Sorry to see you didn't make it Clive, and not only because I was ready to retain you for "second opinions"
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FWIW - I think your mistake was to go for the cute photo's. You should have had one of you with a gun to the head of a puppy with the caption "Vote for me - or else..."
. Just a suggestion if you try again next year.
Hope you stick around, I'd like to know how your running progresses.