Comments on: Riso Monkey Diary… Have you MET the public? http://www.libdemvoice.org/riso-monkey-diary-have-you-met-the-public-11311.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:35:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason http://www.libdemvoice.org/riso-monkey-diary-have-you-met-the-public-11311.html#comment-80884 Jason Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:35:50 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=11311#comment-80884 Your branch must be bloody rolling in it! You have an OFFICE! And a STUFFING MACHINE! Bloody luxury! Me, I know a helpful printer who charges cost + £2; Printer does the folding and I drive it to the Royal Mail Sorting Office who deliver it Bulk unaddressed. I focus the whole consituency for £3k. Saves so much work! We have no office. Your branch must be bloody rolling in it! You have an OFFICE! And a STUFFING MACHINE! Bloody luxury!
Me, I know a helpful printer who charges cost + £2; Printer does the folding and I drive it to the Royal Mail Sorting Office who deliver it Bulk unaddressed. I focus the whole consituency for £3k. Saves so much work!
We have no office.

]]> By: Steve Cooke http://www.libdemvoice.org/riso-monkey-diary-have-you-met-the-public-11311.html#comment-80083 Steve Cooke Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:59:38 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=11311#comment-80083 I once worked really hard to find a young mother in supported accommodation a council home. About a month afterwards her mum rang up and asked me to find her another home because this one was apparently haunted by the ghosts of some members of a particularly troublesome family who live on the estate and were killed in a car crash. I told her that I had enough trouble dealing with the living members of said family and offered my sympathy that the housing ALMO were not taking the request to move seriously. I once worked really hard to find a young mother in supported accommodation a council home. About a month afterwards her mum rang up and asked me to find her another home because this one was apparently haunted by the ghosts of some members of a particularly troublesome family who live on the estate and were killed in a car crash. I told her that I had enough trouble dealing with the living members of said family and offered my sympathy that the housing ALMO were not taking the request to move seriously.

]]> By: David Allen http://www.libdemvoice.org/riso-monkey-diary-have-you-met-the-public-11311.html#comment-79838 David Allen Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:30:57 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=11311#comment-79838 20 years old canvass, but not forgotten: "So, what you going to do for the cwiminals then?" "Well, we want to put more bobbies on the beat, blah blah etc...." "Yeah but, what you going to do for the CWIMINALS?" 20 years old canvass, but not forgotten:

“So, what you going to do for the cwiminals then?”

“Well, we want to put more bobbies on the beat, blah blah etc….”

“Yeah but, what you going to do for the CWIMINALS?”

]]> By: Hywel http://www.libdemvoice.org/riso-monkey-diary-have-you-met-the-public-11311.html#comment-79834 Hywel Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:08:17 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=11311#comment-79834 One councillor told me of the most dramatic beginning he had to one of his surgeries. Couple come in, sit down, look around nervously before beginning, "I hope you can help us Councillor because, you see, it was our sons what did the murder". (actually fairly mundane and reasonable request to be rehoused) One councillor told me of the most dramatic beginning he had to one of his surgeries.

Couple come in, sit down, look around nervously before beginning, “I hope you can help us Councillor because, you see, it was our sons what did the murder”.

(actually fairly mundane and reasonable request to be rehoused)

]]> By: Greg L http://www.libdemvoice.org/riso-monkey-diary-have-you-met-the-public-11311.html#comment-79833 Greg L Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:58:33 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=11311#comment-79833 Autumn 2007 I got a call from a very enthusiastic person who wanted to get involved, having dropped out for ages, but had been fired up once more by our boy giving his great speech 'yesterday'. Which struck me as slightly odd, a week after conference, but hey. It was about five minutes before I realised that he thought he'd called my Tory opposite number (which probably would have ocurred to me sooner had I not answered the phone with 'constituency Liberal Democrats....'). I'm hoping he got annoyed with the local Tories once more, since they never sent him the membership paperwork he wanted..... ;-) Autumn 2007 I got a call from a very enthusiastic person who wanted to get involved, having dropped out for ages, but had been fired up once more by our boy giving his great speech ‘yesterday’. Which struck me as slightly odd, a week after conference, but hey.

It was about five minutes before I realised that he thought he’d called my Tory opposite number (which probably would have ocurred to me sooner had I not answered the phone with ‘constituency Liberal Democrats….’).

I’m hoping he got annoyed with the local Tories once more, since they never sent him the membership paperwork he wanted….. ;-)

]]> By: crewegwyn http://www.libdemvoice.org/riso-monkey-diary-have-you-met-the-public-11311.html#comment-79800 crewegwyn Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:26:28 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=11311#comment-79800 My favourite - "Good evening, I'm Councillor Gwyn ... etc etc ... giving people the chance to raise concerns ... any questions or suggestions ... etc etc" "Yes. There's something very important I want to raise about the Council's policy. If it doesn't change its approach it's going to be the END of .... ...... country & western music in this town" My favourite -

“Good evening, I’m Councillor Gwyn … etc etc … giving people the chance to raise concerns … any questions or suggestions … etc etc”

“Yes. There’s something very important I want to raise about the Council’s policy. If it doesn’t change its approach it’s going to be the END of ….

…… country & western music in this town”

]]> By: Chris Keating http://www.libdemvoice.org/riso-monkey-diary-have-you-met-the-public-11311.html#comment-79749 Chris Keating Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:14:42 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=11311#comment-79749 My favourite was the voter who rang up just before midnight early in one campaign to ask whether our candidate Tracey was a real person or not. I explained that inventing people to stand was probably illegal. Though on other occasions I have wondered if it might be a good idea ... My favourite was the voter who rang up just before midnight early in one campaign to ask whether our candidate Tracey was a real person or not.

I explained that inventing people to stand was probably illegal.

Though on other occasions I have wondered if it might be a good idea …

]]> By: Jennie http://www.libdemvoice.org/riso-monkey-diary-have-you-met-the-public-11311.html#comment-79711 Jennie Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:00:59 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=11311#comment-79711 Your branch must be bloody rolling in it! You have an OFFICE! And a STUFFING MACHINE! Bloody luxury! Our "office" is one of our activist's houses, and we stuff envelopes the old fashioned way, with our poor, bleeding stumps of fingers. Your branch must be bloody rolling in it! You have an OFFICE! And a STUFFING MACHINE! Bloody luxury! Our “office” is one of our activist’s houses, and we stuff envelopes the old fashioned way, with our poor, bleeding stumps of fingers.

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