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I just wondered if anyone gets a fae to face visit from perspective councilors nowadays.

Last time I saw one must have been about 25 years ago !

We got a leaflet today from the Labour party but no one called and the leaflet centre on things that are national or regional matters not local ones.

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yeah we get the usual suspects around here coming to the door, they dont amuse me whatsoever, i tell them all to go away and i will vote for who i want to vote for

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I`m a bit like that, i listen to their spiel, humour them a bit then wave them on........keeps me amused:cool:

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What could they possibly be saying in national matters in order to GAIN votes? :eek::D

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Not so far, unless one of them is deaf and dumb, and also selling dusters.

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Ahhh so they have been round then garinda? lol

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stop being shapeist you... they may have been square :rolleyes:

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The candidates or the dusters?

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both, its better than being ROUND instead of AROUND :D

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I've had two letters from the Conservatives and nothing from the Labour party yet!

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Maybe they know where you vote lies so are saving paper ;):D

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we have had letters from torys, liberals, nowt from labour.no-one been on the knock as yet.

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ive been out canvassing - not gone this last week but went out the week before.

Ive had a couple of leaflets from the labour party - but none from the tories. Also labour have been canvassing this week round were i live but they didnt knock on my door.

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none of the two candidates in my ward have canvassed near me.not that either are worthy of my vote.going to miss voting this thursday:(

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ive had nothing!

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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

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Well, with a short time to go, I've recieved no literature through the door, and nobody knocking asking for my vote, from any party.

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Spoke too soon.

Just had a leaflet from my Conservative candidate in St. Andrew's ward in Ossy.

Didn't take long to read.

Though was interested at the boast that the Tories have opened two new health centres in Hyndburn.

That may be true, but because a lot of the services available at Oswaldtwistle Clinic have been transferred to the new health centres, and it's total closure seems imminent, the fact that people in the ward, such as the elderly and young mothers, now have to travel further to receive care or treatment, it's not something I'd be shouting about in an election pamphlet.

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Yep, I've now received a third letter from the Conservatives - I think they're after my vote!!!!!

Nothing from anyone else.

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A representative from the Conservative party knocked on our door and gave us a leaflet that said 'Sorry you were out when I called'! I note though that he intends to give all under 21's in Hyndburn free swimming lessons so that's all right then.

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Ive seen nothing, no party reps or leflets

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Na Gayle they just like you:D

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Ive recieved junk mail from the tories, that went in my recycle bin:D
but nothing else, nobody......not a sniff of em.......just the way i like it

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He's going to be a busy feller!

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Sounds like the Tory leaflets are all the same with a different candidate's name on ; mine also boasts of the 2 new health centre and dog dirt is a priority too ! My Tory candidate is an ex Lib DEm who isn't telling us anything about himself whatsoever ! Graham's leaflet on the other hand is informative and colourful and does actually have photos of our ward on it.
Should be in the bag there Graham !:D

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Don't know , you can have it if you want, it's totally pointless on very many levels !:rolleyes:

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i'm sure we didnt have any candidates for conservatives last year

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No election in my ward this year - at least I got a letter to say so
so I don't feel deprived :rolleyes:

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Having just returned from the theatre, a Labour pamphlet was waiting for me on the mat.

Strangely they are also taking credit for many of the claims made on the Tories leaflet, such as dog poo bins, more cctv cameras,and free swimming lessons for kids.

Funniest quote is about local Post Offices. It says our Tory run council has removed 60,000-80,000 transactions per year from local Post Offices. It goes on to say that when Peter Britcliffe, who is campaigning to save the said local Post Offices, was asked in council chambers to comment, he declined to answer.

Bravo.:D

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I wonder how they did that, some change to Council Tax payments or something. I suppose it did not mention how payments have bean lost since benefits started to be paid direct to bank accounts - which Government started doing that?

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It says they, Hyndburn Borough Council, did it 'through Direct Debits and discouraging the Post Office Payment Card.'

