This weekend, Liberal Democrats have been flocking to help Jane Dodds win Brecon and Radnorshire for the Liberal Democrats.
This time next week, I’ll be there. I am so excited because I have never been out of Cardiff before and I’m so looking forward to seeing more of Wales.
Here are just some of the people who have been helping.
Cambridge PPC Rod Cantrill said:
Great to be back again in Brecon with two car loads of activists from Cambridge door knocking for Jane Dodds on the Brecon Ro(a)d trip!
Alex Cole-Hamilton’s wife Gill may well be annoyed that they decided a long time ago to go to Wales for their Summer holiday. Alex made his second trip today and found two more Lib Dem parliamentarians to play with:
So lovely bumping into new @LibDems MEPs @IrinavonWiese and @CarolineVoaden at the #BreconandRadnorshire HQ this morning our before heading out on the campaign trail for @DoddsJane! Great vibe here, momentum with Jane and the @libdems in this vital by-election. Come and see! pic.twitter.com/hRAcoON5XT
— Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP🔶🇺🇦 (@agcolehamilton) July 13, 2019
And he revealed that he has some family history in the area.
While campaigning in #BreconandRadnorshire we stopped for lunch at the old Rectory Llangattock the building in which my Grandpa was born exactly 100 years ago. Got to stop in on the old boy too. Still miss him x pic.twitter.com/YembFAQWiO
— Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP🔶🇺🇦 (@agcolehamilton) July 13, 2019
Amid reports of copious supplies of cake, Lib Dem Friends of Biscuits hit back in style:
Making sure @DoddsJane has a biscuit with her tea! #BakeforBrecon #BreconandRadnorshire #VoteLibDem #LibDemSurge pic.twitter.com/KHWIZCOmJw
— Hannah Whitehouse (@HannahWhitehou8) July 13, 2019
And Dominic Buxton gives us a glimpse of how gorgeous it is there:
https://twitter.com/MrDominicBuxton/status/1150041195906818051
I don’t see any canvassing going on here…
Blimmin gorgeous canvass out Llangorse! @DoddsJane @Kirsty_Williams @kevin_lang pic.twitter.com/4FhM12Z2Cb
— Sam Campling (@SamCampling) July 13, 2019
This lot are actually out doing some work though….
https://twitter.com/rosscampbellLD/status/1150009065013166080
And a team from London take up poetry.
With @JulianHeather1 in canvassing team off to support @DoddsJane #BreconandRadnorshire byelection.
Lots of well wishers in the Brecon town – great spirit in the campaign HQ. Alway need a few more helpers Come & volunteer 😁😁😁. pic.twitter.com/kQarTmt86Z— Chris Maines🔶️ (@MainesChris) July 13, 2019
The West Midlands showed up too
Team @CovLibDems heading to Brecon in Wales to help @BandRLibDems @WelshLibDems get @DoddsJane elected! 🏴 pic.twitter.com/1p4QtwlIyt
— Coventry Lib Dems 🔶 (@CovLibDems) July 13, 2019
We can’t have too many Janes in Parliament..
A beautiful experience and a great day campaigning here at #Brecon HQ. Supporting our brilliant #BreconandRadnorshire by-election candidate Jane Dodds @DoddsJane @WelshLibDems #LibDems #StopBrexit pic.twitter.com/3lOql4zy7k
— Cllr Jane Brophy 🇺🇦🔶🇪🇺🌈 (@JaneBrophyLD) July 13, 2019
And it seems Jane Dodds’ campaign is very visible
We now know we are entering Brecon as we are seeing lots of stakeboards on the way to help out with @gardensinboots @DoddsJane #winninghere #LibDemSurge pic.twitter.com/ntCkvgVOwh
— AndySpruce@HallGreenLiberalDemocrats🔶 (@SpruceAndy) July 12, 2019
Everyone is smiling and having fun as well as working hard. Going to a by-election gives you the chance to see the Lib Dem campaigning machine at its best and there’s a great feeling of camaraderie and of the party coming together to win.
If you can go at any point between now and August 1st, please do. Every leaflet delivered, every door knocked on, really matters.
* Caron Lindsay is Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings
3 Comments
I had an afternoon in Brecon on Friday, helping get things ready for this weekend’s busy campaigning session. I don’t think it is in anyway a done deal that we will get Jane Dodds elected, and I would urge every supporter of liberal democracy both in and outside our party, to either go to Brecon & Radnorshire, help from home by hitting the phones, or sending a contribution to the campaign fund. Complacency is a bigger opponent that the Tory & Brexit parties. I hope to return before polling day on 1st August.
I will send another chq.
I would back up Mick Scholes’ comments, spending Friday in Builth Wells our support is strong but so is the Tories.
Please get down there, I hope to pay more visits between now and August 1st.
I also helped in 1985, during that campaign the Daily Mirror published part of an opinion poll which looked good for Labour (the seat then being a 3 way marginal). David Penhaligon reputedly “back engineered” the Mirror’s poll revealing that we were in the lead!