And Keys isn't just the run-of-the-mill, third-rate Tory candidate who usually contests safe Labour seats like Sedgefield; rather, he is someone who believes he has the singular moral authority to defeat Blair at the polls for taking Britain to war in Iraq.
At least four of these candidates are contesting "safe" seats currently held by Labour.
The tireless Martin Paterson, Steven Thompson and, most clearly of all, Joey Gudjonsson and Robbie Blake should have made the contest safe.
He complicated his retirement from safe Central Fife by contesting hopeless South Hams that same year.
He moved across to the Daily Express in the mid-1950s, shortly after contesting the safe Tory seat of Finchley in the 1955 general election.
Rumours swirl that he will contest the safe suburban seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, where the incumbent MP, Sir John Randall, is due to retire.Mr Johnson's decision to re-enter Parliament will cheer the Labour Party in London.
And in 1985, the club introduced an identity card scheme for home supporters, and banned those following their teams away – the manager at the time, David Pleat, later admitted that his chairman, David Evans, was hoping to be rewarded for the gesture with a safe Tory seat to contest at the 1988 general election.
These of course are all theoretical examples - if the polls are right, the election will look like a first-past-the-post contest in a safe constituency seat.
By the end of the weekend the record would be safe, Gill would win the contest by a hundredth of a second and the racing would be done for the summer.
A Walk to School Campaign was launched that included a "walking to school bus", traffic calming tactics, walking contests, and maps highlighting safe routes to school.
