Brent Stop The War are holding a General Election Candidate Hustings… ‘…to answer your questions about where they stand on the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the withdrawal of troops and associated issues of Palestine, the “war on terror” and the attack on civil liberties.’ Here is the flyer. It’ll be held at Dudden Hill Community Centre, TONIGHT 7.00 pm

From Brent Council’s email alert service: Postal Vote Application Deadline: The deadline to apply for a new postal vote is Tuesday 26th April at 5pm. Please make sure all applications have arrived at the Town Hall by that time. You can deliver them in person should you wish. Telephone 020 8937 1372 or e-mail using the link below if you need any assitance. E-mail Electoral Services mailto:electoral.services@brent.gov.uk Brent’s General Election Pages http://www....

Chris, a reader of this blog, writes: Hi Rob, Maybe you were there tonight. If so, I’m wasting your time. If not, highlights included: Kwasi (who, incidentally, and I appreciate this is always the luck of the draw, is the only candidate I have seen campaigning in the streets) being compared to Boris Johnson; a nice Irish chap pointing out that some Candidate for Kilburn’s Beleaguered Motorists (really?...

The candidates from Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are all highlighting crime in their campaigns. But do we need ‘more police on patrol to make our area safer for all’? (Sarah Teather - Standing Up For You) Has the fear of crime ‘increased’ in Brent? (Kwasi Kwarteng - In Touch) Is ‘crime and the fear of crime and issue for every neighbourhood in London’? (Yasmin Qureshi - Mapesbury Labour News) If you’d like to see the crime statistics for Brent, the Met have great interactive map, but data looks better as text only....

I’ve been reading up on the entitlement of a prospective parliamentary candidate to the use of Royal Mail delivery services. In Brent East, a candidate is entitled to use Royal Mail to deliver 40907 items of campaign literature. What I’m not sure about is if that is in total (i.e. to all the households) or per ‘drop’. There is further information on the Roayl Mail service to candidiate here. Or you could check out the Department of Consitiutional Affairs ‘guidance for electoral administrators and information on electoral legislation’....