I love lazy Sunday's and trawling through the papers. That includes the Beds on Sunday, which I have sent straight to my email account. Unfortunately, it never arrives on a Sunday and so it was whilst reading back issues that I encountered this little anomaly.

Sue Cullen, who is AKA @humphreycushion, prolific tweeter and AKA Ms Cushion, contributor to online adult entertainment site wordejaculation (can't put the rest in or the link comes up, but if you really want to view her writing style just add the .com) who is also according to an email sent to the Mail on Sunday by Kerry McCarthy MP, the Labour party organiser for Mid Beds and according to the Mid Beds Labour party web site, the Labour Prospective Candidate for Mid Beds, gave an interview to my esteemed local paper;

http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/News/Bloggers-upset-at-MPs-Twitter-claims.htm

As you can see, the article quite clearly states that she is the Labour candidate, as I assume, told to the reporter and as we know displayed on the web site. Of which the editor at the Beds on Sunday has a snapshot.

However, The Mid Beds Labour party Chairman, James Bunker, writes on the letters page of the Beds on Sunday, 17th October edition,  that Sue Cullen is NOT a Labour party candidate.

So, which one is it it then? Who's telling the truth? Sue Cullen or the party Chairman, James Bunker? Mr Bunker, your web site, whoops, I forgot one of her many hats - Bedfordshire web site and on-line co-ordinator - quite clearly states that Ms Cullen IS a candidate. Maybe you would like to write a letter to the Beds on Sunday clarifying your position?

Or is she only the candidate on the day she wears that hat?

I was very relieved to read in the article that Sue Cullen (local Labour party organiser, AKA @humphreycushion AKA Ms Cushion... yeah, I suppose you've got the picture) stated that she was not on any 'health related benefits'. Slightly confusing as she wrote on twitter that she was on disability benefit?

And just a word to the 'girl with a one track mind'  who was on Breakfast TV yesterday. Impressive performance. I believe the wordejaculation web site might be yours? I commend your attempt to defend one of my constituents, however, the rule of politics is this. Put yourself up for election, become a political candidate and you lose some of the privileges you cherish as an individual. Those being privacy and anonymity. You did yourself a disservice by not a) stating who you were referring to and b) not mentioning at least one of her many disguises.

If you believe in something, you have to be prepared to stand up and fight for it,  and fairly. Not hide behind a curtain of pseudonyms and fancy dresses. You have to have the intellect and bravery to argue your own corner and that of your party, not use the sewer of twitter to harness gullible recruits to fight your corner for you.

The fact that Sue Cullen AKA @humphreycusion AKA (ok, I'm bored with this now) does not even mention on her twitter account or blog that she is the Labour party organiser,candidate, writer for adult......etc etc... speaks volumes.

Perhaps her Chairman could get his story right and enlighten us?

update

For those who may not know - you become a 'prospective candidate' from the moment of selection until the legal election period begins which is when you transfer to being a candidate. You cannot be a candidate from selection because if you do call yourself such, the period of time you incurr election expenses kick in. Parliamentary candidates are Prospective Parliamentary Candidates, PPCs from selection until the election is called and then become Parliamentary Candidate from that time for the period of the short campaign. I imagine the same law applies to local candidates.

If I am correct, Sue Cullen described herself as the 'candidate' on the web site and I assume told the reporter 'prospective candidate'.