Candidates nominated to be Mayor of Copeland
Nick Herbert on his visit to flood hit areas of Cumbria
Please note that the post below was published more than ten year ago on 21st November 2009 Nick Herbert MP, shadow cabinet member for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, was in Cumbria this morning to see the areas affected by the flooding. He writes on Conservative Home about his visit. Here is an extract. I’ve been in Cumbria today to see the areas affected by the floods. I arrived early in Keswick where I met officials from the Environment Agency. Although the river levels had fallen considerably and homes were no longer flooded, the damage to homes had been done. And the water which had got into houses wasn’t just from the river – it was foul water which had risen from the drains. I talked to fire crews who were pumping flood water back into the river, and discovered that they were from Tyne & Wear and Lancashire. They had been called in at an hours’ notice and had been working on the scene ever since, staying at a local hotel. You cannot fail to be impressed by the
Comments
What I am getting at is, is there any real need or value for the council to publish the full address of all of the candidates (including house number) I am all for public servants being accountable and contactable and things, but in any job that is the case.
If someone phoned me at work and asked for the full home address of a colleague, then i would not give it.
I understand that it is in the public interest for the voters to know that the candidate lives in copeland (even where in copeland) but surely Whitehaven or St Bees is enough info, and shows they live in the area. If the candidate wants to make more publically available then fine, but i cant see any value in the public having access to home address down to house number and postcode.
Just saying
In the past this may have been less of a problem because prominent people - like election candidates - were less often targets for identity theft and fraud, as the fact that lots of people knew them meant that a fraudster pretending to be such a person was far more likely to be caught.
When Andre Previn was conductor of the LSO and regularly appearing on television, he lost some unsigned credit cards. Not long after a young man calling himself "Andre Previn" tried to use the cards, and his signature matched the one which was now on the back of the cards.
The cashiers were immediately suspicious but were not sure what to do: they summoned their manager, who asked the fraudster,
"Did you say the symphony which you conducted the TV last week was written before or after 1815?
So far as candidates for Mayor or MP are concerned, I do not think we have a major security issue.
However, for CBC candidates I had been debating whether to post a scan of the "statement of persons nominated" or just post a list the candidates and what town or village they live in, and I think you have probably just tipped my decision in the latter direction.