Brent East Campaigning

Received a letter from Charles Kennedy this morning urging me to vote because ‘in certain places, the election is effectively a straight choice between having a Liberal Democrat or a Labour MP’. The real alternative has been distilled to four key points: end student tuition and top-up fees prevent older people having to selltheir homes to pay for long term personal care provide 10,000 more police and cut their paperwork scrap the unfair council tax A little something for everyone....

Yasmin used her what will probably be the final electoral communication delivered by Royal Mail before the election to remind us that ‘it’s the economy, stupid!’ Short of saying “if you value it, vote for it”, Yasmin talked about the low mortgage rates under Gorden Brown and the fall in unemployment from New Labour’s New Deal. The National Minimum Wage and other ‘redistributive’ policies are mentioned. A few figures… A dig at the Lib Dems…...

Received a letter from Charles Kennedy this morning urging me to vote because ‘in certain places, the election is effectively a straight choice between having a Liberal Democrat or a Labour MP’. The real alternative has been distilled to four key points: end student tuition and top-up fees prevent older people having to selltheir homes to pay for long term personal care provide 10,000 more police and cut their paperwork scrap the unfair council tax A little something for everyone....

Yasmin used her what will probably be the final electoral communication delivered by Royal Mail before the election to remind us that ‘it’s the economy, stupid!’ Short of saying “if you value it, vote for it”, Yasmin talked about the low mortgage rates under Gorden Brown and the fall in unemployment from New Labour’s New Deal. The National Minimum Wage and other ‘redistributive’ policies are mentioned. A few figures… A dig at the Lib Dems…...