Byelection News

[poliphilo]

I'm beginning to wish I'd kept all the political bumf that has come through the door since the Old and Sad byelection kicked off. I would have put it in a folder and willed it to the Local History Museum.  It would have been a fat folder and future generations would have thanked me. The Lib Dems have posted the most. In a recent communication Elwyn Watkins claimed to be ahead of Labour, but the national pollsters disagree.  I've had real live canvassers from the Lib Dems and Labour and nobody yet from the Tories. UKIP and the BNP have delivered one leaflet apiece. 

P.S. This morning's post brings three letters from the Labour party- two "signed" by  the candidate Debbie Abrahams and one by a local councillor who has deserted the Lib Dems. They've paid second class postage on all of them- which must mean they've got money to burn. 

All three address me as Anthony. This grates slightly. I'm old and staid enough to think the proper mode of addressing someone you don't  know personally is by title and surname. Besides, only my mother calls me Anthony.

Comments

[shanghai7.livejournal.com]

How do the BNP canvass in Oldham? Do they look at the name and think "Ali, Faisul, Mohammed, probably not going to vote for us"? In Belfast they did a look at the street, if all the families were Cathcart, Stewart or Wilson then Sinn Fein did not bother, nor DUP is it was O'Connor, O'Gowan or Murphy.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I've no idea. They put a leaflet through the door without knocking. There are a lot of Mohammeds on this street, so I doubt whether they've got much local knowledge.

Their candidate is a rough looking ex-publican.

[ron-broxted.livejournal.com]

They never seem to choose photogenic candidates eh?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

You have to be bitter and twisted to join the BNP and beautiful people rarely have reason to feel that way.

[(Anonymous)]

hi, I hope you are both well. Just a note to say small xmas presents are on their way via the P.O, as we thought they'd be more relevant now than later when we see you. Hope they arrive soon...and that they are more welcome than those political tracts! I'm very interested in the result, by the way..
Love Jenny xxx

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thank you. We'll be looking out for them.

I'm assuming it'll be a Labour victory. The only question is how large the margin's going to be.

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[(Anonymous)]

I hope, it's OK