Yesterday it became apparent that, in a tragic miscarriage of justice, my name has been left off the ballot papers for Labour leadership. This is supposedly because I did not “officially” nominate myself – further proof that those in the higher echolons of the Party fear me.

They don’t fear that I would be an unsuccessful leader, bringing about the collapse of the Labour Party, but they fear the change I represent. And they fear that I would be too successful. Have any of the other candidates had the boldness to put their name to a campaign so vital and controversial as the ‘PETS DYING IS IMMORAL’ one, for example?

Jim spearheading the important ‘PETS DYING IS IMMORAL’ campaign

I see this not as a death toll for my aspiration, nor even a setback. Rather it inspires me to work harder, overcome adversity and lead Labour into the future. Labour needs to be the party of the future; the party of change, innovation and imagination. I am the candidate of change and innovation. I am the imaginary candidate.

That’s why the mere ommission of my name from the ballots will not slow down the Garner locomotive. Tomorrow I’ll be uploading another video, outlining how I can still win and explaining how you can help.

Far from this being the end for my campaign, it has revitalised it. Later in the week we’ll be discussing how you can still vote for me.

Mark Feckless MP

This is a guest post written by Mark Feckless, Member of Parliament for Bleaksby.

Today is exactly 25 years to the day since Live Aid. As such, it was a popular topic for idle chatter in the Members’ Tea Room this morning. One close and successful friend of mine put forward an interesting question. She asked:

“How is that Bob Geldof, a man with no discernible talent, a man who is foul-mouthed and instantly dislikeable, a man who feels it morally justifiable to call his daughters Peaches and Fifi Trixabelle, a man who openly supports imposing the music of Queen upon a nation, can organise an event which goes on to fund corrupt Governments in Africa and still be praised for his achievements?”

Bob Geldof may be mocked on popular comedy shows on television, but his name has become synonomous with attempting to make the world a better place with his limited ability. Yes, maybe in some cases things got worse but people got swept up in this wave of enthusiasm to help others. People remember exactly where they were when they watched Live Aid and what a great time they had. They didn’t have to deal with some of the awful consequences in places like Ethiopia, so they still have a positive view of how it went.

Read that quote again. Now think of the Labour Leadership Contest. Remind you of anyone?

Jim Garner may not be the most talented politician. God knows, he’s certainly not the most popular. He may have slipped up in the past and tried to hide it and maybe he shouldn’t tweet during late night sittings in the Chamber.

But he has an enthusiasm to make things better. He probably doesn’t even know how and in some cases it’ll undoubtedly make things worse – but probably not for you. What more can you ask for? Let yourself be washed onto the shore of ignorance by the Jim Garner wave.

Happily, I can say that I do now how a fully-functioning team in place in London now and that the real, transparent, behind-the-scenes, access-all-areas, actual-new-politics videos will return soon. One thing you may have noticed about the videos is that they are shot in continuous motion – which means that unlike George Osborne’s Budget, there are no cuts!!*

Before the videos resume (hopefully next week), I will be returning to daily blogging, giving my immediate reactions to the news stories of each day.

Collectively, these daily snapshots can be held together, flicked through and motionised into your very own cartoon of the Jim Garner Movement.

*Been holding onto that one for weeks.

It is with sadness that I have to announce that Rowan and Sam, my campaign team, will not be joining me in London. This is not the end of my campaign, but there will be fewer videos until I manage to assemble a London-based squad. Mainly because I need someone to hold the camera.

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