Day 2

Spent most of the day visiting folk who might need or want a postal vote. One woman told me that she “only ever voted for that Ewan”! I decided not to tell her that he was I in case she changed her mind.

The announcements about £160m on new bus lanes were welcome but I just cannot understand the spokesperson for the Association of British Drivers who say’s it’s a waste of money and anti car. Surely more attractive bus travel means more folk choosing buses leaving more space on the roads for those who can’t avoid using their car. This is a win-win but somehow it’s always seen as opposites by them.

In the evening I was back door knocking. This election with its system of proportional representation has taken us back to old fashioned canvassing and that’s a good thing given the image of politicians being very separate from the rest of the population.

It’s not scientific, only the streets we managed to get to last night but it showed some interesting responses. Virtually no support for SNP. In fact one Tory promised to vote for us to keep them out and another resident saying he wants an independent Scotland but not a socialist one so won’t be supporting the SNP, (or us unsurprisingly!).