What with the shock news that Thameslink operators Govia are to lose their franchaise*, and that a St Albans schoolgirl has become a Page 3 model, the fact that the general election is less than a month away had quite slipped my mind until Ian mentioned he'd had a Conservative flyer through the door.
Well, I'm one of those people who wants to know the people behind the parties, so I thought I'd find out about the candidates. There's Kerry Pollard, whose been MP in St Albans since 1997. When I went for lunch a couple of months ago with a friend who's a political columnist I managed to recall that he's Labour and supports hospitals and the green belt. His website, proudofstalbans.org.uk, is here . More depth at the BBC.
The Conservative candidate is Anne Main. Her official bio would appear to suggest that she lives in Beaconsfield. Well, it's a small town, like St Albans.
The local party site shows that she is against 24-hour drinking but supports the green belt.
The Liberal Democrats have put up Michael Green whom from the local party site I discover actually lives in St Albans and commutes to work on Thameslink every day. Oh, and he of course supports the green belt.
Just as well I support the green belt too or I'd be completely disenfranchised.
* "Currently Thameslink's operating performance is at an all-time high," said someone from the Association of Public Transport Users.
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And Jack Cunningham, outgoing MP for Seascale, supported nuclear power because (would you beleive it) he had Sellafield (formerly Windscale (formerly Calder Hall)) in it.
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