Louise, a bestselling novelist in her former life, describes her experience of being the Conservative candidate for Corby since she was selected eight months ago.
Tough. Tiring. And thrilling. I think that’s it in a nutshell.
I was selected for Corby &
East Northamptonshire by open primary in October last year, and got
to work at once. With my area campaign director and regional director
(Simon Eardley and David Surtees, both of whom know the seat and its
politics inside out) we conducted an audit. It was a bit daunting, as
a new candidate, to be summoned to Francis Maude’s office to give
him an overview of the seat. I’m afraid I spent my thirty minutes
barraging him with an endless list of requests. To his credit, he was
undaunted. Including at the moment I idly picked up his Blackberry and
looked at the front of the screen, thinking “What? I don’t have
an appointment with Theresa May at three!” (Mine was a new phone and
looked identical. Sorry Francis).
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