tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post2278114404819911412..comments2024-02-02T10:29:34.789+00:00Comments on A Conservative's blog: Liberal Democrats on the run in Ashenground!Benedict Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382732288664789210noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-60412911798471628992007-04-25T14:00:00.000+01:002007-04-25T14:00:00.000+01:00Mark Senior, Thank you for your kind support!I app...Mark Senior, Thank you for your kind support!<BR/><BR/>I appreaciate you don't want me to win, but the reason for the post was twofold. <BR/><BR/>1. Slagging off the LD campaign for sailing close to the wind in terms of the truth.<BR/><BR/>2. To point out that they are running around like headless chickens in a way they have not done before. It indicates that they are concerned.Benedict Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382732288664789210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-85677885756710336532007-04-25T13:41:00.000+01:002007-04-25T13:41:00.000+01:00Benedict , I wish you the result that all your eff...Benedict , I wish you the result that all your efforts deserve a good 3rd place . Bit worried though that you are sounding more and more like Rik W in your over optimistic posts .Mark Seniorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14135355793483364640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-41239111485629897922007-04-25T10:25:00.000+01:002007-04-25T10:25:00.000+01:00loadofoldstodge, Thanks for your support ;)Canvasi...loadofoldstodge, Thanks for your support ;)<BR/><BR/>Canvasing is useful for a variety of reasons, but predicting a result accuratly is not one of them, they do give a feel though.Benedict Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382732288664789210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-62335142399271517302007-04-25T10:01:00.000+01:002007-04-25T10:01:00.000+01:00Benedict, while, as an LD, I hope you lose, as a f...Benedict, while, as an LD, I hope you lose, as a fellow blogger, I wish you well and I hope you enjoy the experience.<BR/><BR/>My only advice is to ignore your canvass returns. Canvassing is an appallingly imprecise tool to gauge voting intentions unless you can do something like a full canvass twice a year.<BR/><BR/>I tried it once on a couple of roads in the Ward where I was active. I put out a survey as a pretext to knock on every door once, then again six months later and then again three months later.<BR/><BR/>Unless there's a lot more volatility out there than people think, people will genuinely say the first thing that occurs to tme to get rid of you. There may have once been some deference toward canvassers and people are now almost uniformly polite but the electorate are bigger liars than the politicians.loadofoldstodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547546574930006676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-39356922770077441092007-04-25T09:29:00.000+01:002007-04-25T09:29:00.000+01:00Cicero, That is a fair question, but tha fact is t...Cicero, That is a fair question, but tha fact is that the LD's are working Ashenground harder than they have in the past in response to our campaign.<BR/><BR/>That makes me assume they are worried. What is more, from canvas returns, we are getting a more positive response on the doorstep. <BR/><BR/>They key issue, however is getting the vote out. If we can get all of (or a good proportion of) ours out, we will win. They are obviously aware of that so are working harder to get their vote out, which, bar my comments about their sailing close to the wind in terms of the truth, is fair enough.Benedict Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382732288664789210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-56444859300905963152007-04-25T09:24:00.000+01:002007-04-25T09:24:00.000+01:00Benedict- are you sure that you are not just going...Benedict- are you sure that you are not just going through a bout of Candidate-itis? (Unreasoning optimism, in the face of certain defeat). Is this the first time that you have stood?Cicerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02090838836212624633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-19951268731913395312007-04-25T09:07:00.000+01:002007-04-25T09:07:00.000+01:00Tpfkar, Yes it was good to meet! That said it is n...Tpfkar, Yes it was good to meet! That said it is not promoting what they are doing I object to, after all they very clearly should, it is the terms used that imply they are against the fortnightly collection when they are very clearly in favour of it that gets me angry!<BR/><BR/>It is currently a Liberal Democrat ward, at district it it a straight fight, between Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, and town, there is one Labour standing for a 3 member ward against tow Conservatives and 3 Liberal Democrats.Benedict Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382732288664789210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-59493683169007231942007-04-25T08:26:00.000+01:002007-04-25T08:26:00.000+01:00Hi Benedict.Good to meet you last week! I'm afrai...Hi Benedict.<BR/><BR/>Good to meet you last week! I'm afraid I'm not all that shocked by a Lib Dem leaflet promoting the activities of the local candidate, but I hope you enjoy the campaign and if you were standing in a Labour area I might even hold my nose and wish you luck! I'm sure we'll get to hear the result soon enough. All the bestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com