There were loads of Independents on my ballot paper and I was like, "who the fuck are these people??" I'd not heard of or from any one of them at any point over the last 3 months. I don't expect these people to organise sweeping door-to-door campaign teams or anything, but if you're putting your name forward then at least knock out a bloody leaflet or something. People are desperate for options, for goodness sake. How can I vote for somebody when I have absolutely no idea who he is or why or what he's standing for? Baffling.
Whenever I look at ballot papers, I get depressed by the amount of cranks around. Tonight, in Vauxhall, we had a good range: The Christian Alliance, BNP, Arthur Scargill's new party, UKIP, English Democrats, and, of course, the anti-stem cell, pro-holistic medicine Greens. And loads of Independents who may or may not be cranks, but no one actually knows. Maybe I should be pleased that they're not shoving themselves in my face.
I put my X for Labour, but in despair.