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A full day organising our local Election canvassing, getting five out in The Eaton’s and reviewing the Priory campaign with the candidates before keying in all of the canvassing data. This as the Poll Tax dies a formal death with the re-introduction of a property tax based on capital values with a discount of 25% for one-person occupation.
Another busy day, this time concentrating on election work from start to finish. Up quite early and then breakfast with the girls before they set off for school. I tended the conservatory and then the fish before spending a little time with the gardener who is making good progress on our new project of putting a concrete path by the river. I vacuumed and tended to the swimming pool as well and found it needing quite a bit of attention, but Mum telephoned during this and I forgot to call her back afterwards. This afternoon, I worked on typing in some of the journal entries that had waited since my American holiday. This extended until nearly tea-time when I got involved in some intra-campaign organisation and gathering statistics so that we could decide on targeting resources.
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After morning breakfast encounters with the peacock and my two daughters, I settled down to work on laying out the election literature and hosted both Michael and later Percy to help with the final copy and decisions.
After making good progress, I was able to make the K.S.S. Meeting after all at Kimbolton Castle, but I might not have bothered! There are more relief flights to aid the Iraqi Kurds and of the first US troops are setting up refugee camps inside Iraq.
The day started bright enough but chilly and the peacock was already waiting for his breakfast when we were eating ours. Debbie set off to school, demanding £20 for a tennis racket on the way out and I then managed a little time with Della before it was her turn. Diana had a morning shopping in St Neots, and I settled down to work at my computer after having a word with the gardener. He wanted to discuss the line of the riverside path and wall with me, and I needed to pay him for the last week's work. I worked on at Priory election literature and had Michael come round to see me to help decide what was wanted and he was happy with the same format as Eaton Socon. Then Percy joined me after lunch when we went through what I had done and checked it.
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Working on the third Election Leaflet as a Peacock visited The Hayling View again, leaving its magnificent tail feather. Daniel set off back to Norwich after not being able to see Angela for a week as she contracted chicken pox whilst with us in America which was unfortunate.
Some sport on TV and then to welcome Percy and Derek round to go over the leaflet designs and they helped me formulate the Eaton Socon version
After the direct election activity of yesterday, I had to work on the third election leaflet today which was an important next step in the campaign. I was up quite early this morning and enjoyed the traditional fried breakfast with which Diana excelled herself for once. It is nice to get proper English bacon again after the rubbish that we were being served with in America. The Peacock was in evidence again today and now comes regularly to The Hayling View to take scraps of food etc. I now have one of its magnificent tail feathers decorating my office.
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Pursuing the election campaign with four candidates and three further canvassers all at work at once whilst freezing in Eaton Socon. Home for lunch and there all afternoon working on the third leaflet of the election campaign, which Percy had set up for printing early the following week.
After tea, Derek and Sandie Giles came round and we worked on the canvas cards and the leaflet together and then I wrote up my journal whilst watching the Holyfield vs Foreman world heavy weight fight on TV. The weather was freezing this morning with frost overnight and then it was actually hailing and snowing in flurries later
A hard day today as I had the Eaton Socon election to run. It started with a fairly early trip to my office to prepare a briefing for the candidates and canvassers. I was at Stratford Place with fifteen minutes to spare and prepared my presentation which was a summary of the canvass results so far, followed by guidance and instructions for canvassing and then a discussion afterwards. Then all out to a canvas session and we managed to get quite a lot done with four candidates and three further canvassers all at work at once. I went out with Judi for a while who was back canvassing after some time away with her personal problems. I then went on to Kings Road on my own and visited a few households there.
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