Can't you just tell it's nearly elections time!

Well here we go then, it's that time of the four yearly cycle where MP's of all description suddenly appear out of the woodwork.

Apparently I have two MEP's that have been doing a wonderful job for my local area. Now why am I amazed at that? Well for two simple reasons;

1. I have never heard of either of them, and
2. I have never heard anything from them!

Anyway, upon receiving an unsolicited flyer through my letterbox I decided to give them a call. When I got through I asked whether the person on the other end would he be able to answer my question 'depends upon the question' - brilliant... My question was a simple one - why is it that, whilst Britain has troops fighting on two fronts in the name of democracy, our local MP's and Councillors are seemingly doing little to actively promote local democracy? Where's my evidence? Well ask your everyday Muslim neighbour about what their local authority are doing to engage local Muslims to take some of the responsibility required to strengthen community cohesion between the Muslim and non-Muslim communities and how they are actively promoting local democracy to enable robust debate surrounding the Muslim 'problem'?

Stunned silence. I could feel myself being mentally placed in the 'weirdo' box.

'I'll have to get the MEP's to ring you back on that one!'

My response - 'well we'll see just how desperate they are for my vote because if they don't call back then they will be reinforcing my views that local politics is better off when the 'little man' is kept at arms length....