Localness

Lynne Featherstone has been making quite a bit in her campaign of being a 'local girl' (check out this video). I wondered whether this was her taking a veiled pop at other candidates who aren't. So I asked Richard Merrin and Karen Jennings via Twitter how local they were, and whether it mattered.

Richard said:

"mother clinical nurse at whittington, family live in muswell hill but I am not making an issue of it"

and Karen said:

"I have lived in HWG for over a decade, imp to live in area but this election is about big issues jobs, economy, public services"

You heard it here first.