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…...
If you received a copy of Brent People from the Liberal Democrats over the weekend you’ll have seen this pic already.
More over at Brent East Campaigning
I was speaking to Shahrar Ali last night about the Green campaign in Brent East and Brent South.
Something about a solar powered public address system playing a campaign song being cycled by tandem around the constituency. Anyone got any snaps?
I hope to be able to post an MP3 of the song here soon.
After speaking with Costas who owns the Olive Tree organic food store on Willesden Lane I’m becoming more convinced of the Green proposition....
Today is May 3rd. It is 12:00. There are 47 hours of campaigning remaining until the polls open at 7am.
If you see any more campaign materials or meet any of the candidates out and about please let me know - blogger@robdyke.com.