How long will the 'marriage' last? I wonder!
Les
Thursday 13 May 2010
Tuesday 11 May 2010
Election Over!
It's 5 days after the event - I'm still tired and we still don't know who's going to run (or ruin!) the country! But after the polls were supporting the Tories I'm just grateful that they haven't got an outright majority. And even more grateful that we held onto the three seats here so it's still red all across the City & County, I'm pleased to say.
But oh so close here in Swansea West! The Liberal Democrats ran a dirty & personalised campaign - not just negative spin against our candidate but a lot statements were at best misleading and at worst lies. Not surprisingly some of it stuck, and the majority was reduced to about 500 so we are going to need to do a lot more work to get out of the danger zone next time, which could of course be later this year!!
For the first time in years I didn't go to the count - a bit strange as I have always been in the building even if not eligible to go into the counting hall itself. Instead we ended up in a pub down on the Marina - drinking, eating, watching & worrying all night & on til early morning. For some reason when our result was announced it wasn't shown on TV, just a banner going across the screen. I didn't believe it at first, and funnily enough as I learnt afterwards nor did the Lib Dem candidate who apparently turned a shade of green, through the shock of losing!
So we live to fight another day, and we'll just have to wait and see what tomorrow brings - literally!
Les
But oh so close here in Swansea West! The Liberal Democrats ran a dirty & personalised campaign - not just negative spin against our candidate but a lot statements were at best misleading and at worst lies. Not surprisingly some of it stuck, and the majority was reduced to about 500 so we are going to need to do a lot more work to get out of the danger zone next time, which could of course be later this year!!
For the first time in years I didn't go to the count - a bit strange as I have always been in the building even if not eligible to go into the counting hall itself. Instead we ended up in a pub down on the Marina - drinking, eating, watching & worrying all night & on til early morning. For some reason when our result was announced it wasn't shown on TV, just a banner going across the screen. I didn't believe it at first, and funnily enough as I learnt afterwards nor did the Lib Dem candidate who apparently turned a shade of green, through the shock of losing!
So we live to fight another day, and we'll just have to wait and see what tomorrow brings - literally!
Les
Monday 3 May 2010
Election Diary Day 28
They say a week is a long time in politics but my week has gone like a flash as usual, with E Day getting closer yet still generally speaking no sure outcome.
But what a week I've had! In that time I have met various politicians from Wales' 1st Minister Carwen Jones to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling. But also got a great buzz out of shaking hands with Eddie Izzard - I so wanted to quote a couple of his sketch phrases to him but fortunately didn't quite have the nerve as I suspect he's heard them all before - thousands of times before!
And of course as already 'blogged' I've yet again had some TV fame with Eggheads. So not surprisingly Saturday was a bit of an anticlimax after all that and this morning was back to the leafletting - 2 hours of direct mail trying to find house numbers, up & down steps, generally getting knackered! And as if that wasn't thrilling enough I'm now going to do the ironing!!
Les
But what a week I've had! In that time I have met various politicians from Wales' 1st Minister Carwen Jones to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling. But also got a great buzz out of shaking hands with Eddie Izzard - I so wanted to quote a couple of his sketch phrases to him but fortunately didn't quite have the nerve as I suspect he's heard them all before - thousands of times before!
And of course as already 'blogged' I've yet again had some TV fame with Eggheads. So not surprisingly Saturday was a bit of an anticlimax after all that and this morning was back to the leafletting - 2 hours of direct mail trying to find house numbers, up & down steps, generally getting knackered! And as if that wasn't thrilling enough I'm now going to do the ironing!!
Les
Saturday 1 May 2010
Eggheads - at last!
Well you are all in suspense no longer - I'm no richer than I was before I went on the programme, in money terms that is. Richer perhaps for having a good day out, and even more so having lots of friends around in the pub yesterday evening sharing the occasion with me when the show was finally televised - after almost a year waiting. Although we didn't win I think we all did very well and were on the whole quite entertaining - they even kept the song in! 
Among the best bits - Ann putting Dermot in his place by saying with reference to science fiction 'we prefer to call it SF' & Lyn convincing everyone, including us, each time she was going to choose between the wrong two then finally going for the correct answer.
Worst bits - well like most people I never like the way I look but apart from that, there weren't any!
Les
Among the best bits - Ann putting Dermot in his place by saying with reference to science fiction 'we prefer to call it SF' & Lyn convincing everyone, including us, each time she was going to choose between the wrong two then finally going for the correct answer.
Worst bits - well like most people I never like the way I look but apart from that, there weren't any!
Les
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