If it's a fight they want, it's a fight they will get

There's an interesting number of Independents putting up for it too, which should split the established parties' votes. The present incumbent, Sally Keeble, will be facing a huge wave of disinterest and disappointment with the national Labour Government, which won't do her any good at all. Andrew Simpson, representing the party that closes public toilets in the town centre locally, won't have a lot going for him either, as the local record of the Lib-Dems has been appalling. Wherever they've done anything they've done it badly, and local people are fed up with them. Michael Ellis is the local Conservative hope, but politically nobody has heard much about him; he's less well-known than I am, so he's just another outsider at the moment. All of which leaves the seat wide open.

I always put my money where my mouth is - that's why I'm skint. I anticipate around £3,000 for my General Election expenses, and it could be more. It's very hard work and draining, as you're on the go for such long days, with work as well - some of us do have a business to run. But I love the battle and it's a challenge. I'm in politics to make the world a better place and have a laugh, but I am very serious about things too.

I feel the present Tory Party are still led by the Eton mob, with a bit of greenwash on the surface. A vote for the Tories would mean a vote for re-legalising fox hunting, and hunting with dogs generally. I believe that hunting for live creatures with dogs is cruel and barbaric, a hangover from medieval times. Talking of which, did you see our upstanding Liberal Democrat Councillor Brendan Glynane at the Grafton Hunt the other week; a picture showing this appeared in the Aufona columns in the Chronicle & Echo. As it's official Lib-Dem policy to oppose fox-hunting, one wonders whether Glynane was desperately trying to curry favour with these traditional Tory voters, or if he was there for the medieval pleasure of a day's fox hunting? Both, perhaps?

Serial Killers
It's not such a big jump from hunters to serial killers, and I'd make it my business to try to bring in assisted suicide for serial killers. Like Peter Tobin, Steve Wright, and Peter Sutcliffe, to name just a few. To know that a member of your family - especially a wife, partner, or daughter - has become the victim of one of these creatures is perhaps the worst feelings that anyone can ever experience. Who would not want revenge? Some of these killers, like Ian Huntley, want to die anyway, so why stand in their way? It costs the State - that's us - thousands of pounds a week to keep each of these vicious killers in the warm and dry, and what do we get out of it? It might keep them off the streets but there are far cheaper alternatives available for those who are serial killers beyond all reasonable doubt, and they would never ever re-offend. Certainly these people don't deserve to live.

Greedy Bankers
I see the greedy bankers are back at the trough, making record profits from gambling our taxpayers' money. Money from hard-up taxpayers, many of whom are now losing their jobs in the latest range of cutbacks and closures. In my book these greedy bankers with their mega profits and bonuses should consider themselves lucky not to be locked up for years. Hard labour, swinging the pick, would do them nicely. Greed is a killer. Remember you come into this world with nothing and you certainly leave it with nothing. Bankers are a crafty breed, and should be dealt with severely.

Obama's Bottle.
I think President Obama has plenty of bottle. But it needs global application for his proposals to work; our politicians must introduce similar reforms here, but I have grave doubts. Our so-called 'Labour' government is firmly in the grasp of big business, and has been ever since Blair got in. Regulating all big business is necessary, not just banks. Have you seen the recent dramatic rise in supermarket food prices, along with their dramatic rise in profits? They seem to agree a rise with each other, then up it goes. Food price regulation will be a necessity in the hungry world of tomorrow.