I'm deputy campaign manager for my Lib Dem candidate locally. I wouldn'[t have been if the excellent sitting MP from a different party was running for reelection, I'd have voted for her and campaigned elsewhere, probably.
My candidate is swamped with emails. Utterly utterly swamped. She's forwarding what she can't answer to me. I haven't time to answer them all.
And she's fairly switched on with technology, uses email at work, etc.
Not every politician is a natural email user, and givena large chunk of the population isn't, that can be a good thing; if elected, they can get staff.
And persuading candidates tog et impressive websites, especially if they're not naturally online a lot, is hard work; I had to bully my local party into it, and stil do most of the work for it myself, they're convinced it's irrelevent and won't help them in any way.
Given I'm getting search traffic for ""Mat bowles" candidate" on my DW, I think they're wrong, but it's a generation shift.
Now; posit. Your local rebellious type, I'm guessing, is Labour, as that's who tend to need to rebel. Do you think said type can buck national vote collapse and stay in? If so, vote for him.
If not, there's a risk collapsed vote could go elsewhere. So vote for your preferred party.
I therefore don't vote in your poll, as it depends entirely on local chances.
(and I came here via discussion at Andrew's, in case you didn't guess)
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Date: 2010-04-21 11:13 pm (UTC)I'm deputy campaign manager for my Lib Dem candidate locally. I wouldn'[t have been if the excellent sitting MP from a different party was running for reelection, I'd have voted for her and campaigned elsewhere, probably.
My candidate is swamped with emails. Utterly utterly swamped. She's forwarding what she can't answer to me. I haven't time to answer them all.
And she's fairly switched on with technology, uses email at work, etc.
Not every politician is a natural email user, and givena large chunk of the population isn't, that can be a good thing; if elected, they can get staff.
And persuading candidates tog et impressive websites, especially if they're not naturally online a lot, is hard work; I had to bully my local party into it, and stil do most of the work for it myself, they're convinced it's irrelevent and won't help them in any way.
Given I'm getting search traffic for ""Mat bowles" candidate" on my DW, I think they're wrong, but it's a generation shift.
Now; posit. Your local rebellious type, I'm guessing, is Labour, as that's who tend to need to rebel. Do you think said type can buck national vote collapse and stay in? If so, vote for him.
If not, there's a risk collapsed vote could go elsewhere. So vote for your preferred party.
I therefore don't vote in your poll, as it depends entirely on local chances.
(and I came here via discussion at Andrew's, in case you didn't guess)