I WAS out canvassing on my local High Street. The sun was shining and I had a spring in my step. I saw a little old lady coming towards me with her shopping trolley.
“Good morning madam! What a beautiful day! Can I count on your vote in the forthcoming election?” I asked, beaming. “You should be bloody hanged,” she replied, and went into Morrisons. I can tell you, that deflated my optimism for a moment.
Truth be told we’ve had a great reception out on the streets. Mostly. She’s the only person who actually thought I should be killed, anyway.
Well, the only one who TOLD me I should be killed. Maybe there’s thousands of them. Hmm.
The thing I hear most often is about Labour. If I had a pound for every time someone has said: “Well, they can’t be any worse, can they?” I wouldn’t need to get my deposit back. That’s the overall message.
People are probably going to vote for the Labour Party . But they are not doing so with any great enthusiasm. The least awful of two pretty bad options.
Believe me, nobody has said: “Ooh, that Keir Starmer’s absolutely terrific, isn’t he? What a guy.” They said that about Tony Blair in 1997. There’s no great feeling around that Sir Keir’s Labour Party will change the way we live for the better, as there was back then.
Just a relief that we might be able to get rid of the Tories, at last. People are tired of them. Tired of the incompetence and arrogance.
I hear that an awful lot, as I pound the streets. Torie.
