Just like a piece of bog roll, I'm caught between two stools.

Don't even ask! Somethings just jump into my head out of nowhere at all.

No, that isn't the title of my latest attempt at songwriting. Let's just say it's been one of those nights where I'm now desperately trying to keep my eyes open, while my mind is firing on cylinders I wasn't even aware existed until now.

The answer, my friend, isn't so much blowing in the wind but slapping me in the face, thanks to a comment by someone who pointed out that people feel as much 'in the sticks' right here in Bristol as they do in South Gloucester and Northeast Somerset. Especially in the outbacks such as Avonmouth is, for example. So, point taken.

Now, for those of you who have benefitted from getting a good night's sleep after only reading the first, maybe even second paragraph of my previous posts, you will be aware that various references to Bristol have, shall we agree, been somewhat candid in content. While more favourable were those relating to the new Sth Glos/NE Somerset patch to which I fully intended to stand as an independent Prospective Parliamentary Candidate in this forthcoming General Election.

Initially, I viewed the challenge of standing against the 'Wee Smog' in that patch of Zummerzet closer to Bristol than a Wurzels night out in Taunton. Or, for that matter what I've previously referred to as the 'New Bristol' in South Glos, I was then reminded of the fact that Bristol's "shitty" centre would be an even greater challenge, and being as certifiably close to insanity as anyone could be my thinking quickly turned to one of how much fun I would enjoy from being entertained by a litany of potential abuse hurled at me by Bristol's emotionally incontinent millennials and their progeny. I mean, isn't that what politics is all about nowadays?

You know, MP's being threatened, abused, receiving death threats, and numpty protesters peacocking outside their homes, such as the emotionally incontinent feel in their grandiose sense of self-entitlement they can do. You see, I already know and fully accept I'm not going to be everyone's cup of soya frigging latte, and what's more, I have no wish to be. The quinoa and avocado hipster set will certainly not put a cross by my name at the ballot box. This I can guarantee.

So, having now decided that I would no doubt be better off standing as a candidate in Bristol would I now withdraw everything I've said about the city? Certainly not! What I've said I meant, and unlike others in the sphere of politics who immediately delete whatever they've said simply on the basis others whinge about it, this is not me. I believe if you've stated something then have both the balls and the integrity to stand by it, regardless, and show some character.

I don't care what others think of me. They don't pay my bills, or put food on my table, and as it will be nothing short of a miracle if I get elected I don't particularly care. Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good you are, the bird is going to shit on the board and strut around like it won anyway - and, no doubt, there will be plenty to argue with on the rocky road of the political campaign ahead. Neither do I listen to what people say behind my back, as a lion never looks back when a dog barks.

Therefore I will plod on with no meet and greets, or be all smiles and handshakes for the sake of shmoozing people into voting for me, and I will not be attending hustings in order for people to barrack me at every opportunity. Instead, and as unconventional as it may be I will run my campaign my way, and on my terms, because 'screw' conventionality.

There are enough people pleasers who begin in politics already that later go back on nearly everything they stated, and leave those who voted for them disappointed and let down. Equally, I'm sure there are many a politician who would say they don't regret the things they did wrong, just the good things they did for the wrong people by following whatever party line or whip told them to do - in the best interests of the party, of course.

So, here's for all the free-thinking independents who, like myself, will do what's best for the people they may end up representing, not because it's best for our careers.