On this point I was wondering whether there s a danger of over emphasising the parties in this election Although it makes sense for other elections it s clear that independent candidates are going to do unusually well although I don t know if any will win because of the specific nature of the posts being elected I wonder if there is a way to highlight the independent vote which will likely outstrip Lib Dem and UKIP s vote nationally Obviously one problem is that they are all different but I think to write them out of the picture will give an unfairly distorted picture Not sure what the best way to do that is though 87 112 83 16 11 52 16 November 2012 UTC