I almost wish I were British, so I could cast a vote for my friend Louise Bagshawe for Parliament.

I “met” Louise a few years ago on one of my favorite Catholic websites. Her passion for politics, and her keen knowledge thereof, not only impressed me, it intimidated the daylights out of me!

Then I find out she’s one of Britain’s best-selling “chick lit” authors – and she very kindly sent me a copy of a newly published book a few years ago (I still have it – one of my “treasures”)

To top it all of, she’s a darned serious Catholic. She gets the issues in a Catholic moral sense –

So when I learned she’s running for a seat in Parliament, I cheered – and now I’m sharing it with you!