Tumbleweed

The local media (who shall remain nameless) have covered the local elections in the following fashion:

candidate A
candidate B
candidate C

And that's it. No debate, no room for candidates to cast their ideas for the relevant ward. I spoke to one of the senior journalists at one of the papers and I was told that they didn't have enough room for such stories and the word purdah was mentioned. I usually associate the word purdah with public bodies not making any major decisions whilst elections are on - not for private newspapers.

I can half understand not reporting in detail on local elections as each camp will shout "undue influence" whenever they report on the other candidate. But given the elections effect how local services will be run I find it shocking that the papers aren't giving more coverage. But then again I am a candidate - so I am a bit biased at the moment.