Comments on: By-elections http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2007/07/07/by-elections/ Thoughts of Antonia, Labour activist and feminist in Oxford Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:50:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tim Roll-Pickering http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2007/07/07/by-elections/#comment-151748 Tim Roll-Pickering Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:13:28 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2007/07/07/by-elections/#comment-151748 This morning I was in the Ealing half again and the momentum is very clearly in the blue corner. Meanwhile Labour took a further pasting on the Southall side as five councillors left the party and joined the Conservatives. I did see a few Labour activists standing opposite the town hall by the cinema. They were immediately below the sign saying "Die Hard"... This morning I was in the Ealing half again and the momentum is very clearly in the blue corner. Meanwhile Labour took a further pasting on the Southall side as five councillors left the party and joined the Conservatives.

I did see a few Labour activists standing opposite the town hall by the cinema. They were immediately below the sign saying “Die Hard”…

]]> By: Andrea http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2007/07/07/by-elections/#comment-150997 Andrea Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:41:51 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2007/07/07/by-elections/#comment-150997 "The Labour campaign is non existant - about the only publicity about your lot is local newspaper coverage of the failure to select the (female) leader of the Labour group on the council. No doubt once again your party is taking a seat for granted (indeed one Labour supporter shouted at our megaphone car for daring to go and campaign to voters she regarded as automatically Labour’s). But it’ll be some consolation that the Fib Dems are near invisible. " The funny thing about this Southall campaign is that people campaigning there seem to have different perceptions on what it's going on (some saying no Lab activities...I read others claiming to have seen Con and Lab and no LD...others who have seen Con and LD and no Lab and so on). Being such a diverse constituency, it can depend on what areas said people have visited. “The Labour campaign is non existant - about the only publicity about your lot is local newspaper coverage of the failure to select the (female) leader of the Labour group on the council. No doubt once again your party is taking a seat for granted (indeed one Labour supporter shouted at our megaphone car for daring to go and campaign to voters she regarded as automatically Labour’s). But it’ll be some consolation that the Fib Dems are near invisible. ”

The funny thing about this Southall campaign is that people campaigning there seem to have different perceptions on what it’s going on (some saying no Lab activities…I read others claiming to have seen Con and Lab and no LD…others who have seen Con and LD and no Lab and so on). Being such a diverse constituency, it can depend on what areas said people have visited.

]]> By: Tim Roll-Pickering http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2007/07/07/by-elections/#comment-150928 Tim Roll-Pickering Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:17:18 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2007/07/07/by-elections/#comment-150928 Since when have comments on ConservativeHome been representative of grassroots feeling?!?! And the comments you cite are not those I've heard from our workers - and I've been in the constituency (at all ends) three times this week. The Labour campaign is non existant - about the only publicity about your lot is local newspaper coverage of the failure to select the (female) leader of the Labour group on the council. No doubt once again your party is taking a seat for granted (indeed one Labour supporter shouted at our megaphone car for daring to go and campaign to voters she regarded as automatically Labour's). But it'll be some consolation that the Fib Dems are near invisible. Since when have comments on ConservativeHome been representative of grassroots feeling?!?! And the comments you cite are not those I’ve heard from our workers - and I’ve been in the constituency (at all ends) three times this week.

The Labour campaign is non existant - about the only publicity about your lot is local newspaper coverage of the failure to select the (female) leader of the Labour group on the council. No doubt once again your party is taking a seat for granted (indeed one Labour supporter shouted at our megaphone car for daring to go and campaign to voters she regarded as automatically Labour’s). But it’ll be some consolation that the Fib Dems are near invisible.

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