• CHOOSING for whom to vote in the general election is going to be difficult for many people. All the candidates are good candidates with much to offer.

In 2015, Hampstead & Kilburn was a Labour seat with a close Conservative challenge. Holborn & St Pancras has been a solid Labour seat.

However you only have to look back to 2010 to see the LibDems coming tantalisingly close in Hampstead & Kilburn and a strong second in Holborn & St Pancras. But why would you think the LibDems stand a chance again? What evidence do you have?

At the weekend, for the first time, membership of Camden Liberal Democrats ticked over the 1,000 member mark. To get that in perspective, barely three years ago, in the depths of the coalition, the local party struggled to muster 280 members.

Since last May, in local council by-election after by-election, the LibDems have been making strong and steady gains as both Labour and the Conservatives have suffered loss after loss (http://libdemnewbies.org.uk/elections/lib-dem-gain-chart/).

This has gone largely unreported in the national press and has often involved massive vote swings in both Leave-voting and Remain-voting areas.

Lifelong Conservative and Labour voters have been turning to the Lib Dems and away from a self-interested Tory party and a divided Labour Party.

Many know that Brexit will cause huge economic damage and want to continue fighting for our membership of the single market. We have seen huge swings to the LibDems in parliamentary elections – Witney, and Richmond Park.

In strongly Remain-voting area like Camden, the almost quadrupling of LibDem membership is a good indication of that trend. If the LibDems represent your views, on June 8 vote LibDem.

ANDREW HASLAM-JONES, NW3