[jaysay]

I am a big believer in going on the Knocker,but it is vertually impossible for the candidate to call at every house in his or her ward. My thoughts are if someone wants your vote they should ask personally for it or at least their representative does. That is the main reason I have never tried to win a council seat, I stood three times, once in St Adrews in poll tax year, when I knew I was not going to win, but as Chairman of the Oswaldtwistle Ass at the time I thought it was my duty to put myself in the front line as to say, the other occasions were Spring Hill which the Tories haven't won since Adam was a lad. I am not a big believer in leaflets which are rammed full of facts and figures, I always used the the idea that any leaflet is only as good as it takes to read from the front door to the dustbin and I'm sure lots of people on here wil say amen to that