IT seems mum's the word in York's election, for some voters at least.

The Green Party's Fishergate hopeful Dave Taylor was out canvassing in his area, when he optimistically knocked on one woman's door.

Sadly, for Mr Taylor, it seems this was one woman who wouldn't be wooed.

A certain Mrs Blanchard told Dave that she'd be voting Labour - which is probably quite reassuring for her son Paul, who is Labour councillor for Heworth.


Support's rock steady for Eddie

NO election is complete without a fringe candidate, and this year's York option comes courtesy of Eddie Vee who is standing for the Monster Raving Loony Party.

The party's election literature touches on range of serious and topical issues, but also throws in some comedy proposals, and helpfully assures voters: "We never break any election promises because we never make any!"

So what of their policies? They propose that anyone going bald is provided with two rabbits to wear on their head - so that from a distance they look like hares.

And on Global Warfare they write: "If we got all the weapons of mass destruction and put them in a giant fridge, this would stop them going off. We will also stop the arms race by having a three-legged race instead."


'arrowing time for the Scots

Followers of electoral matters north of the border may have noticed the increasing popularity of the SNP.

But what if the Scots stood for election in York, wonders The Press's political reporter Gavin Aitchison, himself an Edinburgh exile.

He proposes Irn Bru in every pub, the re-spelling of Micklegate as McCullgate and a city-wide ban on the sale of bows and arrows, just in case anyone is tempted to take advantage of the legendary bylaw, which allows a born and bred Yorkie to take pot-shots at Scots after dark.