Thank goodness for the Independent Network who have emailled to remind me to put in my election expenses forms.

Now that I have found out how to do this, I stand a much better chance of winning next time. Watch out, Frank.

Thanks also to Richard Lefley at Camden who looks after all this sort of stuff.

Oh well. A new cabinet in place- and I wasn't invited.

Work continues- but now on a building down in the City.

Lost!

By a mere 25,154!

Many thanks to all who voted for me. I will do (a lot) better next time.

Promise.

Iain Meek

defeated Independent candidate for Holborn & Saint Pancras

http://iainmeek.blogspot.com/

http://www.thestraightchoice.org/leaflets/4159/

the press

Finally got through to the press today. Leafleted them over the bank holiday weekend as they were closed then.

Too late for the Camden Gazette who were closing for the presses in 10 minutes!

But had an interview with Camden New Journal's Tom Foot and told my hopes and fears for this election. I hope it will be on the streets and well read before everyone starts voting. My opponents must be trembling! think he was taken by the idea that I'd come 4th as a Labour candidate for Council elections years ago, and had helped Frank to win some time ago- but that I'm now completely fed up with Labour's hopeless results after 13 years in power. The rich are richer, the economy is in shambles after Gordon Brown let the financiers get away with everything that wasn't nailed down and we're at war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Must make more time to get everything done when I stand for re-election. Hopefully I won't have to split my time between work and lobbying/ canvassing/ whatever professional politicians get up to next time.

Apparently there is now an Independent party registered who will support independent candidates. I make a note to contact them in good time.

Meanwhile I make my own good luck.

social sites

Just spent a few hours logging into social sites that cover the constituency.

Obviously a good party machine is wise.

I am still trying to make contact with the local press- CNJ and the Gazette.

My policies applied to real world questions.....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/person/13660/iain-meek

Amazed to discover that I feature above David Adjaye- that most august of architects, who even appears on TV now.

STILL STANDING

23 April 2010

Will there be no end to the line of architects coming forward to stand as MPs? Iain Meek has now put himself forward as an independent candidate for Holborn St Pancras, where as a previous Labour activist he helped get Frank Dobson elected in 1979.

Meek says he has become disillusioned with the party and thinks MPs in general have become tainted with corruption.

“I was thinking about who to vote for and I didn’t want to vote for anyone so I thought I’d stand myself,” he says.

News in briefs

Read more: http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=437&storycode=3162337#ixzz0mWbDx0FX

Or at least above his underwear...