Just back from a very long slog out in Clover Hill, canvassing a very large section of the village. I am incredibly grateful to my team – especially agent Trevor Ivory and dedicated helpers Dipesh Palana and John Wyatt for their support. A team sent by Robert Study –one of our local Tory MEPs – joined us too! Lots of people switching from Labour tonight, several citing the disaster that is the administration of the working families tax credit as a reason. One man said he felt let down by Labour (hmm, there’s a slogan there somewhere) because of spiralling council tax bills and will vote Conservative on June 10th. Another said that the anti-social behaviour was getting out of hand and there should be more police on the beat – couldn’t agree more! Most politically telling was the young man who said I had once lent his best friend a bucket and was therefore assured of his vote. You can always trust the man who lends out his bucket…