Russell Harty fighting for his life and unconscious with Hepatitis and liver failure
Russell Harty fighting for his life and unconscious with Hepatitis and liver failure

My final election efforts prior to Polling Day as we set up my office as the Committee Room with the poll computer and deliver our final reminder leaflets. The news is full of the IRA security scares, after the car bomb in Germany. The ferry war goes on, with the NUS’s funds sequestrated and the sailors fighting on regardless. Russell Harty is fighting for his life and unconscious with Hepatitis and liver failure

Slept on a bit this morning and then came down to breakfast in my pyjamas, so as to eat with the children. After my normal routine, I rushed out at 8.50am to catch the Grove Court apartments open on the service time and dropped off my latest leaflet – one to each of the addresses there. I went on to deliver more to Southoe Rectory Lane addresses, left out by my foot deliverer and then came back to give Di and Della a lift to St Neots. This morning, I re-canvassed Lakefield Close and carried on after lunch as well. The weather was quite unsuitable today – breezy and showery – but I still got round many addresses in St James’s Road. This evening, I put up my last six flag boards in key polling station positions and then did my final canvassing in Park Drive. I found that the Tories were delivering a second leaflet all about the local issues that I had raised, without being a match for my own A3 blockbuster. I expect they too will have an ace polling day organisation and it is down to us to get our vote out tomorrow.

Tonight, Moira Biggins set her poll computer up in my office and Mike sorted out the rest of our ‘Please vote today’ slips into sequenced rounds for early morning deliveries tomorrow. Percy Meyer came round and delivered his contribution tonight and so only 6 left for Little Paxton tomorrow. To bed early, ahead of a busy day. The news is full of the IRA security scares, after the car bomb in Germany. Placard waving IRA supporters advanced a bit too near the Queen’s open topped Rolls Royce in Australia today (as if she didn’t have enough Aboriginal demonstrations to cope with). The ferry war goes on, with the NUS’s funds sequestrated and the sailors fighting on regardless. TV man Russell Harty is fighting for his life and unconscious with Hepatitis and liver failure, which is a shame.