As a key marginal seat, Ed’s campaign is receiving a large amount of national media interest, and he has recently appeared on Newsnight with Jeremy Paxman, BBC Radio 5 Live, The BBC Daily Politics Show, Sky News and Radio 4. Furthermore, Ed has been labelled a “candidate to watch” by the Institute of Public Affairs and Total Politics, as well as being profiled by The House Magazine, Dod’s Parliamentary Communications and the Social Market Foundation. As a result of the ever increasing amount of media attention and the upcoming general election, Ed now needs someone dedicated to managing his diary and handling media enquiries.

Further, Ed's campaign has a strong local media presence, a good set of web sites and a new media presence - including a frequently updated blog, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube.

Hampstead and Kilburn is considered one of the most important Liberal Democrat/Labour swing seats at the next election. It is a new constituency, incorporating 3 of the wards which sent Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather to Parliament. According to the respected academics Thrasher and Rallings, Ed needs to gain only 474 votes to win the seat from the sitting Labour MP, and with 21/30 councillors being Lib Dems and 4/4 by-election wins since 2005, the momentum is certainly in Ed’s favour.

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