Busy not Blogging

Ah the wonders of technology and hard work! The former is debatable and the benefits of the latter underestimated.



Speaking of hard work...... feeling withdrawal systems after a Glenrothes free weekend - I miss canvassing in Methilhill - it's almost surreal but when people identify themselves as Labour supporters it always comes out as an aplogy - I'm sorry but I vote Labour...... but the overwhelming message on the doorsteps I visited was - we've always voted for Labour but ............... not any more.


There are even more interesting moments in Motherwell and Wishaw. When you chap doors in this constituency you never know who you will meet. I recently met the engineer who built the blast furnaces at Ravenscraig, a women's libber and a returned ex-pat - all willing to talk about the SNP government and about the new feeling of can do in Scotland since May last year.




Lot's of kite flying around the subject of proposed by-election dates and candidates for M&W these days.................. if you read SNP Tactical Voting there may even be throwing things up flagpoles.

From here at the sharp end I can assure bloggers that no candidate has been selected. I've spoken to almost all local SNP members and I sincerely hope I will get their support when they chose a candidate for the forthcoming by-election.