Leicester Uni CF on the campaign trail
James Deighton, Chairman of Leicester University Conservative Future, has sent in this report on his organisation’s contribution to the European Election campaign:
We at Leicester University CF have been busier than ever in the run up to the county council and EU elections tomorrow. Despite these elections coinciding with the exam period – as they often seem to do – our members have been out in force delivering leaflets and canvassing support.
We have been concentrating our efforts within the city and the Harborough and NW Leicestershire constituencies, where our help has been much appreciated. On Monday a group of our members went out to campaign for our county council candidates in Oadby. Oadby is part of the Harborough constituency and we were also joined by the MP and our Honouree President, Edward Garnier (centre of picture). The turnout was good considering it was held during the middle of our exam period, and there were even a couple of people who had turned out to campaign for the first time, which was great.
The response on the doorstep was quite good despite the expenses crisis, which has made a lot of people noticeably angry. The overall impression however was that Cameron had made some good decisions and that his tough stance had registered with the voters – hence the rise in the opinion polls recently despite the Telegraph stories mainly concentrating on Conservative MPs recently.
The main local issue that came up on the doorstep concerned the Pembury eco-town, which is proposed to be built on the edge of Oadby. This not so “eco”-town is in fact just a huge land grab into the green belt that will destroy environmentally sensitive areas, and impose huge pressures on local roads and public services. The tough stance of the Conservatives in opposing this scheme is in stark contrast to the flimsy stance of the local Lib Dem councillors and could be a decisive issue that will help us to regain some seats here.
We at LUCF wish our candidates well for this Thursday and hopefully we will be out to campaign with them again on polling day.
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