Even when putting my poster up earlier this week, I paused a moment to consider which window I would least mind getting a brick through.
This week I took part in a hustings. Does anyone, except my online stalkers, enjoy them?
First, a left-wing health event. Second, immensely clever students at my old school. Third, a hustings about motorbikes, chaired by Lembit Opik.
The Camerons’ visit to a Gurdwara in Gravesham was evidence of the Party’s push for support among Hindu and Sikh voters.
Every candidate’s effort and commitment is a part of making this great exercise work. Each one plays his part in keeping our system vibrant and healthy.
Plus: Tories – too vague. UKIP – too specific. LibDems: what are they for? Why the polls could all be wrong. And: I win an award, and am baffled.
It’s very tight indeed in these constituencies, but Ed Miliband’s party has the edge in these local campaigns on the basis of this evidence.
Plus: CCHQ goes all Goebbels. I announce my peerage – replacing Lord Ashcroft. My political bias. Good luck to agents. And: am I an egotistical knob?
The short film is titled “Securing a better future for you and your family”.
Donors shouldn’t be phoned and asked not to contribute to non-40/40 seats. Candidates shouldn’t be ordered to support by-elections or risk removal from the list.
Plus: Comforting Oborne in the Aegean. Rampant rabbits in the Lords. Lidders Agonistes. McVey’s moment. And: How two Labour MPs banged away in the rifle club.
Good government comes second to short-term interests. That’s the logic of the new Gold Star system for Ministerial campaigning.
I understand why these things happen – the money has to come from somewhere – but the damage done in working class places such as mine is significant.
In the end, the Conservatives are a team. And what I am seeing around the country is that team playing at its best.