My inbox brings the news that Dirk Hazell, former Chair of London’s Conservative Party has joined the Liberal Democrats and is backing Brian Paddick:
“London needs real change. I left the Tories because they are as dodgy as Labour, because their environmental pretensions are phoney and because their Europhobia harms Britain.
“I joined the Liberal Democrats because only Liberal Democrat principles and only principled Liberal Democrats like Brian Paddick will make Britain fair, free and green.”
Lynne Featherstone 
His behaviour is simply duplicitous, shifting to the Liberal Democrats, solely for your candidate, Brian Paddick. In truth, despite accepting Brian as an indefatigable candidate for London Mayor, to shift to another political party simply on that basis, is frankly ludicrous. I was once upon a time a Lib Dem, but due to policy indifference and the Lib Dem jumping on every bandwagon, turned me away from your party and exposed me to what the Lib Dems really stand for.