So a busy week for Labour in Yeovil, with several thousand leaflets being delivered for the by election in the Town Council West ward. I spent much of the previous week over a hot printer preparing leaflets for Murray Shepstone our superb candidate. The team have been out delivering, and with over 4000 voters in the ward it's a lot of miles of shoe leather. So a big thanks to everyone who has been supporting The big push. As I write this the result is still to be published, so good luck Murray
At the start of the week I was contacted by someone who has been affected by the bedroom tax. I was able to guide this person to the correct source of support, as they are now behind with rent payments, and have been tempted to resort to payday lenders to cover the shortfall. Labour has already pledged to axe this unfair Tory lib dem idea. But people are still struggling, and will do until we elect a Labour govt in May next year.
This week was also the week of our monthly constituency meeting, and was the first one I have been unable to get to since I was chosen as Ppc. I was sorry to miss it as we are planning our summer activities . One thing to look out for is our new NHS campaign. A labour innovation, and being damaged by the Tories every day.
This weekend I will be meeting members in Yeovil, and on Saturday night I have been invited (in a personal capacity) by Taunton Thespians to do the audience warm up (and draw the raffle!) when they visit South Somerset with their open air production of 'Taming of the Shrew' they will be at Muchelney Abbey, with the show going up at 7.30. Tickets are going fast, but still available from www.tauntonthespians.org.uk.
That's it for now.
Martin
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