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On The Knocker: Chorlton
Spent 90 minutes out on the knocker in Chorlton just before tea time. Decided to knock even on the known againsts this time.
In some ways these are the most interesting. EVERY SINGLE ONE is happy with the way Manchester Labour is running the City. SOME have specific praise, for example for the bright new street lights.
Our own tribal supporters can be the most demanding. Did you know that Labour and Tories each have about 30% tribal supporters? And the Lib Dems only about 2%? Topped up with Against voters and ditherers. With the other 35% plus in play.
K and H know that Manchester Labour are terrific. But they hate Blair. The fact he's going transfers that hate by STV to Brown. They'll vote for Scargill or Galloway if they get the chance. Otherwise Green.
E and M report some issues with a licencing application although they are a long way from any licenced premises and the nearest two to their address have closed. However one of them is involved with a Club which sells alcohol and that may be it. Died in wool, true blue, but very fond of Tony Lloyd MP and won't dabble with the Lib Duds.
G strongly dislikes negative campaigning, as does LOL as you will be able to tell from the blog, but is right to feel that the Lib Dems are far worse on this as they continue to make idiots of themselves in smudgy print. Back with us.
J and M are Labour at heart but a compulsory purchase around seven or eight years ago - just as the market was picking up - left them feeling out of pocket. They know the Fib Duds are useless and will vote Green this time.
The "outs" win as ever. But of the "ins" we're ahead of any other party and in fact have a lead on all combined. It's only a small sample but it is always good to meet and greet real residents.
Moved on to campaign pictures in Chorlton Park. Lack of juice in 'phone means I miss a slot on the knocker there.
6 comments:
Chris didn't you have a blog Labour of Love2 can't see it on your blogroll anymore.
I was on the knocker in Burnage and Whalley Range at the weekend.
Not one person even mentioned the Tories. It is atsonishing that they governed the country for most of the last century.
Not many people mentioned other parties. Either Labour tribalists or to the left and needed convincing Frank and Kath were proper local socialists without any contact with Blair or Brown.
Peculiar. But good.
If we can convince people Manchester Labour is to the left of the Lib Dems (which it obviously is) we should be ok.
Chorlton is the big battleground and its about work, work, work/ connect with the voters there. Not neccesarily about leftiness tho.
And if negative campaigning doesn't work, well what r the lib dems doing then?
Hi there one of Iain's crowd
I took LOL2 off because it isn't really a blog at the moment. Just a great mass of text and pictures all put up at once, nominally in November 2006. I first heard of it after I started mine.
Very interesting and all that. But not a blog. You can find it HERE
Other pages done by Matthew Edwards (who is a prolific emailer, blogger and web builder:
http://www.millioncampaignhomepage.net/
http://pimpmyplanet.blogspot.com/
Might restore the link if it starts to be a blog.
Chorlton is certainly one of the battlegrounds. Let's see Angela home by 300 votes this time. The Lib Dems have gone way too far with the negatives and the fibs this time. We shouldn't follow them there. Just rebut their crap and underline how good life is in Manchester.
Miles: The thing about the Lib Dems is that they are "everywhere and nowhere baby" ... left, right, centre, MOR, punk and jazz. But most of all they are shameless and mindless folkers and Manchester people realise this.
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