After achieving some election news coverage and checking with my gardener, Percy arrived and keyed in some canvassing data which went well and looked good. Off to Eaton Socon this evening before and after a very successful Little Paxton Village Hall AGM to get more canvassers out and working well.
The US, UK and France were setting up refugee camps inside Northern Iraq for the displaced Kurds under Allied military "protection"
I had taken a telephone call from a journalist last night and so sent a fax to her office early this morning, giving details of our Liberal Democrat plans for the local area should we do well in the elections. Then to work in the conservatory and out to see the gardener who I had not spoken to for a few days. He is getting on well enough but has caught up with the basic gardening jobs and I have now briefed him on the projects that can keep him going. Percy arrived by prior arrangement and we together keyed in the initial canvass data from Eaton Socon for which the computer worked quite well. We broke off for lunch and he came back afterwards so that we had completed about two-thirds by the time we had to break off again.
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For this evening, I decided to go over to Eaton Socon and get everybody out canvassing again before going on to Little Paxton Village Hall for the Hall AGM. This was a very-well attended and most gratifying event which led to the election of a large active committee that can not only preserve the future of the Hall, but also work together to improve it for the expanding village. Back to Eaton Socon later to see the canvassers again and get the completed cards for processing on the computer. Home and to bed rather late after a tiring few days but a little happier at the way things had been going. The news is of the US, UK and France setting up refugee camps inside Northern Iraq under Allied military "protection" which they feel is the least response that can be made to make up for inciting them to rise up against Saddam Hussein. My view is that this is a risky and internationally illegal venture which could easily lead to a resumption of hostilities.