Another election canvassing day and then taking Vera Ruff to the village hall this evening where some 50-odd newer senior residents attended and listened avidly to my talk on the History of Little Paxton and will now vote for me! British Aerospace are making a £160M loss and now being given British Leyland Cars for a song and the Labour Party starts a leadership election
A very busy day. Awoke early after a night punctuated by the needs of my bladder and the thoughts of a mind full of this local election campaign. To breakfast and then the job of cleaning up my office from last night. This took until the time that Michael Pope arrived and it was time to organise the canvass. Francis and Rob Williams could not come today again, due to his back and their niece’s visit. Michael and I ‘did’ the High Street yesterday, but today tackled the Park Avenue/Way etc; bungalows that yielded quite a few people in. Back at lunchtime and then I waited for the arrival of the lady journalist from the Town Crier. She had phoned earlier and so we went to lunch at the Southoe Bell and a long chat on my policies. Then we did a few photo shots around Southoe and Paxton, before I had to get back for my afternoon programme. Had to collect Mrs Vera Ruff from her house and brief her on how to get the older ones to fill in their postal vote forms. Then down to the village hall and Mrs Ruff was very nervous of all of their company.
Some 50-odd newer senior residents, who listened avidly to my talk on the History of Little Paxton and all promised to vote for me afterwards. Back to the office to phone the journalist again and help her write her copy, then time for tea. This evening, back out canvassing again. With Michael Pope we did the key High Street area and covered a number of very key poster sites. Have even got diehard members of the Conservative Club voting for me covertly. News tonight is of British Aerospace making a £160M loss and being given British Leyland Cars for a song. The Labour Party are entering a leadership election campaign, against a background of opposition from Neil Kinnock. The weather was decidedly chilly today and the forecasts are for a wet and chilly Easter.