I feel really lazy now!

Nothing, not a bean have I posted since November! I have just caught up with my friend's blog and now feel totally inadequate...... Just that I hate, loath and abhor Christmas.....this year I have hurt by back (again) having had to lug far to much stuff too far. My cold has now turned into a truly horrible cough, probably something to do with going in and out of hot and cold places doing most of the childrens present shopping on the day before xmas eve!!!! My ribs hurt from coughing too much and all I want to do is go home!!!

Apart from the Christmas whinge (BAH!Humbug) I have not been idle, I have printed, folded, stuffed and delivered leaflets, I have phoned many people and I have only gone and gotten myself selected as the County Council Candidate for Delapre ward! What was I thinking, have I run completely mad, I am just hoping I don't let people down. I Need A Plan and my brain is somewhat fuzzy with this bloody cold! And we have a by-election, which means I have a polling day organisation to run without upsetting anyone!! With the computerisation of campaigning techniques and tools, we have forgotten how to run Polling Day (and more importantly Polling week) and polling day begins Wednesday Evening and polling week begins on the Monday morning. This is the time when you ram home the Message and the Message is Vote Labour! And in the present climate that is what people want a good old fashioned Vote Labour message, the message that traditionally says 'we will look after you from 'the cradle to the grave' however bad other things may get', you will have food, you will have education, you will have free health care, you will have a home, that says'by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone'.

There are some members of my constituency who do not seem to grasp this, and behave like small children who can't get their own way. I don't allow tantrums in my Committee Room, so anyone who decides to behave like that may as well just go home, if you are in my committee room you are there to work, you are there to do as you're told when you are told to do it, You accept, without question, that I am in charge because I know exactly what I am doing! Polling Day is about nothing else but getting bums on seats, it is not about policy, it is not about personality, it is about getting people to vote, preferably for your candidate.

Strop over, Luckily Anjona has a very good canidate in Geoff Howes, Party stalwart, very well known, led the council, champion of Northampton's historic market, was the Mayor, brought up in the Ward, does as he's told, and at least I know they will do as they are told. Bless.