30 April 2005
Hard work paying off!
Our hard work is beginning to show. We went to the mosque yesterday lunchtime, where we received an excellent reception. One guy came and gave us money for the campaign and lots of others signed up on or contacts list. There is a small section of people who are not going to vote, but we had a good chat with them and thrashed out a few issues, We then went to a local primary school and lots of people knew that I was the candidate and gave us a warm reception. Plenty of people took window posters and wanted to get involved. We went with our battle bike, into the town centre and gave out postcards and stickers. Quite a few people came and wanted to know how they could be more involved. Some had heard about us from people we had canvassed. I think the key aim for our campaign is to get quality contacts, people who will be active in building the movement in their part of town as well as letting people know who we are. We have really gone a long way to achieve this!
I went and visited a boxing gym in early evening. We discussed the lack of sporting facilities and had photos taken. Following that we went into the town centre and spoke to people out for the evening. This was varying in is success; depending on the amount the voter had had to drink.
We had local stalls today and spent time in some key areas and again it proved much easier to engage with the growing number of people who now know who we are!
I went and visited a boxing gym in early evening. We discussed the lack of sporting facilities and had photos taken. Following that we went into the town centre and spoke to people out for the evening. This was varying in is success; depending on the amount the voter had had to drink.
We had local stalls today and spent time in some key areas and again it proved much easier to engage with the growing number of people who now know who we are!
