Of all the politicians to have a bad 2016, Zac Goldsmith is high on that list. The former Conservative MP for Richmond Park managed to lose not one but two elections. First, the mayoral contest against Sadiq Khan after a tawdry campaign, and later his seat when he called a by-election after the Government approved Heathrow.
Remember how principled Goldsmith had said he would quit as a Tory MP if his party approved a third runway at Heathrow? He didn’t say that he’d call a hissy-fit by-election and stand as an independent – a strategy that annoyed his constituents so much that they returned a Lib Dem. Ever since it has been seen as a prime Tory seat (the party didn’t put up a candidate against Zac) for someone. Today we will find out which three candidates have made it to the shortlist.
But word reaches Steerpike that one of those in the running is Zac Goldsmith himself, minus his anti-Heathrow principles.
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