We had a decent crowd for door-knocking tonight. Keith from the regional office, of course, three of our borough councillors (two of them executive portfolio holders) and three or four ordinary members like myself. Jayne had no work tonight so she had no excuse for not coming and I dragged her along. She absolutely hates […]
Entries Tagged as 'Canvassing'
More door-knocking
July 21st, 2005 · Comments Off on More door-knocking · Politics
Tags: Canvassing·Labour Party·TV
Canvassing again
July 13th, 2005 · Comments Off on Canvassing again · Politics
Went out again this evening, for the third Wednesday running, and again found it very relaxing and encouraging. There is no election looming, no pressure, and no rush. Its the political activists equivalent of low-impact aerobics, just a few people (unfortunately) doing a couple of roads for about an hour. There is time to talk […]
Tags: Canvassing
Canvassing
June 18th, 2005 · Comments Off on Canvassing · Politics
“We only ever see you lot at election time!” Thats something that political activists are always hearing. In a way its true, because we are more active and more motivated as elections draw near, and we get a lot more help, but in another way its far from true: there are party members out most […]
Tags: Canvassing·Elections
Celebrations on hold in Crawley
May 6th, 2005 · Comments Off on Celebrations on hold in Crawley · Politics
The Crawley count went very slowly. The verification took forever and it was after 2am before the proper count even started. We ended up with a result too close to call. The first count showed Labour winning by 78 votes so there was obviously a recount. This uncovered a mixed bundle allocated to Labour and […]
Tags: Canvassing·Crawley·Elections
Sunday canvassing
April 24th, 2005 · Comments Off on Sunday canvassing · Politics
I knocked at a door today while canvassing, and a lady answered. She said that she did not vote because she is a Jehova’s Witness and does not believe that any party devised by man can be any good. I just said “Ah. So now I have knocked on your door. That makes a change.” […]
Tags: Canvassing·Racism·Religion
Local Tories
April 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Local Tories · Politics
I forgot to mention that I had the Tories knocking on my door this afternoon. Obviously the ‘vote Labour’ poster in the bedroom window is not large or prominent enough. I shall have to dig out the large placard from whichever cupboard it is in. The bloke who actually rang the bell was Richard Quirk, […]
Tags: Canvassing·Elections·Sky·Tories
Stress?
April 20th, 2005 · Comments Off on Stress? · Work
My back hurts! I have been out delivering Labour newspapers again, in one of the hilliest parts of town. It seems like each house has a 10-metre path with steps either up or down, and it is a notorious route. Normally the kids offer to deliver leaflets (for a small bribe) but I wanted to […]
Tags: Canvassing·Railways
