The Aldridge-Brownhills campaign did not get off to a great start. On my way home from paying the council the £500 deposit my shoelace snapped. Pink Andorevil Gem who had helped or hindered in previous campaigns defected to the Tories. In the first week of the campaign my car broke-down (anyone know where I can… Read More

The election count was an excellent occasion and I had an keen group of supporters. We made our customary loud entrance to the counting hall and this was covered by The Telegraph among others. At the end of the night at about 5.30am I was asked very politely if I wouldn’t mind standing at the… Read More

I got in local papers and appeared on local TV and radio and attended four hustings. Fifty percent of my manifesto was on local matters which had been failed to be addressed by the other candidates. I also stood for my Parish council of Gt. Carlton which had seven candidates for four seats. In the… Read More

I had a great time campaigning, everyone I met was positive and friendly with a lot of nice comments about the OMRLP. During the day,my assistants and myself stood outside the local Tesco, Waitrose and local GP surgeries with posters, which had been pasted onto wooden boards and leaflets. In the evening we went around… Read More

With the slogan “Don’t Be Lame Vote Dame” Dame Dixon garnered headlines around the world with pictures in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Guardian and the Sunday Mirror! In full frock and make up she was snapped by ITV arriving for the count in the early hours of Friday Morning and would soon… Read More

Von Claptrap and team worked hard on the election campaign and found it both educational and fun. If we had been better prepared we would have done better.  Financially, we had a small surplus which we have yet to deal with.  My advice to future prospective candidates would be ‘Start your campaign plan a year… Read More

The count was poorly organized and didn’t finish until 07.00 on Friday.To make it even worse the bar only sold cold fizzy ‘beer’ and closed at 11, but apart from that it was a great campaign. I polled 329 votes an increase of 60 over the last election and a 0.1% swing towards Lunacy. The… Read More

I hereby declare that ‘Mad Max Bobetsky’ of North East Hants was the shining light with 384 votes, his first time in and only 20yrs old! We managed 3,898 votes between us, 8 of us not coming last, 2 of us beating 2 others and 6 of us beating 1 other, and 1 of us… Read More

In his 3rd General Election campaign Mark Beech is standing in Aldridge-Brownhills, which came as somewhat a surprise to him after he had hand delivered 5,000 leaflets to the wrong constituency. Mark has already been frequently featured in the Express & Star newspaper despite not yet being elected, has taken part in a televised debate… Read More