Day 1 of the LPUK campaign in Norwich North

Well its all go for a small party. We don't have a major machine all geared up waiting for elections to occur, we all muck in and play a part in the administration, organisation and planning for a campaign.

We are dealing with the legals with the Returning Officer and getting the nomination sorted out on the necessary formal footing, getting the signatures together, sorting out the accounting, campaign office and all the necessary logistics.

Brochures are in print awaiting a surprisingly large number of volunteers who are chomping at the bit waiting to go knocking on doors.

There have been endless meetings, telephone conversations and conference calls, hundreds of emails and masses of Twitters and Facebook updates.

Thomas Burridge has now signed up to the inevitable Twitter account and can be followed on @Thomas_Burridge as he embarks on this campaign.

The LPUK campaign telephone number is 01603 850573 for any eager press hacks who want the low down on the nations youngest ever PPC, or just to organise an interview or two, and of course it is there for the public to call in with their questions on Libertarian Party policies. Alternatively you can email us at contact@lpuk.org

The campaign number will operate between 8am and 8pm every day during the campaign, but out of hours or if the line is busy please feel free to leave a message.

There is also a campaign Facebook group which will be updated daily, which can be accessed here http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98602842765 as will the East Anglia Libertarian party blog.

After announcing that Thomas would be standing I have received many questions about his background and in particular why someone so young would want to stand for Parliament.

I have already published Thomas' opening statement in my post of yesterday, but to those who still try to paint him as someone too young I would say this:

One of the things that has been made clear, especially by the younger members of our party is that the so called 'experts', the 'professional politicians' and the older generations have seriously let them down, left them with debts that they will probably never be able to repay and they are mightily hacked off about it.

They now want their say, in the places that matter, in those places where the decisions are made, and Thomas is one such young man, who having now completed his exams in political studies is ready to stand up and be counted.

It comes down to the old adage, If you keep voting the same, you will continue to get the same. So it is time for new, fresh faces with fresh ideas to come forward to keep these older politicians on their toes, to start putting forward policies that put the people first, that honestly take care of our rights, liberties and freedoms that the older generations of politicians have eroded, and are continuing to undermine and erode.

The political map has changed irriversably over the past year, this young man is now fighting for his generation's future, and in that he has my full and unreserved support, as he does from the rest of the party, we are fighting right alongside him.

We are in this contest to win, not just to make a showing, and we will compete with the best based upon our policies. We will not be bad mouthing opponents although we may rubbish their policy, we will simply explain our position direct to the voters. With or without press coverage, we will talk to the voters direct.


To run a successful election campaign we need funds, lots of funds, so yet again I am asking that you contribute generously to help us to get this young man elected, a fresh face with fresh ideas to put the new generation into the decision making process. The old faces have failed, have been disgraced, so lets help Thomas to put an end to the old kind of devious government.

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