Dunwoody’s action plan

What does Tamsin Dunwoody, the Labour Candidate for Crewe and Nantwich, mean when she says

I’m going to get tough on the yobs, bullies and underage drinking on our streets. I will push forward on regeneration and restore pride in our town.

I will fight to get well paid, skilled jobs for local people and I will listen and respond to people’s concerns about immigration.

Is she insinuating that her mother, god rest her soul, neglected her constituents and that she is the one to restore the pride of Crewe (what about Nantwich?). On the second issue, what does the good lady mean when she talks about responding to peoples concerns over immigration? Is Tamsin thinking about setting up her own outpost of the minute-men?

All of this is interesting, but what is most telling about Tamsin’s. and Labour’s, panic in Crewe and Nantwich is the anti-toff campaign they are running against the Conservative candidate. I agree with Mike Smithson when he says

expect it to get tough out there and some hard things will be said and written

this is true, however the level of the campaign is quite interesting and quite disturbing, it seems as though Labour are pursuing a scorched earth in an attempt to stop the haemorrhaging to the Conservatives. The policy does however depend on a) Labour getting their vote 100% ourt for Labour, and b) the Conservatives not getting their vote out in suffiecient numbers.

I can not see the first happening, if the Labour supporters don’t go for the Conservatives, many will go LibDem. As for the second issue, the LibDems are in a distant third, therefore those wanting to switch will most likely go for the Conservative Candidate and it they don’t I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they just stayed at home.

I am going down to help campaign for the Conservative Candidate, Edward Timpson, on Wednesday and do my best to help out on Thursday in whatever way I can, it will certainly be interesting to see the reaction on the doorstep.