Something's Got to Change ... That's Why I'm Standing for Parliament ; My Kids Think It's My Midlife Crisis. I Never Believed I Could Do It. But with the Grey Men of Politics Having Failed Us so Utterly (and My Dislike of Boring Meetings and Mornings Notwithstanding), I've Decided to Put My Money Where My Mouth Is ...

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RIGHT! So I just got off the phone to someone from Electoral Services who had to hand me to his manager to answer my endless questions. Faced with complicated forms I feel somewhat defeated, which may not be an auspicious start to my political career. But at least it is a start.

I have before me the nomination papers to stand in the General Election.

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Something's Got to Change ... That's Why I'm Standing for Parliament ; My Kids Think It's My Midlife Crisis. I Never Believed I Could Do It. But with the Grey Men of Politics Having Failed Us so Utterly (and My Dislike of Boring Meetings and Mornings Notwithstanding), I've Decided to Put My Money Where My Mouth Is ...

I even have an appointment to hand them in. I am going through the small print and can't work out if my own children can nominate me.

They can, apparently, and when I told them of my latest plan they laughed knowingly, as if standing for Parliament was another instalment in my midlife crisis. But I am going to be a candi...

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