Spent yesterday evening mopping up deliveries of leaflets in a number of areas. Tiredness starting to set in now. The reaction is still good when you speak to people but there seems little engagement with this election generally. Lib Dems love posters (Conservatives always seem shy about putting them up!) but this time they seem to have had no where near the success in getting them placed than they have in the past. They try hard down my road and had an assault today but it really does not bother me.

This morning we were in New Malden High Street handing out leaflets and meeting people. What has been remarkable is the way that the Conservative message around the five themes we have spoken of has really resonated with people. This is especially true on the issue of immigration. The numbers who speak to me on the doorsteps and in the streets about this issue demonstrates to me that the nasty accusations of the Lib Dems that this is in some way racist is a slur used to try and get us off a subject for which they have no real answers. People are worried about the future direction of our country and rightly or wrongly they see unlimited immigration as a threat to the future prosperity and well being of us all.

This afternoon we were out again in Tolworth and Hook doing some delivering and speaking to those who were in.