Weekend update

Canvassing in Ashby in the morning, we had teams in all three wards (Ivanhoe, Holywell and Castle) meeting the electorate and spreading our message. Early afternoon I attended a presentation at the Conkers Waterside site in Moira by Emma Bryn-Jones and Alison Adkin. The presentations also included one from some of those who work at Conkers about the environmental projects they are pioneering for our area.

On Saturday evening I visited the residents of the Coleorton Hall community (many thanks to Sudesh Mattu and Mr Ray Dennis for organising the visit). I was accompanied by my wife Jackie and our sons Alex and Ben. The residents were invite to one of the houses and we had a good old fashioned question and answer session which I enjoyed very much. Many thanks to Andrea and Raj for hosting the event in their lovely home and also for providing the refreshments.

Sunday canvassing

This morning we had teams out in both Thringstone and Ashby contacting voters. As expected the rain held off and we were able to make good headway through our uncanvassed residents. The canvassing will increase again next week as there are now less than 70 days until an expected May 6th polling day. If Gordon Brown wants a March 25th poll he will have to call the election by Tuesday this week, I wonder how brave he is feeling?