A Week is a Long time ... (Sabbs)

Firstly, apologies for the tardiness of the last two days without so much as a posting.

The political shape of these elections has changed dramatically in the last 48hrs, and now the mud really is starting to fly. A quick look at the EUSA Election website (http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/elections) shows that there are over 51 candidtures, but worryingly only from 28 people. There must be a drive to get more students to stand, to make sure that people are involved - whatever their backgrounds are.

Sabbatical wise, the VPAA race is becoming very interesting, with the biggest field for the seat in its existence. Bruce Golding (http://www.brucegolding.net) was the second candidate to declare, and his website is firmly under construction. Known as a member of SRC for a while now, the only other details that I really know about Bruce is that he is a heavily involved Labour Party Member, appearing most recently in a Party Political Broadcast for them. Next up in Ben Politowski (with the aptly titled http://www.poliwhat.com) - I've heard his name before, I believe he is left leaning, but I await his policies with interest. Joining the field most recently, (on Friday) is the much expected candidture of Anna Davidson (http://www.freewebs.com/annadavidson). Anna will - as I no doubt told her last weekend at the Politics Away Weekend - most likely pick up a vote simply by being the old girl in the field and depending on how she plays it could do well a la Sabrina Russo. With KT Chan in this field, this could be the election that interests a lot of people.

Across in the VPSA race, the real interest is by Will Searle. I can't claim to know Will, and without a website as yet, I have nothing to go on. I'm obviously pleased that Gordon Aikman isn't being given a free ride to the position, so an interesting and exciting election could be in prospect.

More to follow no doubt - I really do hope we have some more Sabb candidates.