Pandora: Another day, another "confidential" e-mail jollifies the inbox of Labour's backbench drones. Sent by one Caroline Adams, from Labour HQ, it brings important instructions regarding the forthcoming local election campaign. "For those MPs with flats in London, the PLP office has available VOTE LABOUR posters to put up in your window," it reads. "Please come along to our office in the West Cloister to pick one up." The e-mail has so far met with a mixed response. "This smacks of desperation," grumbles one recipient. "And what about the poor old taxpayers who pay for MPs' accommodation? Will they be happy to subsidise this petty electioneering?"

There is a need for understanding and tolerance here... not a knee-jerk reaction over taxpayer-funded housing allowances paying for advertising space.... even if MPs *do* spend; "an average of £17,852 for mortgage repayments, domestic appliances, utility bills and security on their second homes."

As many readers of this weblog know, active public support is pretty thin on the ground for Labour these days; so much so that they often have to invent it.

In such circumstances, Labour can be forgiven for placing posters in *any* way that might give the impression that there is at least one person in any given street/neighbourhood/constituency who still believes passionately in Tony Blair's grand vision for his future the nation.

In fact, we would even dare to make a bold suggestion. After this news...

Independent - Blunkett's £4m Belgravia pad to be put up for sale: The luxury house was at the centre of a bitter row last November when this newspaper revealed that Tony Blair was to let Blunkett remain at the taxpayer-funded residence despite his no longer being a minister. Blunkett responded furiously to our report, claiming it was "misleading" to infer that he would remain there for so long. "I've put up with distortion about my private life for the past six months," he wrote. " I did not expect a respected newspaper to continue in this vein." As it was, he was still living there four months later and only recently moved out. But since his departure, officials have now examined the building and have decided it is no longer credible as a safe house for ministers at risk from terrorist attack. The sale will provide a boost to the Treasury's coffers as property experts expect it to fetch as much as £4m. It will also come as a huge relief to residents who often complained about police cars coming and going at all hours of the day.

Hmmm. Blunkett was allowed to stay in this property for months and months and months because of 'security considerations'... and now we find out that it's not very secure. How very interesting. Now, where were we? Ah yes, bold suggestions...

We say; why wait to profit from this property when Labour can use it as valuable advertising hoarding right now?

It is situated right about here (warning: location given is deliberately vague in order to foil potential terrists who may not have read recent newspapers). This places it right in the centre of the Borough of Westminster. What better place to give the Tories what-for with a huge fuck-off poster of Dave the Chameleon? After all, it's not as if this is going to break any *big* rules...