Anneliese Dodds, the Prospective Labour Candidate for Reading East has hit out in the local papers by criticising politicians for not listening to the people.

She said: "My friends know that I was against the illegal war in Iraq; fought hard against the introduction of tuition fees; supported the campaign against Trident submarines at Faslane; campaigned against Post Office closures; as an economist warned that an economy based on a property bubble was untenable; am demanding that the third runway at Heathrow is cancelled; want a return of the millions of pounds in rent taken from the poor by the treasury; called for a stop to British arms sales to Israel whilst they are bombing civilians; petitioned against the handing out of alcohol licences like confetti that caused an outbreak of alcohol related anti-social behaviour in residential areas and demanded that the people who placed a step in Eldon Square gardens should be held accountable for their actions.

"Oh crap, it was Labour that did all those things. Perhaps I joined the wrong party? Vote for me anyway. I don't agree with most of Labour Party policy, but I'm ever so desperate to get elected and I don't mind being completely two-faced about it. I'm sure you'll agree that I'll make an ideal politician."