Monday, April 18, 2005

Quite a busy day today. Wednesday will be the half way point in the campaign and e are well into canvassing and delivering. Still an enormous amount to get out.

Discovered that the opposition are using professional delivery companies for their delivery which gives them a bit of an advantage. However it seems to be a fairly bland paper going out with lots of pictures of Charles Kennedy. Not sure that will win them much favor as it was their naked localism that won the seat to start with.

We were out in St. Mark's ward doing some final deliveries of recent leaflet and meeting some people on the streets. surprising that during last elections this area would have been awash with Lib posters but hardly any to be seen.

Good stuff on pensions yesterday which once again has really tuned in to local concerns. A lot of people of all ages asking about pensions and what we intended to do about it. I am told there is more Conservative policy to come on Council tax as well which would be welcome to the many who are seeing the Lib Dems Local Income Tax policy as a nightmare for families and middle income earners. Shocking to hear yesterday that a nurse and fireman in the same house would pay significantly more in Kingston and Surbiton than they would under the Council Tax.