Spent the morning in the office responding to emails, going through the survey responses and getting other stuff sorted for the following week.
In the afternoon, we headed out to Ufford, Lower Ufford, Eyke and Rendlesham. It was a good day to be out and about. After picking up my Mum (Rizzo was pleased to see her), I did some more canvassing in the evening in my village.
18 years ago today, John Major won a historic election - indeed, the last General Election that the Conservatives won. Quite painful to think it was so long ago, even more painful to remind myself that it is even longer since Liverpool were League Champions.
I recall GE 92 vividly. I was leading the student effort in London and we had focused our attention on 2 seats - Westminster North and Battersea. For the previous 12 months, we had done telephone canvassing for Westminster North and had helped build a pledge base of about 21,000. As a kind of a reward, we were asked to run Church St Ward committee room on Election Day. We worked from 5 in the morning right through to the close of polls. Finally able to relax, we watched some TV and got the call to go to the office. We awaited the result of Sir John Wheeler - he had won! Great cheers and even more when he returned with the Agent and Chairman to the office and a few bottles were cracked open. Having celebrated, a few of us went down to Smith Square to join in the celebrations there.. finally, home to bed at about 3? very happy indeed.
I also worked a little on the 1997 campaign - that was sickening, going to CCO and hearing the list of results.. toppling like dominoes it felt..some results were beyond belief. This year, the Westminster North boundaries are back to what they were in 1992 so I hope we can win there and in many other seats. On the doorstep, it is time for change.
Just one task left.. pick a National Horse. In 1992, I won the National with Party Politics.. hopefully I'll be lucky tomorrow. I always back Ruby Walsh each way but I think it might just be AP's year.. at long last.
