by the taxpayer. She wasn't deselected, though the chairman of St Albans Conservative Association resigned immediately after the vote. But will she be re-elected? Before boundary changes, St Albans was a highly Conservative sort of a constituency. Labour won in the Blair elections of 1997 and 2001, both times with a majority of under 5,000. But in 2005, Anne Main narrowly beat the Labour incumbent and entered Parliament for the first time. Her majority is 1,361, which is kind of slender. And the constituency is an obvious target for someone with mani pulite ("clean hands"). The Lib Dems are doing well in council elections thereabouts. Anne Main is still to be "investigated" by John Lyon, the parliamentary sleaze watchdog. Perhaps Cameron should sack her anyway, in a pre-emptive strike? He can't lose, and she could, all too easily.