Lib Dem candidate stands aside to avoid 'nightmare' of Tory win

Tim Walker drops out in Labour seat of Canterbury to avoid dividing pro-remain vote. The Liberal Democrat candidate in a marginal Labour seat has unilaterally decided to stand down, saying that while the two parties could not agree on a pact he wanted to avoid the “nightmare” of handing the constituency back to the Conservatives. In an article for the Guardian, Tim Walker said that while he did not trust Jeremy Corbyn on Brexit, he wanted to give Rosie Duffield, the Labour candidate