I suffer greatly from a post election syndrome. It might be called “depleted recognition syndrome“.

For me, a wonderful thing in the weeks and sometimes months leading up to an election is the number of pamphlets from aspiring candidates extolling personal and party virtues. Some even contain handwritten messages inviting me to contact them to discuss matters should I so wish.

My letterbox flourishes and I feel valued.

Now the election is over and decisions have been made about who is going to represent constituents in parliament, the mailbox has gone from being overloaded pretty well to nothing at all. No more pamphlets and no more paraphernalia – until the next election.

How on earth will I cope?