The minute you knocked on the door...

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Whilst at work today , I spoke to a driver and we disscussed the Question Time programme with Nick Griffin on (again I hear you say) , but people are not getting bored of it and want to talk about it , And as a potential MP I am supposed to be the ears of my constiuency , they talk and I listern and try and solve any problems that they have.
This Driver said when I told him I was standing for the English Democrats in my area which is where I work as well that he had voted English Democrats i the european election along with his nieghbours BECAUSE and this is the intresting bit, Because the candidate had been the only person from any political party to knock on his door and speak to him and he had also made alot of sense.
He said it made a great difference that this guy had bothered to go around and knock and take the time to chat to him and other people and not take his vote for granted like he said it would appear the other main stream parties did.
We need to learn from these people who we talk to and learn that making things personal and going up to them and speaking with them makes a big difference , obviously it will not win over every person that you or I speak to but , if we go out ad talk like Ron Sands and Co. did last weekend and Bill Baker and Kim Gaddy did a few weeks back and I and my wife do at times , it shows a willingness and desire to let people know who we , who you are and it shows that we are taking the trouble to spend 1 maybe 2 or even 4 hours or more i that street on at that shopping centre to get to know the people and find out what they want.
Take a pencil with you and a notepad so you can jot down peoples concerns and it shows that you are listening to them and being interested in what they have to say.
Remember every person is a potential voter and that person's vote could make the difference between you winning that seat and losing it or it could make the difference between you keeping that deposit and losing it.
And it could also be that , the person you have just spoken to will go home and speak to his wife , his son , his daughter , his friend , his neighbour or a work colleague and spread the word of who you are and who you are standing for.
Back again to my driver , I asked who it had been that had called and he wast sure of the name but that Lee Pickering sounded familiar , Also tonight he would go home and look at our web page so he could find out some more details about the party as if he was going to vote for us at the general election he wanted to make sure he was doing the right thing.
Another day , another happy potential voter for the English Democrats - The only party who are putting the people of England first.