I went to a Cambridge hustings last night and the city’s election is still very much a four-man race.

I was there supporting Nick Hillman, our Conservative parliamentary candidate, and he appeared to go down really well with the audience who warmed to his wit, intelligence, spontaneity, sharpness and humour. He had several cheers during the evening and, and along with Tony Juniper, stood out for being for genuine.

This video shows Nick’s opening speech before a packed audience at St Barnabas Church in Mill Road, Cambridge – not a typical Tory supporting area, which makes Nick’s success there all the more remarkable. In fact, it was the Liberal Democrats candidate, Julian Huppert who was put on the spot the most to defend Lib Dems and Nick Clegg, to such an extent that futher questions about Cleggy were banned!