Congratulations to Michael Lord and Richard Spring for getting  into the House of Lords.  There’s no real reason to do this apart from inserting an old picture of now Lord Spring when he was campaigning in Bridge at the last election:

Now Lord Spring at Hillside

He was especially keen to be photographed outside the Sure Start near Hillside after hearing the story about Gordon Brown’s visit being disrupted by an independent minded three year old telling everyone “Oh no,  hide” when the Scottish pension stealer came in the room.  (Sadly I can’t find either that video on the Evening Star site or the Sure Start picture on my computer).

I was very impressed with the then Mr Spring who despite the fact that he was about to leave Parliament proved himself to be a very enthusiastic campaigner, and I know from both Labour and Tories that MPs who are just about to depart tend not to be very interested in knocking on doors.

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It really should go without saying that a three year old should have more sense than a Labour MP.

The Evening Star have a very funny story about a young boy trying to give the sagest advice that Chris Mole will ever get about what his election campaign should do with Gordon Brown.  ”Oh no.  Hide“.  Or perhaps he was just advising the Labour group on the council what to do with Chris Moles “personal vote”.

It’s a good thing that John Cook has a new job, because this kid could have saved the Ipswich Labour Party a fortune, and considering how much the taxpayer funds them – that would mean us.  And the boy’s leaflet design skills are better as well.

I’m proud to say that it happened in Bridge, at the Hillside Sure Start in Maidenhall Approach.  I doubt anywhere else in Ipswich would have had this robust approach to the robbing Scotsman.

Addedndum:

Considering all the coverage that Ipswich Spy did on the visit, and considering that this is what they’re supposed to specialise in, isn’t it odd that they haven’t picked it up.