Hi folks. Things are getting moving again. The postcode problem seems to have sorted itself out, and we now have a partner in the form of:

Democracy Club

Democracy Club is also a self-funded volunteer-run project. Go there. Sign up. And do what you’re told to do. There will be many exciting crowd-sourcing actions in the run-up to the election — beyond simply uploading leaflets. We’re not going to forget all those politicians’ pre-election promises again. This time it will be different.

Meanwhile, our attempts at shaking down the some of our great national democracy-promoting institutions for a modicum of support and/or cash has drawn a blank.

Available resources appear to be reserved for more exciting projects than gathering actual data. For example, Power2010 has just published its list of ideas for reform that will be subject to a public vote between January and February.

You’re going to hear a lot about it as I suspect they have money to burn.

So, faced with the choice of either letting TheStraightChoice.org die due to a universal lack of vision by our moneyed elite institutions, here is a picture of me handing over a cheque for £3,000 of personal money to Richard Pope on the platform of Moorgate tube station.

In the event we need some more disk space for all the leaflets being uploaded as the election looms, I can always kick journalisted off my server where they have been living rent-free for the last couple of years, and have completely failed to piss-off a single journalist in all that time. What a waste. “If it’s not hurting, it’s not working,” as John Major used to say.

Oh, and one last point, now we’re back. There are a number of laws governing election leaflets. If you’re as curious as I am about what plans the Electoral Commission has for monitoring compliance with these laws, the answer should be available here by 21 January 2010.

Cheerio.