The Dirty Deed Has Been Done...
Our postal votes have finally been filled in and mailed. I think I know who will be elected. It's a safe seat(or has been for around 70 years)But if this town had behaved the same as it did for the local election, probably not. But to have the same effect this trend would have to be followed across the whole constituency.
Whoever wins it will be a short lived victory because there has to be a national election within two years. And we'll go through it all again.
In passing today, I noticed another candidate has travelled North hoping to canvass(using another empty retail unit in the town centre that everyone wants to save)didn't seem particularly busy, he represents some party that has Religion in its title. I think he's based somewhere like Middlesex but hey, The Raving Looney Candidate comes from Hampshire.
Meantime, did I mention last week that the Labour Candidate brought in the heavy brigade?
We had some lightweight soap star in town telling us to vote for him as he is the local man and knows and cares for the area. It was none other than the vicar out of Emmerdale plated by John Middleton. The flyer had pictures of him in the town on Market Day.
A week later and the "Big Guns" are brought in...don't know if she did a personal appearence as the new flyer has been prepared before the visit as by the time it would've been despatched with photo's of her visit, the election would be over. So who was the next "Soap" star to grace the campaign? Coronation Street's Vera Duckworth(Actress Liz Dawn)
So all it takes it seems to swing a local election is to bring in people who appear as character in a tv soap, what does that say about how the candidate sees his electorate? Liz seems a nice person but the script on the flyer has her urging us to vote for him because he's local and really cares about the area.
How does she know?
Unfortunately, the stunt will probably will work.
BTW the neighbour who had his sign broken...has put another logo back onto the end of the post.
Whoever wins it will be a short lived victory because there has to be a national election within two years. And we'll go through it all again.
In passing today, I noticed another candidate has travelled North hoping to canvass(using another empty retail unit in the town centre that everyone wants to save)didn't seem particularly busy, he represents some party that has Religion in its title. I think he's based somewhere like Middlesex but hey, The Raving Looney Candidate comes from Hampshire.
Meantime, did I mention last week that the Labour Candidate brought in the heavy brigade?
We had some lightweight soap star in town telling us to vote for him as he is the local man and knows and cares for the area. It was none other than the vicar out of Emmerdale plated by John Middleton. The flyer had pictures of him in the town on Market Day.
A week later and the "Big Guns" are brought in...don't know if she did a personal appearence as the new flyer has been prepared before the visit as by the time it would've been despatched with photo's of her visit, the election would be over. So who was the next "Soap" star to grace the campaign? Coronation Street's Vera Duckworth(Actress Liz Dawn)
So all it takes it seems to swing a local election is to bring in people who appear as character in a tv soap, what does that say about how the candidate sees his electorate? Liz seems a nice person but the script on the flyer has her urging us to vote for him because he's local and really cares about the area.
How does she know?
Unfortunately, the stunt will probably will work.
BTW the neighbour who had his sign broken...has put another logo back onto the end of the post.
posted by The Great Gildersleeve | 7:02 pm
3 Comments:
I saw all those shuttered up retail units on Look North but I never twigged it was in Newton Aycliffe. It looks like the last MP for Sedgefield was more concerned about the regeneration of Iraq than he was about his own constituency. No doubt David Milliband doesn't give a toss about South Shield either.
Good to see you Les,
I've played down the identity of my town but on the local tv news certainly out of all the coverage and the constituency as a whole this part of the campaign has been centre.
It has become a joke and usually if the politicians steer clear of me(they can do as they wish)but this is being played out only streets away.
Usually, the tail wags the dog around here(where their HQ usually is based)but this time they've set up camp in one of the biggest, if not the most important in the area and well, I think neighbouring towns "Don't Like It!"
Two of the empty retail units are being used but for how long? One is for Labour to plan it's attack from and the other is for the Religious party that's standing but surely whether one party wins or fails, they'll move to another premises, it's for the media.
If they stayed in the units, its still not bringing more business to the town. And they are not the cheapest to rent either.
Gildy
I thought I would never hear you talking like this :-D, though I do not blame you, it's like some Carry On movie.
As for the guy with the sign - what a plonker :-D.
No doubt we will hear from you who gets in and if their campaign has been successful and worth all this money they have spent.
Take care
Lxxx
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