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This week’s diary is written by Adeela Shafi, who was selected in January 2008 for Bristol East, where she is seeking to oust Labour MP Kerry McCarthy, who will be defending a majority of 7,335. Born and brought up in Bristol, she is a lecturer in Psychology at the University of the West of England and is married with four children. You can read more about her campaign on her website and can click here to donate money to her campaign.
Monday 4th January
Today is the first day back after a great Christmas break. Big campaign launch today with Theresa May who I do get on with very well. Many of us turned up for the launch with a backdrop of a David Cameron poster on the NHS. It was a good move to kickstart the campaign with this important issue that affects us all either directly or indirectly – there is always someone you know who is being treated by the NHS at any given time.
Back to our home office where my husband works from home - which is great as it means we can truly share the childcare and we do a great deal of campaign work together. I spend the afternoon getting my website updated, addressing the post and emails accumulated in the break and talking to the local press about an online twitter campaign against the incumbent Labour MP in Bristol East, even though I am not a twitterer… thank goodness! My job is to focus on the real issues on the ground.
I also put together the first copy all my General Election early action items such as the first few leaflets. Bedtime reading is the Draft Manifesto released today.
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