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They don't make them like this any more...
We are in the process of delivering 100,000 surveys to target voters across our six West Kent constituencies, all printed, mail merged and packed in house. Anyone who has asked 100,000 people for their...
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Lunch with Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP
To reserve your place(s) at this event, please use the payment button below.Lunch with Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MPHow many tickets?One ticket £25.50 GBPTwo tickets £51.00 GBPThree tickets £76.50 GBPFour...
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A thoughful and appreciated gesture
A few weeks ago Faversham and Mid Kent MP Helen Whately sent-out a survey to 6,000 rural voters. Rather than use paid staff to pack them, I offered our team of regular volunteers at West Kent Towers,...
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Dandy!
Great amusement and slightly too much raucous laughter from the office volunteers when an delivery driver turned up a few moments ago at West Kent Towers and announced "Delivery for Dandy...
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May the (Lebanese) Forces be with you
As part of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy's outreach programme, West Kent Towers were hosts today for the centre-tight Lebanese Forces political party, who were visiting the UK to learn about...
View ArticleTeamwork makes the dream work
One of the most difficult things any campaign manager must to do is manage resources, particularly when managing the hopes and expectations of candidates who are fighting seats which we are almost...
View ArticleWe have a duty to present the best candidates for local government
The new Local Government Selection Rules are, on balance, an improvement, bringing further clarity to the composition of the LG Selection Panel, the appeals process and perhaps most importantly the...
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Britain's best days are yet to come
At 12.30pm and under the watchful gaze of Maggie, the West Kent team toast events in Brussels and wish the Prime Minister every success in her negotiations to secure the future of our independent...
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Time to come home to the Conservatives...
In today's post just over 1,800 former members, who stopped paying their membership during the Major -to Cameron years and who are still on the current electoral roll, will have received this letter...
View ArticleData Data Data
With much of the country focussed on May’s elections, this is a good time to examine what we do on the doorsteps, what we need to achieve and how the data we collect should be used to maximum effect....
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Nurse Crouch to the rescue
Chatham and Aylesford MP and Minister for Sport, Tracey Crouch, was recently guest of honour at a lunch hosted by a nearby Conservative Association. After the pudding had been cleared away and coffee...
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And we're off
Less the 48 hours after the Prime Minister announced the date of the General Election, West Kent's MPs are about to be presented with their locally produced campaign packs.Exciting times.
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The Ring Behind the Swing !
Almost 8pm on Friday night and still going strong. My thanks to a marvelous team of over 50 volunteers who have helped man the phones and between them made over 6,000 contacts with postal voters in our...
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Then there were four!
A fourth West Kent Association has "upped the ante" on councillors who fail to do their fair share. Respect to Chatham & Aylesford Chairman, Cllr Michael Base, who sent this email today to the...
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Size Queens of Cornwall
Local councils are constantly complaining about lack of resources and the need to cut services and staff. This lack of resource did not however stop Officers of the former LibDem led Cornwall Unitary...
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Kiss Greg Clark for £10 a go!
Can you tell them apart?There was a time when candidates would kiss babies....Last Saturday Greg Clark and his team were running a street stall in Tunbridge Wells town centre. Greg was happily chatting...
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West Kent's Literature GE Literature Pack
A lot of candidates, agents and activists have complimented our West Kent organisation, in particular how fast we were "out of the stalls" and the volume of local literature we produced, the first...
View ArticleA few thoughts on social care
25 years ago, when my dear Mum was dying of lung cancer, there was a brief period of remission. Understandably, she was desperate to “Go home” for the last few months of her life – though both she, and...
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Ballot Box Sampling Spreadsheet
The 2017 GE counts will be the second outing for the West Kent Ballot Sample / Analysis Spreadsheet. This fabulous piece of work enables count coordinators and their teams of counting agents to take...
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