Where I live, this election is invisible. Not a single leaflet has dropped through the letterbox with the pizza flyers and council tax circulars, and no one's been round to canvass. Apart from some bright orange Lib Dem diamonds lining a leafy street in Highbury, I haven't seen one election poster or placard on my journey to work either.
Admittedly, I live in one of the safest Labour seats - Islington North - where vocal war critic Jeremy Corbyn won over 61% of votes last time round, down from nearly 70% in 1997, but don't we deserve a little democracy wherever we live? There is enough cynicism and disillusionment already without the sense that the parties are only throwing money and effort at key marginal seats.
At a grassroots level, local people are getting more involved in residents' associations and action groups which have seen real improvements on the ground. Now would be the perfect time to make national politics seem relevant too.
