I was deeply saddened to read your tweets this morning referring to the actions of the Labour councillor in my ward who, while campaigning on the parties behalf, feels that is acceptable to deliver party election communications, which I presume are to assist the electorate to make an informed choice about who they should vote for, to certain houses while (deliberately in my case) ignoring others.
I was in particular extremely frustrated by your comment:
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I know politicians (of all types) believe they are better than most and that attempting to be clever is a particular mindset deemed appropriate and acceptable in the arenas of the political elite but that comment, especially when it came after my asking why she was walking past some doors and not delivering leaflets to all, is why I feel you should perhaps consider your role as campaigns coordinator for the Labour Party.
You know full well Tom that I asked why she was walking past some doors and not delivering to all, not why was she not door knocking and talking to those she wants to vote for the party which, although one would assume a campaign manager would also want that done, is a completely different thing so to try and imply that it down to some democratic right, not just utter incompetence by a closed shop endorsed by an inept hierarchy, is, to be be frank, completely stupid.
People have the right to know who is standing for them Tom, they have the right to know what their policies are or will be if elected and if you are going to quote democratic rights you should see and know that to be true.
If you can't accept these democratic rights then, as mentioned and with the greatest of respect you probably should consider the campaign position you currently hold.
Regards
Andy
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