Just back from the donating blood at Wolsey Hall.

 

I don't think I have ever seen a better attended session - all 9 of the "gurneys" were occupied throughout and there was a very steady flow of people attending.

 

The transfusion service staff told me that it is now absolutely essential to book your "slot", as on busy sessions they sometimes have to turn people away.

 

This is because the number of staff allocated to the session is determined by the number of people who have made a reservation and it is frequently difficult to cope with "casual" donors.

 

It was brilliant to see how many Cheshunt people were supporting the blood transfusion service today - if you would like details of how to donate blood please click here.

Having just watched Sarah Palin's speech to the Tea Party Convention in Nashville I can't help but feel that America got in right in electing Obama.

 

Quite a thought that Mrs Palin would have been just one step away from the Presidency had John McCain been elected.............

I don't know what to make of Alastair Campbell's appearance on Andrew Marr's TV show this morning.

 

The uncharitable, or perhaps cynical, part of me thinks that it is part of a ploy by New Labour types to appear more human to the electorate.

 

It is widely reported that Gordon & Sarah Brown will be seen weeping on Piers Morgan's "Life Stories" TV show next weekend.

 

However I am more inclined to think that Campbell is really starting to feel the pressure over the lies he and his master told the nation over Iraq and that Marr's questions touched on a really raw nerve.

 

My favourite line was Campbell saying "people are not interested in the truth anymore".

 

From a master of political spin (i.e a professional liar) this was a jaw droppingly hypocritical comment - I don't believe that Campbell would know the truth if it stood up & hit him repeatedly around the head.

 

Campbell has been a malign influence on British political and public life for the last 15 years - he has helped to politicise the civil service, intimidated the press, fed lies to his political masters, helped to mislead parliament and above all else was instrumental in taking this country to war on a false premise.

 

Just looking at the title of this post, I may have it wrong - perhaps it should read "Is Campbell More Cracked?".

 

Judi, myself and 20 fellow Broxbourne Conservatives spent a couple of hours delivering election leaflets in Bandley Hill Ward in Stevenage Constituency this afternoon.

 

 

 

 

 

Stevenage is one of the marginal constituencies (3,139 Labour majority in 2005) that the Tories must win to form the next government.

 

Our candidate is Stephen McPartland who has been campaigning in the area for the last 3 years.

 

 

Following last years County Council results, when the Tories gained 3  County Council seats from Labour, there are good reasons to believe that Stevenage will return to the fold as a Conservative seat.

 

This story made me smile yesterday.

 

Shame the pheasant season has just closed as otherwise the obvious solution would involve a shotgun and a good recipe............