Election Day minus 26 and counting

Another glorious day in several ways.

We spent a couple of hours in this morning in Whitehaven Market, giving out balloons and leaflets.

The Labour party turned up a few minutes after we did: the wiser and more pleasant Labour people present took the fact that there is more than one political party fighting the election in their stride but one of two of them seemed to have difficulty with the fact that we were there.

Then off to Portinscale and Keswick where we were campaiging this afternoon.

Issues raised in the marketplace and on the doorstep today included local NHS services (both at West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven and the Mary Hewetson cottage hospital at Keswick), the impact of holiday housing on the supply of homes for local residents, and the impact of Labour's taxes and regulations (including the proposed NI rise) on local businesses.

There is now an excellent display of eight-foot by four-foot correx posters in many parts of the constituency: we are also getting requests for the smaller correx posters and for window posters and will be putting these up shortly.

We finish the first week of the campaign in good heart, and looking forward to the second stage.

Comments

Anonymous said…
I see you are targeting your core voters, the the stupider section of society. What do you expect - "I'll vote for Chris Whiteside he's given me a balloon".
7:36 pm
Chris Whiteside said…
A classic example of cynicism as defined in the old quote, "A cynic is one who knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing."

The people we give the balloons to will not be in a position to vote for ten years or so (and that's if the voting age does gets lowered to 16 as has been suggested.) That isn't the point.

It's a classic and harmless marketing technique to boost the visibility of our campaign, and it's a win-win: the children who take the balloons enjoy having them, and a lot of people then see them as they carry them around.

Part of a political campaign, like any others, is presenting an argument, and we use things like leaflets, PPB's, press releases, and debates to do that: part is visibility to demonstrate that you are making an effort in an area and encourage people to show support, and posters and balloons are part of that.
8:26 pm
Jane said…
It feels as though the campaign is going very well. A lot of positive responses when posting leaflets in Keswick and on the market place of Whitehaven. It is an uplifting morale boost to see so many Conservative posters in fields around the constituency. Thank you farmers.

The tide turning? We will keep up the good work. Copeland is going blue.
10:55 am
Anonymous said…
Where's My Balloon?
7:36 pm
Chris Whiteside said…
Come to Whitehaven market on eitehr of the next two Saturday mornings and you can have one.
1:07 am
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