Beith predicts heartlands victory

Lib Dem MP Alan Beith has been talking about their recent council election success in Newcastle. He reckons Jim's seat in Parliament could be in the bag too.

The party's top target seats at the next General Election include the City of Durham and Blaydon.

And Jim Cousins' Newcastle Central seat has been added to that list in the wake of their triumph at council level.

He could well be right if Tony Blair is still in charge of the Labour Party by the time the General Election comes around. There's still time to do something about that Jim.

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