humanity, ideas and hard work

Gosh, it's been busy. Two fourteen hour days on the trot and inevitably I can't sleep. Have decided to do the unthinkable and take a day off though am already making plans to fill it. Elections are here and this means time becomes a premium. Friends who are not politically active don't understand and get narky with my excuses ...'who cares whether you need to proof read another leaflet?' or 'why does it have to be you who helps out with telephone canvassing or stalls or how many b....y meetings does it take to run an election?' After 25 years of it my husband is used to being a political widower in the months before polling day and he helps where he can; my kids have never got used to it. They can't believe they actually liked helping to deliver leaflets when they were younger - it would take a bomb to get them along now. I can't explain the buzz of an election - if you don't get it, you won't ever: win or lose (and I've done both) it's a really positive, affirming experience to be able to meet new people, hear their thoughts, share your own. Humanity, Ideas and Hard Work are what keeps this world moving forward....and that's what politics is all about