Unfortunately, the campaign up to now has been a massive blur, one day has ebbed effortlessly into the next and all the time the only thing I seem to be doing is worrying about the battery on my Blackberry, although to highlight a few ‘stand out points’ from the first 6 days of the campaign:
Delivery of thousands of leaflets – As a small association, we have managed to shift close to 40,000 leaflets within the first week, with the help of the Fox Hunting lobby group, Tamils, Friends, Family and even occasionally local Councillors. (Anyone who has ever tried this will tell you it is quite a job)
I have campaigned with the PPC solidly, starting at 7am and working straight through to around 9/10pm – sitting in his ‘battle bus’ (which for the record is a transit van we had decorated with Conservative Logos and the candidates face – not to mention the mega phones we attached to the roof) with his pre recorded voice calling for change over the top of an already overplayed Elton John classic.
Finally – being a target seat close to London, we have been and will continue to be, blessed with regular appearances from quality MP’s – Andrew Mitchell MP and his team came to see us and invited us to dinner (and met some residents in the mix) and the wonderfully eccentric MEP Geoffrey Van Orden and his family – seriously how did he end up with such a pretty Wife and Daughter? – came to help us campaign in the town centre, on his own birthday no less. That’s dedication to the cause!
Oh and Quotes from Labour supports that are worth mentioning:
Him: “I’m not voting Conservative because of his expenses”
Me: “He didn’t have any expenses, that is our Labour MP you’re talking about”
Him: “oh well – I still won’t vote for you”
And my favourite so far:
Him: “No way I’m voting Conservative, 1938 – I lost a leg ‘cos of Churchill. Ill never forgive him for going to war” – WOW, how do I argue with that??
Ok – that brings me up to about now, Lots going on over the next few weeks, So I shall try to post something every day! (get stuffed if you want photo’s though – that is way too much effort)
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