Conservative candidate for Norwich South Antony Little today received a

surprise endorsement from the creator of Britain's biggest website

 dedicated to the sausage.

Stephen Plume, originator of the award winning website

sausagefans.com, got in-touch with Antony to express his worries

about the government's attempts to charge training teachers full

university fees and has been so impressed with Antony's efforts to fight

for the people of Norwich that he wanted to offer his support.

Mr Plume, currently studying to be a Maths teacher at the UEA, said: "I

have been very impressed with Antony as both a teacher and as a

politician prepared to fight for the people he represents.  Like me,

Antony studied at UEA and is dedicated to making Norwich better."

"More importantly, Antony really likes sausages and is just the man we

need to put the great British Banger back on the map."

"I've always been supported by South Norfolk's Richard Bacon and I feel

that Antony is as pro-sausage as he is."

"Antony is a man who'll fight for the sausage industry, promote our work

and keep the sausage at the forefront of our dinner tables."

High School Teacher Antony said:

"I am thrilled to have Stephen's backing and that of

sausagefans.com  I have always been a sausage fan!  There are, of

course, serious issues here about animal and livestock welfare, quality

standards for British and imported meat and support for small

independent butchers.  Stephen is working hard to promote good British

sausages with his recommended butcher directory including 38 sausage

makers in Norfolk alone.  Labour has left farming in crisis and I am

determined to stand up for people who feel letdown by Blair's ignorance

of rural issues."

"I am going to keep in close contact with Stephen over issues with

regards to the meat and livestock industry, farming and sausages."

"Stephen is also as outraged as I am about training teachers being

lumbered with paying this government's tuition fees.  Both Stephen and I

trained to teach without that fear of debt and it will only serve to

ensure good, capable teachers are put off from training."

1st February 2005