The Liberal Democrats are said to be heartened by the progress they’ve made in this election campaign after reports that a member of the public recognised Tim Farron in Tesco Express last night.

The man thought to be Tim Farron was spotted in Kendal Tesco express, barefoot wearing a dressing gown and was reportedly buying Pringles and Chilli Heatwave Doritos at 3am.

“This is could be a giant leap forward for our campaign.” Baroness Scott of Needham Market told The Herald “if it does turn out that Farron has finally been recognised by a member of the public in his own constituency then who knows what might happen at the ballot box?”

The man responsible for the sighting said. “It was pretty thrilling to see the next prime minister just going about his business after hot boxing skunk in his car in his underpants. To be fair it might have been Clegg, it was quite dark.”

Baroness Scott retorted “we’ll take that.”

Quentin D Fortesqueue is a founding editor of The Rochdale Herald. Part time amateur narcissist and full time satirist Quentin is never happier than when playing his lute and drinking a full bodied Bordeaux. He rarely plays the lute and never gets to drink Bordeaux.