Campaigning in Radford and Park

Yesterday I was out in Radford and Park campaigning for a by-election that is coming up on 7th November. This by-election has occurred because sadly the husband of the current Cllr has become very ill, she has thus resigned to care for him. This is a marginal ward and Conservatives have a chance of winning here.

As the name suggests both Radford and Park are in the ward, but it also includes parts of Lenton where a lot of students are. If you live past the railway bridge on the opposite side of Derby Road as the Savoy Cinema you are eligible to vote in this election. Handily Nottingham City Council will have sent (if they haven't done it already) an electoral registration sign up form. If you haven't got one by the end of this week I suggest you go to http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/default.aspx . Please do sign up as soon as possible and make sure you vote.

Out canvassing in the rain.

Of course I'm going to suggest you vote for the Conservative Candidate Nick Packham, a local chap keen to serve the people of Nottingham. I do not know who the Labour candidate is yet but I can tell you one thing she is a woman. This is because Labour is using a woman's only shortlist for their candidate selection, which is great for meritocracy and all that.

Anyway, to show just how committed Nick is he was out there yesterday in what was the wettest canvass in my life. A whole team of us, at least 10 people, including Rowena Holland (the Conservative Candidate for 2015), were out showing the Conservatives are here to help. We were out doing 'intelligent canvassing' asking people questions about local issues as well as national problems instead of just their voting intention. We got a very good response on the door from people. This was especially so with one question; who would make the better PM Red Ed or Dave? Put it this way, Red Ed didn't do very well.

Rowena and I at the entrance to Park.

 On November 7th make sure you get out and vote Conservative.

Back in Nottingham with Lilian Greenwood

I'm back writing for the blog and back in Nottingham. So to start off the new university year here is some Nottingham politics.

Do you remember Steve Barclay's reply to my email on Syria? Well I also wrote an email to Lilian Greenwood the Labour MP for Nottingham South. This was her reply to my concerns over Syrian intervention.

I do agree with Lilian Greenwood's decision to vote against war in Syria however there is some sort of hint that this decision was more a party political than a moral. I doubt the PM was 'conceited' in going to war with Syria. He was not looking for a moment a shine but to do what he thought was right. His judgement of what is right may be criticised but that is a poor decision he will be known for and not anything to do with vanity.

Also the motion that was debated was not to decide whether to intervene in Syria or not, it was one to plan a route ahead for what could be done in Syria. The government was seeking UN backing and more information on top of what they already knew, it wasn't a declaration of war. This may have not been the Government's intentions earlier on in the week but as the mood of the people and MPs became clear the motion was changed.

Although I agree with Lilian Greenwood's decision it does smack of lacking personal judgement on Syria and more following Ed Miliband's poor arguments and party political play over a decision of consciousness. I think the way Red Ed conducted himself in the vote was not at all proper and that showed in polling afterwards. I'm not suprised though that Lilian Greenwood has backed this. She is a shadow minister and so for a job will follow this stupid man over an electoral cliff. I'm just disappointed.

Lilian Greenwood is pretty close to Red Ed, which is a shame.

This is just one of the reasons why I ask the good people of Nottingham South to ditch Labour and back Rowena Holland (the Conservative Candidate) who now is on twitter @VoteRowena . Rowena stood for the Conservatives in 2010 and received a big swing of 7.4% away from Labour due to her hard work and ability to listen to the people. Let's see if we can make Nottingham South blue this time around.

Rowena out and about campaigning for a better Nottingham South.