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It’s time to “formally” close this campaign blog 11 May 2011 | 06:00 pm
It’s time to “formally” close this campaign blog. It was always about the campaign. I will return to blogging soon but somewhere new. Losing last week was a painful experience. But that’s the joy of ...
Now its in the hands of the voters…. 5 May 2011 | 06:00 pm
And so it’s the big day. I began this journey when I started canvassing for Sheila Gilmore MP in June 2009 and since then I have talked personally with literally 1000;s of voters. That in itself ha...
The doorstep is where this election will be won and lost 3 May 2011 | 06:00 pm
9 hours on the doors yesterday and I am footsore and sun-burnt; but very happy. I had many conversations with a huge number of people, (most referred to topic; the economy, second most referred to to...
An extraordinary moment 2 May 2011 | 07:43 pm
The extraordinary breaking news of the death of Osama Bin Laden eclipses anything else I might have wanted to talk about. The death of that one individual in a two story house in Abbotabad Pakistan, ...
The planet needs us to live more lightly 1 May 2011 | 07:37 pm
I had a long conversation about the environment with a young couple yesterday right at the end of a very successful day on the doors. For them the environment is the issue that politicians need to gr...
Doorstep inspirations 30 Apr 2011 | 06:00 pm
Doorstep conversations cover the whole spectrum from the very supportive to the down right rude. In between there are the apathetic, the inquisitive, the doubtful, the cautious, the surprised and man...
The choice on May 5th is now clear 29 Apr 2011 | 06:05 pm
The SNP have finally admitted that they want to be independence front and centre in this campaign. with the confession that they want independence by 2018 It has been a bizarre kind of phoney war so f...
Erskine House – an inspiration 28 Apr 2011 | 06:00 pm
Spent a fascinating morning at the Erskine Home for Service Veterans yesterday The dedication of the staff and the stories of the residents made it an inspiring experience. The folk we met were olde...
Political life is a privilege and a gift 27 Apr 2011 | 06:10 pm
Spent much of yesterday on the doors again and will do the same today. It’s such a core task and cannot be overdone. And the response is very good. As I l keep telling the journalists “I am not behin...
School’s back… but to what future? 26 Apr 2011 | 07:27 pm
Kids back at school so the early morning routine has had to be rediscovered – went surprisingly smoothly this morning it has to be said – but will it last?! What won’t last is morale in schools, whic...
