Articles tagged Canvassing:

The Things You Hear on the Doorstep

  • 10 Jul 2009

This afternoon I spent a few hours canvassing in the Thorpe St Andrew area of Norwich, along with nine or ten others, including for a time, the Conservative candidate Chloe Smith. It is one of the better areas for the Conservatives in the constituency, it has to be said, but I...

Amusing Canvassing Stories No 94

  • 5 Jul 2009

This doorstep conversation is from yesterday morning in the Norwich North by election...   Tory MP: Have you decided who you will be voting for? Male voter: I normally vote UKIP, but I was thinking of voting Conservative. Tory MP: That's what I like to hear. Male voter:...

Funny Canvassing Story

  • 3 May 2005

Live from North Walsham: Me: Would you like one of my leaflets, sir? Voter: I'd rather drink my own urine. Me: Strange habits, these LibDems... Environmentally friendly I suppose....

Today's Canvassing

  • 19 Mar 2005

My feet feel as if they are about to drop off. We did seven, yes seven, hours canvassing today. I was in Wells all morning and spent this afternoon in Hickling. What a beautiful village Hickling is. And such nice people too. I met a lovely LibDem lady who told me how much she ...