tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post6138087969212396153..comments2024-03-29T07:14:55.029+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: On the Doors in Stoke-on-Trent SouthPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-80114977782732249982019-12-19T13:02:29.680+00:002019-12-19T13:02:29.680+00:00So what the hell happened?
Genuine question. I ha...So what the hell happened?<br /><br />Genuine question. I have friends who had some really tough canvasses - including Newcastle-u-L - but my own experiences were like yours, occasionally challenging but mostly genuinely hopeful. I thought we had a real chance in some of our targets, and I never thought for a moment we'd lose all the defences.<br /><br />Our seat was a tale of three Labour Parties - people on Momentum's list went where they sent us (mostly Blackpool, Bury and Bolton), while the branch leadership and their mates were down your way, canvassing for Ruth Smeeth and our old friend Gareth Snell. Neither we nor they seem to have made any difference at all. Meanwhile at home, somebody must have been getting out the vote for our own MP, as he was re-elected with a majority of 50% of the vote (read that carefully). What's going on?Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-82852752251627824992019-12-13T06:17:06.867+00:002019-12-13T06:17:06.867+00:00"The question is whether the strength of our ..."The question is whether the strength of our candidate and the power of our campaign can overpower the pull of Brexit, and the Tory advantage in money and media coverage. And it's obvious we can. The dynamism is with Labour, and with four days to go before close of poll we have a real opportunity not just to take back the seat, but also reverse our party's decline in so-called traditional seats."<br /><br />I wonder whether you will enter a period of reflection as to how you got this so wrong. The authenticity of your bog rests on being 'on the ground', in touch with the local Labour Party. If you had a real degree of self-reflexivity you really should be deeply embarrassed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-67701788308808429002019-12-09T09:29:16.025+00:002019-12-09T09:29:16.025+00:00Last three days. Let's get our battle cry acro...Last three days. Let's get our battle cry across on the doors: "Vote Labour, even if that means voting for a Blairite."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-73770141261791988802019-12-09T06:49:54.536+00:002019-12-09T06:49:54.536+00:00Used to live in Stoke South, right wing Labour Cou...Used to live in Stoke South, right wing Labour Council ignoring local people insisting on crackpot expensive building projects didn't help.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17947110925286866035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-84551167575423400852019-12-08T22:31:27.504+00:002019-12-08T22:31:27.504+00:00Not too late at all. Remember, in 2017 about 1 in...Not too late at all. Remember, in 2017 about 1 in 3 of Labour's supporters only decided to vote for us in the last five days (and the DM's 13 pages of hateful anti-JC bile made some voters join us on polling day itself).<br /><br />Dialogue is a great phone-bank tool that is easy and cost-free to use and which can be used by supporters and members to talk to prospective voters about how they will use their vote and, if they invite you, why they should stay with Labour.<br /><br />Give it a go, log onto Dialogue and let it help you have have meaningful conversations with people who need to hear Labour's hope instead of Boris's brexit lies. Help Labour transform politics and the country by. giving others the time for a short, polite conversation.qwertboinoreply@blogger.com