Arriving at Walker House in Somers Town today, there was a definate whiff of the sea and I swear I could hear the sound of the merry-go-round at the end of the pier.

Brighton? Oh no… this is London (not) on Sea and local resident Natalie Bennett has just been elected national leader of the Green Party, one of the big four.

Big four? Maybe three… Political parties I mean. I’m not sure as I don’t follow these things very closely, not being a ‘joiner’.

However, the Green Party has elected a Somers Town girl as its national Leader, and that’s gotta be news of a very local but very big kind…