Out delivering direct mails (i.e. personally addressed items) today on behalf of our parliamentary candidate. It’s certainly one way of getting some much needed exercise. But not everyone seems to appreciate the effort that goes into this. A bloke chases me down the street telling me that ‘it’s toilet paper!’ He repeated this statement so many times, I realised he may not be a Labour supporter and trying to find out why not would be a futile exercise. He just wanted to hand the leaflet back to me personally so that I might fully understand that it was ‘TOILET PAPER!’ Thankfully, he hadn’t used it. I can’t blame him. I feel the same way about the Daily Mail.
Anyway, I had some other leaflets I was meant deliver, but have decided not to. These bear the words ‘The Tory Education Secretary wants you to thank her for doing a f***king good job’ while schools crumble.’ This refers to remarks made by the Education Secretary when she presumably thought she was off mic. Her words were widely reported. So why wouldn’t I want to stuff an unsolicited leaflet through somebody’s letterbox repeating these offensive words? Everybody knows what f***king means. Or maybe they don’t. You don’t know who’s going to pick it up. Why should we introduce Tory profanity into people’s lives on the off chance that they will appreciate how clever we are trying to score a political point? Isn’t that what p*sses people off? Perhaps I'm being over English about this, but these days - particularly in the age of social media - political parties should adhere to a greater standard. And if one party doesn't, it shouldn't need us to point it out post facto.
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