With the distant rumble of election noise becoming less distant I was wondering where all the posters and placards were. It seems the council have banned them this year as part of a general crack down on flyposting (leading by example and all that). How odd!

This news comes to us from Deirdre Alden's blog who is the "Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman for the Birmingham Edgbaston constituency, which consists of Bartley Green, Edgbaston, Harborne and Quinton wards." Welcome to the blogroll Deirdre.

(A "parliamentary spokesman" is the same as a prospective parliamentary candidate for those, like me, who aren't up on the lingo. In other words she isn't the MP but wants to be.)