So who is the Liberal Democrat candidate for the General Election?

Having looked up Huntingdon on ukpollingreport.com I'm perplexed that our local Liberal Democrats have still to select a candidate. The Conservatives have the damaged Djanogly. UKIP have Jennifer O'Dell. The Greens have selected John Clare. Even Labour have Anthea Cox.

The General Election has be be held on or before Thursday 3 June 2010. The local elections are due to be held on Thursday 6th May 2010. If Gordon Brown decides to go for the latest date we will have elections campaigns for 2 months. If he decides to go in tandem with the locals this will be a month long campaign. If he decides to go in late March this would mean the election will be called in February.

So the local Liberal Democrats have very little time left to select a candidate. They either select between now and 1st December 2009 or in January 2010. If they select in December then Xmas and New Year will drown out the news.
Maybe the Liberal Democrats aren't going to fight in Huntingdonshire and only want to put up a "paper"* candidate. With David Howarth, Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge, standing down at the next election this will throw the Cambridge election wide open. Most Liberal Democrats will be across there campaigning to keep the seat Liberal Democrat.

With all the furore over Djanogly I would have thought the Liberal Democrats would have got a candidate in early. Instead they seem to be leaving this to the last moment!

*A "paper" candidate is someone who stands on the understanding they won't win and will not do any campaigning. The reason is to allow your party supporters to vote at every election. There have been many times when a "paper" candidate wins when they shouldn't.