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in church hal ls and community centres but the Sunday Mail kindly organised one in a brewery. I’d honestly love to see more of this – far more people would come down to their local for an hour. Hearing the impact Tory welfare cuts are having on the lives of the most vulnerable. Seeing something online about a police presence, turning on the news channel and watching in disbelief as we saw the Manchester attack. The Manchester bombing. Travelling to Wick in one day. Nearly 10 hours of travelling, which drains a huge amount of energy. The start . With the
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There’s been so many. I enjoyed meeting mums and babies at Swaddle in Hamilton and perfecting my pool technique in Blairgowrie. Coming across the many ice cream shops on the trail has been a bonus.
David Mundell, Alister Jack and I filling up steak pies in a
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party still working flat out on the local elections, our funds already depleted after last year’s Holyrood campaign and next to zero notice of an election, we quickly realised we wouldn’t be able to contest the majority of seats. Buzzfeed’s storytelling of the poster battle between SNP and Tory branches in Helensburgh. The tweet put out by the National newspaper showing their front page of me with a headline saying I was obsessed by independence. Ed Mi l iband reminding people that the pollsters are off his Christmas card list. It’s an alpacalypse! I ’ ve loved al l the
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bakery in Dumfries. We do not have an alternative career as bakers. Go-karting in East Lothian. The ram.
Polling day in the council election was May 4 – aka Star Wars Day. One snapper persuaded me to grab a lightsaber and battle with a colleague in Darth Vader mask, and we made the front page of a paper.
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#wheresTheresa stuff but Alex Massie takes the biscuit with this: “Theresa May has become the Tories’ Gordon Brown (but without Gordon’s social graces and breezy joie de vivre).”
We’ve got three fantastic first-time candidates – Miriam Brett, Mairi McAllan and David Linden. Their abi l ity, enthusiasm and desire is inspiring.
Paul Masterton in East Renfrewshire. He’s a talented solicitor, a great father, a good man and a terrific candidate.
Our candidate in Glasgow North, Pam Duncan-Glancy, who uses a wheelchair.
Aisha Mir, who is our Edinburgh South West candidate.
The Green Party of England and Wales have a co-leadership, with Jonathan Bartley joining Caroline Lucas. Every time I’ve seen him on the national media, he’s been terrific.
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