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This week’s diary is written by Simon Kirby, who was selected in November 2006 as PPC for Brighton Kemptown, a seat that the Conservatives haven’t won since 1992. Simon has a notional Labour majority of less than 2,000 to overturn after some minor boundary changes. Simon writes about his week as the Labour Party converged on Brighton for their last annual conference before the General Election.
Sunday 27th September
As the Labour Party arrive in Brighton today, the KIRBY for KEMPTOWN team are limbering up for a massive survey delivery across the whole constituency. We have had teams of volunteers folding and stuffing envelopes since Thursday and we now intend to deliver over thirty thousand surveys during the Labour Party conference.
I am starting the day as usual - out at 7am in East Brighton Park walking the dogs and thinking about my very busy week ahead. Several other dog walkers recognise me from a dog show that I was asked to help judge in last week. One of the great things about standing for Parliament is that it gives you an opportunity to meet lots of different people from different walks of life - there’s never a dull moment!
I spend the whole day delivering with my small but enthusiastic team of helpers. Sunday is a great day to talk to people who are washing their cars, doing their gardens or just enjoying the autumn sunshine. Brighton Kemptown is nearly all hills and many of the houses have steep steps – I arrive home exhausted at 7pm.
I watch the film, This Is Endland on Film4 with my two oldest two children – it’s a film about skinheads in 1983 and is a lesson to all of us about tolerance.
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