What am I apologising for? No, not an illegal war, outrageous second home expenses or broken promises on education. I am apologising because what I have to say hasn’t been reaching everybody.

By now, almost everybody should have received at least one leaflet from me. As part of the democratic process, candidates are encouraged to use the Royal Mail to distribute one leaflet to each elector or household, in addition to doorstep campaigning. If you have not received my distributed leaflet (often known as an “election address”), please rest assured that this is neither a personal slight nor systemic neglect. Rather, it would appear to be some technical problem which I am working to identify (but which at this stage there is probably no time to rectify).

So, if you haven’t had a chance to read my print-based sales pitch, please do accept my apologies and take this opportunity to read it online (larger file size available from Flickr). And please do send me an email with your address, or postcode, so I can track down where the problems have been and what they might be.