Just seen this on PoliticalBetting.com posted by Tone, who retells an experience in the last election of being canvassed by the Labour Party despite having two large Tory posters in his garden...Canvasser: Hello Sir, I’m calling on behalf of …, your Labour candidate, will you be supporting him on election day?
Me: No
C: Is that a feeling against Tony Blair, your candidate or the Labour Party
Me: All 3, I’m voting Conservative.
C: Just remember this is a local vote for …, not for Tony Blair.
Me: Now you mention it - no.
C: I’m sure you’ll think about it come election
dayMe: No I won’t, I’m voting for the Tory candidate
C: OK, Sir, and your wife, how will she vote
Me: (shouting into house) - darling, how will you vote?
Wife: However you tell me to, darling
C: OK, I’ll put her down as a Don’t Know.
Sadly for you Iain, this experience was all too rare.
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ReplyDeleteA week ago you said that during the Sunderland match you would be canvassing a former aide to Paddy Pantsdown at Upton Park about joining the Tories. Since there was absolutely nothing to watch on the park, other than low grade fouls by Sunderland, until Marvellous Marlon appeared in the 70th minute you had plenty of chances to make some progress.
ReplyDeleteIs Olly Grender MBE a West Ham supporter?
Or perhaps there are lots of West Ham supporters in the Lib Dems: if someone shouts "come on you irons" I'd imagine most of them take it as personal endorsement.
Anonymous, you're right, it wasn;t a good match, but we won, so who cares? I have no idea of Olly Grender's footballing persuasions. I've only met her once, I believe. My friend is certainly veering towards signing up to the Cameroon adventure. But yesterday we had other things to discuss!
ReplyDeleteA quick check of Liberal Democrat councillors in Gosport found that 5 of the 9 (including the current Mayor of Gosport) are West Ham supporters. One of the remaining 4 is a Portsmouth Match Day supervisor. The only Lib. Dem. councillor who actually knows and has worked with Olly Grender supports non-league Worthing. And as Olly Grender originated from Kingston maybe she supports non-league Kingstonian? Fascinating eh? And, like the Lib. Dems., when did any of those teams win anything?
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