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marty21 said:
I've been canvassed for the first time this election - Labour were outside Clapton Station last night - have seen no other canvassers so far - pretty safe seat - although they were desperate that I vote Abbott as I said I hadn't forgiven her for all that private school business:cool:
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bloody labour came down my street last week and knocked on my door. then before i'd had a chance to get near the fucking front door they'd shuffled off and just put a couple of leaflets through the door along the lines of 'sorry we called while you were out' bollocks nonsense.
 
marty21 said:
I've been canvassed for the first time this election - Labour were outside Clapton Station last night - have seen no other canvassers so far - pretty safe seat - although they were desperate that I vote Abbott as I said I hadn't forgiven her for all that private school business:cool:
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i would vote diane abbott if she promised to hang michael portillo and andrew neil from a tree in clissold park.
 
Pickman's model said:
bloody labour came down my street last week and knocked on my door. then before i'd had a chance to get near the fucking front door they'd shuffled off and just put a couple of leaflets through the door along the lines of 'sorry we called while you were out' bollocks nonsense.
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And what would you have said to them if you'd been able to do up your flies fast enough? To ALL parties I always say I'm undecided and keep them talking until they're desperate to go. If they think there's a chance they'll get my vote, they'll keep coming back. Which keeps them from bothering other people. :) I see it as part of my civic duty.
 
rioted said:
And what would you have said to them if you'd been able to do up your flies fast enough? To ALL parties I always say I'm undecided and keep them talking until they're desperate to go. If they think there's a chance they'll get my vote, they'll keep coming back. Which keeps them from bothering other people. :) I see it as part of my civic duty.
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fyi: not everyone keeps their flies undone when they're at home. it's just you.
 
Cameron knows he comes across as a pompous stuffed shirt with a short temper. So he has retreated to set pieces mainly in workplaces where the select few are warned to be on their best behaviour (and yes I have that first hand from employees at a recent one here in Leeds, to which the temps and disaffected were kept well away)
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This was posted on another forum, very revealing on the Tory campaign.
 
Had 2 leaflets now from Tories and Lub Dems. More from Labour and the Greens who are actively knocking doors. Nothing at all from UKIP.

They did have a "presence" in town on Saturday. But it was a rag-tag bunch of shabbily dressed middle aged odd bods with home made placards and a balloon. Very odd. The nearby NUT stall was miles slicker and attracting far more interest.
 
Just had one of the local Labour councillors knocking on the door, on his own.

Looking a bit of a broken man he took the news that I'll be voting Green with resignation of a man who's been repeatedly kicked in the balls.

I felt a bit sorry for him. I really don't think Labour expected the "Green Surge" (yuk) to hit so fast, and so hard here.

They've neglected (or at least taken their eye off the ball) the parliamentary seat here (it seems) to focus on neighbouring Reading West but this is looking like it might cost them councillors too.
 
C4 digging some timely dirt on the Cameron family estate in Jersey. Not much that the Guardian haven't already picked at, but C4 did get a response out of Downing St. today.

http://www.channel4.com/news/cameron-david-ian-jersey-tax-haven-conservatives
Ian Cameron's offshore wealth is revealed in a legal document filed with courts on the island, where he had helped run a multi-million pound investment fund.

It has previously been widely reported that David Cameron's father (pictured above right, with his son) helped manage funds in tax havens in Panama and Jersey.

However, this is the first time he has been shown to have personally held wealth offshore.
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Maurice Picarda said:
BBC weather has it raining on Thursday. Bad for turnout; bad for Labour.
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Not much of an issue tbh. The projected depression is progged to be filling by midweek, with the threat of showers receding Northwards by Thursday as the ridge of an anticyclone builds from the South.

In short; risk of showers (esp. in North) but mild. No 'game-changers' from the skies.
 
David Clapson said:
I think it's safe to dismiss fears of a late Tory surge: the FT's boffins, a team of university researchers, say the gap between Con and Lab projected seat totals has shrunk - Con 279, Lab 270 http://elections.ft.com/uk/2015/projections.

Today the FT came out for another Con Dem coalition in quite a well argued piece which rubbishes Miliband's economy ideas http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e61ce174-ea94-11e4-96ec-00144feab7de.html#axzz3YpbXicum
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The Financial Times has no fixed party political allegiances, but we have a clear vision of the priorities for the next administration.
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Lol...but our (paying) readers do...
 
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