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I'm a councillor in the London Borough of Wandsworth; this blog mainly covers that, sometimes general politics and policy and occasionally anything else that takes my fancy.
Tag Archives: Canvassing
Vote for me (and some others too)
When I wrote about getting the election buzz last week I had forgotten that my least favourite part of the campaign was about to hit. Of course, I say that in a relative sense (since I have seen far too many similar comments misconstrued recently). This isn’t a demoralised, disenchanted or defeatist activist rambling on,
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Wandsworth is Conservative
Way back when I first stood for council in 1998 we had a simple campaign slogan: Wandsworth is Conservative. The Conservatives had taken a hammering in the 1997 election and a significant number of people believed the council was also Labour controlled. We knew people rated Wandsworth highly, and wanted to vote to continue that,
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Confessions of a Conservative canvasser: Part II
Yesterday I highlighted some of the things canvassing is not. Today I want to go through some of the things canvassing is, and my thoughts at the end of this particular campaign. While the media will concentrate on Cabinet resignations and pressure on Brown, the life of a party activist is less glamorous and less
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Posted in Politics, Wandsworth
Also tagged BNP, Conservative, David Cameron, European elections, Gordon Brown, Labour
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Confessions of a Conservative canvasser: Part I
Robin Askwith will not be getting any casting enquiries on the back of this. While canvassing may be many things it would make a very bad film, even by the standard of the British film industry in the 70s. But since it’s taken up so much of my time over the past few weeks –
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Happy Bank Holiday
It’s the last long weekend for a while – we go most of summer until we get another – so rather than reading this, make the most of it. And if you are in Wandsworth over the weekend, go easy on anyone who comes knocking on your door asking how you might vote (even the
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A junk mail warning ‘nudge’
Even though this is Battersea, not Broughton, I hesitate to post this sign I came across while canvassing at the weekend. On the basis it’s visible from the street and the photo doesn’t actually identify the location (OK, it’s in Wandsworth, but which of the 280,000 residents actually put it up?) I’m going to publish
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