I'm amazed to be reading this evening http://tinyurl.com/4ymbcc4 that most of the seats in Hedge End Town Council that are theoretically up for re-election on May 5th aren't being contested, because nobody can be bothered to stand against the Lib Dems. Not even the Conservatives. Not even me (yes I know, and I agree!). That means we don't get the chance to vote for the Town Councillors this year, they are elected by default. I guess we deserve all we get over the next year or so.

Now I think we need to put this right next time. Part of the problem I suspect is inertia. We need to be more on the ball about when nominations have to be submitted and much more organised about finding a proposer, a seconder and 8 other signatories who are on the electoral register in the wards where we wish to stand.

I'm easily contactable via my blog http://tinyurl.com/3uz5utf if anybody wants to join forces and take this forward.