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A day organising, making, and erecting election posters after collecting materials from Arrington and then distributing them in Gransden and Offord with Michael and Percy
The day organising and making the last batch of election posters, whilst the candidates were out canvassing. Robin Martlew was ill and had done nothing and so I had to go alone to the second-hand wood yard at Arrington to get some posts and hardboard. I then took the load to Gransden and use Des Merrill’s yard to start the production. I sorted out the poster boards for Des and Percy and then help them put them up, getting home very late for lunch and finding Diana most upset. This afternoon, I did more work and finished the job, with Michael coming back to help. This evening, I was out with Percy again until dark, and having a glass of elderberry wine with an ex-Liberal Democrat County councillor, who is giving us his support in Buckden. Home quite late and pleased to see the flag boards in place
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A day canvassing in Offord with Percy, close to the riding stables were Fiona’s father, Roland Smith, was an opposition Tory councillor as we competed to erect the most posters
A long day canvassing and helping with the County Council elections. Time spent in Offord, where I was seen close to the Fitzpatrick Riding Stables and to my opposition councillor, Roland Smith, who was also out working. They had put up quite a lot of posters themselves and the Buckden county seat is very marginal and could go either way depending upon the work both before and on the election day
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A day dominated by me threatening legal action against Tory district leader, Derek Holley, by the end of which he undertook to publish a written apology and retraction in the Hunts Post. I received the first 100 history of Little Paxton books and two were presented at this evening’s Little Paxton Annual Parish Meeting two to long term retiring members.
The day is dominated by events concerning the local Tories who must be now well aware that they are losing out in our local campaigns. First, the Hunts Post this morning printed a letter from the Tory district leader, Derek Holley, which was downright libellous and defamatory. I checked round to see who else had printed it, but it was only accepted in abridged and censored form by the Citizens Express. I tried to talk to Derek Holley without success. Then spoke to the Conservative agent, Mr English, and cleared up a few misunderstandings from earlier in the campaign. I then took advice from written ASLDC briefing notes on the law and in person from the senior litigation partner at Vinters and actually took the step of arranging a 5pm meeting with him. In the afternoon, Derek Holley eventually capitulated after talking with the Hunts Post editor and agreed to submit an apology and the paper to print it for next week.
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A busy day working on my computer to complete the copy for our final election leaflets, but I was pleased to extract a public written apology from Tory leader Derek Holley after he was unwisely provoked into accusations of lying!
A struggle today to get the copy done for the final leaflets in the campaign. I was up against time deadlines and also the problem of the computer running into the lack of further memory and disk space. Even so, I got them done I feel that they are the best ones I’ve done so far and when the campaign on a high note. Percy took them over to Cambridge and got their content approved on the way by Des Merrill. I also helped with some more canvassing today later on.