Normal service is resumed by the Conservative Commentariat:

Next Thursday there will be local elections. As our poll today shows, sizeable minorities will vote, loyally but without enthusiasm, for their ancient allegiances, Tory or Labour.

An American usage of the term "ancient", I presume, as the Labour Party has only been in existence for just about a century. Still, we haven't yet got to the really patronising bit:

But most will register their vote as a protest, with various degrees of fury: Liberal Democrat, Ukip, BNP, or none of the above. As usual, the local elections will be won by the Abstention Party.

It's good to know that in the opinion of Mr Kruger, the 5,985,414 people who voted for the Liberal Democrats last May were merely expressing a protest against their "natural" choices. Not because they believed in a set of sound Liberal principles, or anything like that. No - the two-party duopoly is alive and well in the mind of Mr Kruger.

A quick Google on this over-opinionated non-entity turns up that he is the same Danny Kruger who was deselected by Michael Howard from standing against Tony Blair in Sedgefield last May because he was looking forward to a period of "creative destruction in the public services".

It also seems he is a member of the Conservative Christian Fellowship. Perhaps a Biblical misquote is appropriate:

By their words shall ye know them.