seconds after I published the post below, Iain tweeted:

I'm out in the fourth ballot. Rory Stewart and Philip Lee now in final ballot

Oh dear, dear,dear. He's never going to be an MP is he? Oh well ho hum, he can continue to do things he's actually good at, instead. Being an MP is an utterly pants job anyway

Iain Dale won't win the Bracknell primary

- That is my prediction about the Conservative Bracknell Primary. It is probably wrong. But hey - what the hell.

They are now into the fourth ballot (why bother - just use STV for goodness sake. The Tories use this damn silly repeated ballot farce simply because they are so stubborn that they refuse to accept that they should just use STV in the first place! What utter nitwits!) and there are three contenders left, including Iain.

Good luck Iain, anyway.

Iain says today:

it's time to mug up on all the things I have learnt about the constituency over the last month.

Time to "mug up". He just doesn't get this: "try to pretend you haven't parachuted yourself in" idea, does he?