He told BBC Radio 5 live it came at "an extremely febrile time" on the back of the Eastleigh by-election, which the Liberal Democrats won while the Conservatives were pushed into third place.
In the Archtriumph competition for ideas for new crossings on the river Seine, a design firm won third place for its conceptualisation of a trampoline bridge, which is obviously the most fun way to cross a body of water anywhere, ever.
Mr Thornton won 13, 342 votes, the Conservatives were beaten into third place by UKIP, whose candidate Diane James won 11, 571 votes.
Chelsea won for the first time in five matches to retain third place, thrashing third-bottom Wigan 4-1 to ease the pressure on manager Rafael Benitez.
Having failed to win in Iowa, where he had camped out since 2004, and in South Carolina, his birth state and the only primary he won four years ago, Edwards was destined for a string of third-place finishes had he stayed in the race.
Honduras, who won 1-0 in El Salvador, took the third automatic place behind the US and Mexico in the North and Central America and Caribbean qualifying group.
Zineisbld Elliot Ntsombo, of The Kingdom of Lesotho, won the individual blade shearing competition, while Cam Ferguson picked up third place.
The Australian won by five seconds ahead of Zersenay Tadesse of Eridrea with third place going to Ireland's Cathle Lombard.
Alistair Brownlee, 24, won the the men's triathlon followed by his brother Jonny, 22, in third place.
Australia won the first game by 180 runs last weekend, with the third and final contest taking place on Saturday, also at Darwin's Marrara Cricket Ground.
Hearts won't split the Old Firm this season but I expect them to be strong contenders for third place again.
Clijsters, who won the U.S. Open in 2005, secured her place in the final after beating third seed American Venus Williams in the fourth round, 18th seed Li Na of China in the quarterfinals and defending champion Serena Williams in the semifinals.
Defender Cannavaro won two scudetti with Juventus, in 2005 and 2006, while the side are currently fighting to clinch third place behind champions Inter and their city rivals AC Milan.
The 25-year-old missed out on a podium place at Indianapolis last year when Spies passed him to take third, but won the U.S. race in 2009 and has twice been third himself.
Gerard Killen won in Rutherglen South in a contest in which the Liberal Democrats came second and the SNP were pushed into third place.
It happened last season when Tottenham blew a 10-point advantage to allow Arsenal into third place, and then missed out on the Champions League when fifth-placed Chelsea won the final in Munich.
Without additional settings, however, the Z10 won't be my personal media device of choice unless I find solid third-party options to take the place of both players.
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The 2010 British Open champion won by two shots from Tjaart Van der Walt with another South African Retief Goosen in third place, a further shot behind.
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