But we're now into the final furlong for the Goldsmid by-election, and the past few days have seen a couple of astonishing developments:
1. Ex-Labour councillor tells Brighton voters - Vote GreenThe Labour exodus shows no sign of stopping - now former councillor Vince Meegan (who lost his place on Brighton & Hove City Council in May 2007 by just 30 votes) has publicly voiced his support for Alex Phillips.
Vince said, "As a former Labour councillor for the area, I urge all Labour and Liberal Democrat voters to back her, too. Labour can't win here now, the Greens can.
“Swing your support behind Alex and help defeat the Tories."
2. "Labour wants anything but a Green win in Goldsmid by-election"...
...according to the Brighton Politics Blogger. As Ben says, the mind truly boggles!
Good luck to Alex for the last few days of the campaign - it's clearly a two-horse race between Greens and the Tories, and I hope she gets the victory she's worked so hard to achieve over the past few weeks.
As for me - I'll be posting the result as soon as it comes in on Thursday night / Friday morning. Next week will hopefully see more time for blogging, but then again, I've got to get a job!* Which is an entire post in itself...
*eyes mounting pile of applications and tries to suppress the hideous memory of yesterday's trip to the Job Centre (the first in approximately 15 years). It smelt of wee! :0 I shan't be going there again.
