Electoral Sages

Wise men sometimes say little but in so doing say a lot.

Alas not so with the Medway Conservatives who appear to be ever willing to give some helpful pointers on campaign tactics to the Labour camp.

Cheers fella's

John Ward, like a white wizard, has predicted that unless Labour concentrate on core seats that they are at risk of defeat in those with big majorities. Comparing Labour to the SDP / Liberal alliance, he is predicting defeat at the polls unless Labour reverts to talking to the same people it was able to convince in 2007. This of course conflicts with the Sorcerers Apprentice, Alan W Collins who seems to point to small gains for Labour where the Conservative majorities are small.

Sufficed to say the Labour electoral strategy will remain under the proverbial lock-and-key but unlike the opposition, we never take any voter for granted in any ward.

It is with a tongue-in-cheek though that we read from Tory campaign chieftains that platoons of blue-rinsers are out door-knocking and leafletting across the towns. Indeed, given the amount of spin, I half expected a phalanx of blue rosettes out in Rochester East as I left my front door.

Luckily for residents, it is largely fiction.

Given the numerical superiority of Tories in Medway, they are either walking very very slowly between houses or indeed, and this is probable, not actually campaigning.

Proof positive of a total lack of effort - the Strood Conservative website, which is run by the actual Strood Conservatives has seen no campaign effort. Or alternatively, you can visit the domain name of the stroodconservatives.com which gives you an application for credit cards - this whilst Mark Reckless MP talks about levels of personal debt. Oops

As we get closer to the election of course the Tories will start to pay for staff to leaflet, but until that point, it seems it is all quiet on the right flank.

Perhaps a little less lecturing on the Labour campaign and a bit more activity on your own.

p.s. It looks like the Rochester & Strood Conservatives are staying silent on the well publicised UKIP endorsement. It seems UKIP have agreed to concreting over North Kent with an airport, which may not go down well on the Peninsula