Doublethink of the month

From the inquest/debate on "Lib/Dem voice“ into the disappointing result (from a Liberal perspective) of the Henley by-election. Lord Rennard, formerly the party's by-election strategist and now Chief Exec, wrote about their Henley candidate, who had been fighting (and losing) local elections in Plymouth a short while before being selected to fight Henley. The following must take a prize for one of the most extraordinary bits of doublethink I've ever read:

"In Henley we worked hard to promote Stephen’s local credentials and he moved in as soon as selected.”