Starting gun fires in Ealing Southall

Press Association: 'The Ealing Southall seat is likely to prove a stiffer test, with the Liberal Democrats posing the biggest threat to Labour's 11,400 margin from 2005'

The Ealing Southall by-election HQ is now open at Unit 5, Urban Hive, Grand Union way, Bridge Road, Southall, UB2 4EX.

I see the Tories have selected their candidate who has "has had no previous involvement in the Party" - surely existing approved Conservative candidates must be up in arms at this.

Interestingly the company he is Managing Director of were fined £10,000 for breaching election law under the Broadcasting Act in the 2001 General Election.