Conservatives can win Crewe (with YOUR help)

A shadow cabinet minister told ConservativeHome yesterday that the by-election campaign in Crewe was the best organised that he'd ever seen.  He said there is no waiting around - like in so many previous campaigns he has attended but there's an almost immediate tasking once you arrive at the Tory campaign HQ, just ten minutes from Crewe railway station.

The Conservatives have already distributed two leaflets.  We republished one yesterday.  And now we're seeing this bar chart distributed throughout the seat - based on these numbers from last Thursday's local election results. 

IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS SEAT CAN BE WON.  LET'S PUT SOME ICING ON LAST THURSDAY'S CAKE AND MAKE EDWARD TIMPSON THE NEXT MP FOR CREWE AND NANTWICH.

If you can get to Crewe and Nantwich to help between now and the 22nd May please call 07594 567273 or email campaign.support@conservatives.com.

And if you - particularly our male readers - need another reason for going to Crewe then you should know that Miss Great Britain is also standing as a candidate.  You might bump into her and woo her for the cause!

Comments

[David (One of many)]

Good stuff - encouraging we have hit the ground running on this one.

Does anyone know what sort of dodgy bar charts the Lib Dems are using? They always have a bar chart, but after doing badly in the local elections and the last general ones, I don't quite see where they can get the figures from.

[Rob L]

They are using a 'change in the vote' bar chart back from 2005 showing the Lib Dem vote share increase more than the Conservatives. Its very dodgy.

[David (One of many)]

Rob, thanks for that. I thought it would have to be something daftly obscure like "we got a 5.1% increase in our vote share, they only got 2.2%"! I believe those are the figures. Never mind the fact that our vote share is essentially double theirs.

[Justin Hinchcliffe]

I will go if I can get a lift - CCHQ organising anything?

[Potteries]

Just a word of warning - the local newspaper for North Staffordshire and South Cheshire, The Sentinel, have published an article today, featuring Ms Dunwoody (and Miss Great Britain), clearly stating that Ms Dunwoody is the favourite. http://www.thisisthesentinel.co.uk
Front page story 'Miss GB wants to be Miss MP'.

Edward Timpson only gets a quick mention right at the end. Something tells me they won't be running a similar article about him.

[David (One of many)]

Realistically, she probably is the favourite. But she's also one of those favourites who is completely possible to turn around the fortunes of. It just seems like the sort of by-election in which the sitting party has so much to contend with they might just buckle, however decent the last majority was.

[James Burdett]

Justin - It would be good if there was a coach or something at some point. It would help those who would find it difficult to travel to help.

[PAUL THOROGOOD]

My name is Paul Thorogood and I'm the candidate for the Cut Tax On Petrol And Diesel party and I'm standing in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election.

To the voters of Crewe and Nantwich: You are about to make history. Thursday's by-election is effectively the first referendum in the UK on whether the Government should Cut Tax On Petrol And Diesel.
1. Like me you are probably sick and tired of paying so much for petrol. The Government blames the high prices on the state of the world oil markets but the fact is that for every £1 spent at the fuel pump about 70p is tax. We pay the highest taxes on fuel in Europe. If the Government had the political will they could reduce the terrible burden now faced by low income families, OAPs, the disabled, anyone who needs their car to get to work and the British haulage industry.

2. Every time the voters of Crewe and Nantwich go to a petrol station to fill up their cars between now and the election they’ll be reminded about why I’m standing as a candidate.

3. A vote for me is a chance to bloody the nose of the Labour Party over the terrible way they are handling the economy – especially taxation and spending. The 10p tax band debacle just being another example.

4. I want VAT abolished on fuel as it is effectively a tax on a tax and I want the current tax on diesel (57p per litre) and petrol (about 50p per litre) halved so it is in line with the average fuel duty in Europe.

5. I often get asked how can the Government afford it? But you are asking the wrong question. What you should be asking is how can low-income families, OAPs and hauliers afford the prices being demanded at the pumps?

6. Another argument I often hear is if the Government doesn’t take revenue from fuel, they’ll need to take it from somewhere else. WRONG! This Government has wasted billions over the last ten years including £12.4billion on the infamous NHS computers that never worked , £2.35billion on tarting up the MoD's London HQ, £2.3billion on consultants to tell civil servants how to do their jobs and the £3.3billion the military presence in Iraq costs every year.

7. They’re about to waste £10billion on the identity card scheme and £30billion on the replacement of the Trident missile system. Also much has been swallowed up in bureaucracy, with costly and often pointless managers, boards and quangos creating and chasing artificial targets.

8. Blockades don't work. The ballot box does. Vote for PAUL THOROGOOD. The UK is counting on you - don't waste this chance. It's over to you...