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As usual you conveniently only answered half my question :rolleyes:

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I didn't think it was a question that needed answering, more of a statement from your good self.;)

Any further details I'm afraid I can't supply, as sadly for all parties concerned I do not write any of their election pamphlets.

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It's surprising how they'll still try and spin their way into an election. You'd have thought they would have learnt, nobody falls for their tricks now!

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If there was an election in your ward there was a Tory candidate, I don't know where you live flashy but there was no election in St.Andrews Ossy

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It's a pity you don't write the Labour leaflets.

They might stand a chance of being punctuated correctly then.

The Labour leaflet I got for my ward was abysmal.......why aren't these things checked? I wouldn't deliver them if they were given to me. :(

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In what way Lilly, and who did the printing, it will be on the bottom of the leaflet

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Misuse of apostrophes.

One's instead of ones

Apprentice's instead of apprentices.

Post office's instead of post offices.

I've just had another look to see who did the printing and it says Dalton and Co. Oxford Street, Accrington. :(

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Is the printer at fault? I should imagine they should check but it would be interesting to know who wrote the original;)

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I dont think you can blame the poor printer. They just get a document and told to print it, the checking should lbe done elsewhere - probably the marketing consultant who dreamed up the leaflet.

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Yes, Polly. I would have thought that the printer just prints verbatim what they are given.

I would think that the blame for any errors with punctuation or spelling lies with the person who compiled the leaflet.

Very shoddy work. :(

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Which ward do you live in Polly?

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I am in Blackburn. We still have had only the one leaflet from the Labour party

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That's very interesting Lilly as the leaflets have been written and printed by Grahm Jones, well his firm anyway and I should imagine as Labour Leader he will have had a big input into writting them as well

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Well the new way of touting for votes appears to be the telephone. Have had no leaflets and nobody at the door but just had a phone call asking for my support.

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We had a leaflet off each party a few weeks ago and nothing since. Not even seen any posters etc. Still if they can't be bothered trying to tell me why I should vote for them it saves me making some effort to do it :D

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Personally don't rate phone canvassing, it could be anybody on the other end of the line.

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I am still only the possessor of one election leaflet.
Certainly no phone calls or anyone on the step.
It is almost like they want us to think the election isnt happening - perhaps they do they might be better with just party members voting.

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if someone rang me, i will not repeat what i would say:rolleyes:

;)

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Well I was involved in politics for years and I have to say I totally agree with you Bernie, I honesly think that phone canvassing upsets more people than it gets onside, have always refused to take part in the exercise when my party was doing it, there is not substitute for face to face on the doorstep

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there is if yer n ugly get n its just before T-Time.:D

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After taking part in the process a couple of years ago I have to agree that phone calls don't really work. I reckon that by the day of the election itself most people have decided whether they're going to vote and who they're going to vote for.

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I had a letter addressed to me and pushed through the door by the labour candidate outlining what issues he wants to tackle locally.

Haven't heard anything from the Lib Dem or Conservative candidates at all.

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Trust you to come up with a cracke like that cashy, that had teas runningdown the old face:D:D:D

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I've been out all day, no phoning for me!

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So where have you been out today then?

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I dont like phone canvassing either. In fact i've never done it. I prefer knocking on peoples doors to speak to them. Mind you sometimes ive had it slammed in my face, other times i've been still there half an hour later... but you are face to face and if they are having problems then you can take details and pass them on to someone you know will help them. If they dont get back to them thats when the problems start. Dont know how many times i've took someones details and passed them on and they've started dealing with it but not got back to them - 3 weeks later im in town doing shopping or at the docs or at the library when ive been accosted why havent they got back to me ... well i dont bleeding well know - i'll get in touch and then they say the council staff should have been in touch with them ... so they chase it up and it turns out the council has been in touch with them but they didnt think nothing of it that wasnt someone getting back in touch with them - it was the council!!!

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Been in Barnfield, why?

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No particular reason.