2001 United Kingdom general election previous autumn had shown the first Tory lead (though only by a narrow margin) in the opinion polls for eight years as they benefited from the public anger towards the government over the fuel protests which had led to a severe shortage of motor fuel. By the end of 2000, however, the dispute had been solved and Labour were firmly back in the lead of the opinion polls. In total, a mere 29 parliamentary seats changed hands at the 2001 Election. One of the more noted events of a quiet campaign was when countryside protester Craig Evans threw an egg
St John Evans St John Evans Henry St John Tomlinson Evans (known as St John; 1905 – 25 July 1956) was the fifth Bishop of St John's in what was then known as Kaffraria and is now Mthatha. Educated at Merchant Taylor’s and St John’s College, Oxford he was ordained in 1928. From 1931 until 1941 he held posts in what is now Ghana, ending his time there as Archdeacon of Ashanti. A chaplain to the Forces from 1942 to 1944 he was then appointed Director of Missions in Southern Rhodesia before elevation to the Episcopate in 1951. He died in post on