It’s nice to get good messages asking me to go and help in by-elections, but…

… it’s distinctly odd that over the last 48 hours I’ve had a sensible number of high quality messages asking me to go and help in either the Kingston double council by-election or the Feltham and Heston Parliamentary by-election, but the party’s official communication channels online are just about completely silent as far as Europe is concerned (and today’s Financial Times story quoting me makes the point all the more given that it turns out that Nick Clegg’s TV statement was originally not going to happen either).

Given the importance of events in Europe, their prominence in the news and the passion the issue raises amongst many activists, that’s an odd option to go for.

UPDATE: I’ve now blogged a more detailed analysis of the post-summit fallout and Liberal Democrat reactions.