Tom Tugendhat's Tonbridge & Malling New Activists Recruitment Campaign
On Wednesday I posted samples of the Chatham & Aylesford new helpers and activists recruitment campaign - HEREOn Friday I sent Tonbridge & Malling/Tom Tugendhat's campaign to the printer....
View ArticleHow Well Do You Know Your Neighbourhood Quiz
The Office for National Statistics has posted this link, which enables readers to participate in a short quiz about "how well do you know your neighbourhood". SeeHERE.The answers have been culled from...
View ArticleEvery picture tells a story
Google analytics not only tracks visitors to my blog, but also provides me with a list of search terms people type into Google before clicking through to a blog post. One of the most common is "sex...
View ArticleMr Cameron - BEWARE!
The phone rang this morning. It was Maude Harrington (obviously not her real name). "Oh hello, Dear. Maude Harrington calling. I have received a very charming and correctly punctuated email from the...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Tories
Jon Botten and Matt Boughton have spent the afternoon sorting out GOTV leaflets for tomorrow's by-election. The photograph below shows their respective piles of leaflets. Controlled Order 'v' Creative...
View ArticleNice Tweet from East Worthing and Shoreham Association
Nice to be able to help, and very generous of East Worthing and Shoreham Conservative Association to Tweet appreciation! Their Agent, Daniel Humphreys, is a great guy! Thank you & good luck to all...
View ArticleStaplehurst By Election
Tonight we lost the Staplehurst (Maidstone Borough Council) by-election to the LibDems by a majority of six votes.Conservative60336%Lib Dem60936%UKIP31119%Labour1177%Green412%Over the last few years I...
View ArticleWho ate all the Danish Pastries?
It was a pleasure to welcome Sir Hugh Robertson MP, Tom Tugendhat, Tracey Crouch MP and Helen Grant MP to West Kent Towers this morning, for an informal discussion about the 2015 election. Greg Clark...
View ArticleFirst there was Coffee with Crouch... then it was Tea with Tom
What better way to spend a sunny Monday morning than delivering invitations to residents in pretty Weald villages to come along and meet their local MP for a cup of tea in a local cafe!
View ArticleCongratulations to Labour's PPC for Chatham & Aylesford
Congratulations to Labour's Parliamentary Candidate for Chatham & Aylesford who, probably for the first time in his political life (and possibly the last) has been referred to as a "Senior Labour...
View ArticleThe revenge of the election detritus!
When I first published photographs of the sparkling, clean and new West Kent Campaign HQ I received an email from our Chairman, William Rutherford, who wrote, "it looks far too clean and corporate,...
View ArticleDamned by faint praise
I shared part of my train journey home last evening with a newly elected councillor, who won his seat on 22 May this year. He recounted this lovely story.A few days after the election he was in his...
View ArticleWhat could it be ?
We received a note from the Royal Mail today to inform us they were unable to deliver a parcel as the sender did not attach sufficient postage. The underpayment ? £42.84!Now this is a significant sum...
View ArticleBell and Bob launch new career!
Nice to see Conservative Vice President Steve Bell and Bromley MP Bob Neill launch a new career in theatre. Here they are auditioning for the AmDram revival of "Vicious".
View ArticleRecruiting new Local Government Candidates
We are continually seeking to deepen the pool of talent in terms of local government candidates, ensuring branches where there are vacancies have the widest possible selection of applicants to choose...
View ArticleWest Kent Reception at Party Conference
I am pleased to confirm details of the ever-popular West Kent Afternoon Tea / Reception at the Conservative Party Conference, which this year will be held at Hotel du Vin in Birmingham on Monday 29...
View ArticleHelp and advice appreciated launching a CF branch
In West Kent we do a reasonably good job across the board, but I am not too proud to say there are areas where we are weak - and I am grateful for advice and guidance. One such area is Conservative...
View ArticleWest Kent Campaign HQ - Members' and Supporters' Newsletter August 2014
Here is the second West Kent Newsletter, emailed to our local members and supporters today. If you are struggling to read the above, you can read it online by clicking this LINK.
View ArticleOnly in Tunbridge Wells...
Very honoured and humbled to have received this email on the Tunbridge Wells Conservative Association account today:
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