CORRIDORS OF POWER

THE Lib Dem's chosen candidate to fight Charles Clarke in Norwich South,
Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne, hopes the voters will take the general election
more seriously than last week's local election. AAD just held on to his
City council seat by 30 votes, despite describing himself in campaign
leaflets as "Wensum ward councillor" before the ward had ever been
created. At the count, he criticised the multi-candidate ballot papers as
confusing and noted some "frankly bizarre" voting patterns. "Why would
anyone vote for the Legalise Cannabis Alliance and the Conservative Party
at the same time?" said an aghast AAD.