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UPDATED! Memories of Maggie - a very special evening
STOP PRESS: Iain Dale has just been in touch to say he would like to donate 100 copies of his book "Memories of Maggie" which we can sell at the event to raise money for Tracey Crouch's GE Campaign....
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Tea and Buns for the workers!
West Kent Towers has been buzzing all day with envelope writers - in total 32 people in 4 hour shifts with eight people per shift. In fact, the evening shift are still here. It was a bit chaotic at...
View ArticleKeeping the blue flag flying in a sea of scarlet red
I want to say how delighted and impressed I am that Conservative Associations in some of the toughest areas of London (politically speaking) are fielding full slates of candidates. I know hard we...
View ArticleMy blood ran cold. Which candidate could write such a thing...
Jon and I were proof reading 36 individual election manifestos. It's a painful process. We have developed a system for this. We each read half of them, then pass our corrected galleys to the other, so...
View ArticleThe first West Kent Business Plan
Last night was the AGM of the West Kent Executive."I was just saying to a colleague at CCHQ how nice it was to spend an evening with a group who were wholly positive about the future."- Senior CCHQ...
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The glamour of a builder's bucket for a sink!
It was all hands on deck this week having found out at a very late stage that one of our local councils was sending out their postal votes (14,000 of them) a week earlier than anticipated, and a week...
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Iain Dale and his very large box
I was tempted to say packet, but thought that would be a tad smutty. Seven very large boxes arrived at West Kent Towers today, between them containing 100 copies of Iain's book "Memories of Maggie"....
View ArticleWho said the Conservative Party was devoid of Aesthetes
Just come across this gem on an In Touch newsletter... "My promise is simple, But for that it is trueI am a community champion,Fighting for you."Never knew we had such artistic talent in the Party.
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That's a long one !
A resident has recently contacted WK Towers regarding the EU ballot paper, wanting a bit more information on how the (D'Hondt) system worked and what the ballot paper might look like. I sent her a link...
View ArticleWe mustn't allow ourselves to be defined by UKIP's anger, intolerance and fear
Matthew Parris wrote movingly in today's Times about how his eastern European cleaner would have felt had she read the UKIP leaflet lying on his doormat. His article exhorted David Cameron and the...
View ArticleTake no notice of this notice
The one issue which causes more grief and anguish between our candidates and their agent is the production of window posters for local elections. Or not, if I have my way!I stress local elections...
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Two become three! Welcoming Matt Boughton to the West Kent Team.
UPDATED - see below!We were delighted to welcome our full time intern Matt Boughton to the West Kent team today.Matt is actually seconded to Tom Tugendhat's Parliamentary Campaign (in fact, his salary...
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The Election Fairy
Overheard from the envelope packers working away next door, "I don't think new candidates appreciate how hard work elections are.""No, I suspect they think the 'Election Fairy' does it all"Pause, as...
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Nothing worse than dry flaps
Hot on the heels of the Election Fairy, I have just over-heard the following gem...Today's packing team: Owen Baldock, Chris Baldock, Vivian Branson, Brenni Wilson, Barbara Cobbold and Bill Hills.Out...
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Weigjht loss - one last push to raise £3,000!
It's been a while since I have updated readers about progress of my sponsored slim. The good news is I lost a further 5lb last week (after 2 weeks of no change). Not only great for moral but also takes...
View ArticleThank you, Mr Browning !
There are a group of people who are as affected by politics and campaigning as much as we are, but more often than not they never chose to be, and often have no interest or involvement. I am talking...
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Dropping onto doormats now!
Now that is dropping through doormats, I thought you might like to see some of our election literature in Tunbridge Wells. Here are our SYWO cardsAnd the manifesto (obviously pages one and four...
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The Election Fairy strikes again!
Following Wednesday's "Election Fairy" comment, which appears to have caught the imagination of our members (they really need to get out more), I now have to endure the Maidstone Chairman, John Wilson...
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Memories of Maggie
Forty footsore activists made their way to Tonbridge Castle after canvassing last night, to hear Sir John Stanley recall his personal "Memories of Maggie". Sir John was Mrs Thatcher's PPS from 1976 to...
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Almost there! 2 lb to go.
Long days and pounding the streets has given new impetus to my sponsored slim of late; last week I recorded a 5lb loss and this week I shed a further 2lb, bringing me to a total loss since 1 January...
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