Council Elections

[TheFaQQer]

I pretended to be out when I saw a besuited bloke knocking on the door earlier in the week. He looked like he was probably a Tory. Though I did answer the door to a Labourite the other week, but all he asked was if he could count on my vote, and when I said "no" he just said "thankyou", and left. Labour not even bothering to try to pursuade people anymore.

Doorstep canvassing is only really useful for working out whether they are likely to win. If you give an unequivocal response, they know not to waste their time trying to argue on the doorstep with you.


Two general elections back, my local Labour candidate wrote and asked if she could count on my vote. I wrote back and explained exactly why she couldn't.

To her credit, she at least acknowledged my response, said she was sorry that I wouldn't vote for her, but to remember that if she got in she was there to represent all constituents, no matter who they voted for.

She went up in my estimations for that. Until I saw her expense claims.

[Septimus]

'If voting changed anything they'd abolish it ' Ken Livingstone circa 1987