Gordon Brown may have put an end to the election fever but that does not stop the Blah! Party as we begin our recruitment drive for Local Elections 2008.

Sensible here, dodgy punk guitarist and occasional politician. Blimey, that sounds a bit ropey that doesn’t it… no, not the ‘dodgy guitarist’ bit – I mean calling oneself a politician.

The concept of Blah! was recently put into practice by a group of protesters who descended on Soho Square and Oxford Street to shout a resounding Blah! in the face of arrogant, non-disabled drivers who park in disabled parking bays.

A private company could be asked to run a huge database containing details of all telephone calls, emails and internet use, the BBC writes.

As I’m sure you all know, the local elections took place on 3rd May and our candidate for the Thornton & Allerton ward of Bradford, Carl Finlan secured an impressive 2% of the vote!

From time to time we interview our members about various political subjects, here we speak to Siobhan Mealey about lowering the voting age.

The Blah! Party celebrated it’s first birthday last month and a double celebration was needed as ex-deputy leader of the Official Monster Raving Loonies Party (OMRLP) joined the committee.

I read through the Grimsby Telegraph web site today and the story of how Cabinet Minister Hazel Blears wants Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand to pay the BBC’s £150,000 fine that was imposed by Ofcom..