Channel 4 News is running a public-led vote to find the "most inspiring political personality of the last decade” and the Countryside Alliance is in the running - the poll is open until the 18th and you can cast your vote via email here http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/poli...to+vote/1300447

It would be great if the rural vote topped the poll!

The shortlist is:

1. Tony Blair
2. Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness
3. Ken Livingstone
4. Alex Salmond
5. The Countryside Alliance
6. Anti-Iraq war protestors